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university of washington
The Center for Global Studies complements the University of
Washington’s International Studies Program by: internationalizing
UW’s curricular, research, and outreach programs; serving as
a Title VI National Resource Center for the Pacific Northwest;
providing K-12 curricular materials; and partnering with
businesses, NGOs, and the media to bring attention to global
challenges and opportunities.
Global Learning and Washington State
Global learning, global education, world citizen… what
do those terms mean? At the Center for Global Studies
we explore these ideas through an array of programs
and activities that draw teachers, students, general
public, business and media communities to the UW
campus and around the Sound. Whether helping educators
internationalize their curricula in grades K-12, working
with faculty at community colleges, hosting international
scholars, offering workshops, or spearheading new research
and approaches in the field of international studies, the
Center provides leadership, resources and connections.
The Center for Global Studies and the University of
Washington along with Cascadia Community College, Seattle
University, Walla Walla Community College, Washington
State University, Whitman College, and Global Washington
have proposed a set of global learning goals for Washington’s
higher education institutions based on current national
discussions and the efforts of several education associations
(particularly the NASULGC’s National Action Agenda for
International Education). Our objectives are threefold: to
bring statewide attention to globally-competent graduates; to
provide a platform of common goals for Washington colleges and
universities to adapt to fit their own missions; and to position
Washington as a leader in global learning. The proposed Global
Learning Goals for graduates of Washington’s higher education
institutions are:
• A diverse and knowledgeable world view
Graduates of internationalized universities and colleges will
develop a variety of perspectives through which to understand
the historic and contemporary connections among local,
regional, national and global communities.
• Comprehension of the global dimensions
of the field of study
Graduates will understand some of the important cultural and
political differences that impact policies, work and problemsolving
related to the primary disciplines of their field of study.
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• Effective communication skills in more than one language
Graduates will enhance their competitiveness in the global
economy and gain insight into other peoples of the world by
studying their languages and cultures.
• demonstrated sensitivities and the abilities to adapt in
cross-cultural communities
Graduates will exhibit the adaptability to interact effectively
with individuals from a variety of backgrounds and cultures.
• Cross-cultural international education experiences
Graduates will accomplish this through classroom study,
internships, research, or service learning programs abroad,
or other experiences that provide significant opportunity for
interaction with people of different cultures and countries.
The University of Washington, along with 28 institutions of
higher education in the state of Washington, both private and
public, have chosen to endorse these goals. This statewide
coalition of higher education institutions agrees that it is
essential for each college and university to be globally engaged
in order to effectively prepare its students as world citizens.
Accompanying the global learning goals efforts, the Center for
Global Studies and Global Washington produced an inventory
of Washington’s international and global studies programs
for all of Washington’s 4-year colleges and universities. for
more information about these initiatives, please visit Global
Washington’s website (www.globalwa.org) or contact the Center
for Global Studies to receive a copy of the inventory.
in this issue
1 global Learning and washington state
3 Letter from the center
6 2009 exploration seminars
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13 news and notes: alumni
8 transnational task force reports
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9 framing Legal and human rights strategies for change
10 fLas fellowships
12 calendar of events
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Letter from the center
the buzz in thomson haLL:
“I’ve NEvEr taught so many students!” “There is not a seat to spare in SIS 201!”
introduction
These exclamations, offered by a faculty member and student,
respectively, describe initial impressions during the first
week of the quarter. And, what better way to introduce this
newsletter than to acknowledge the growing enthusiasm
and demand for international and global studies on the
UW campuses! The International Studies Program (ISP) and
the Center for Global Studies (CGS) at the University of
Washington are not only fielding more courses and teaching
more students, but the demands for our collaborations across
campus and throughout the Northwest community are also
rapidly growing.
We continue to be very proud of our undergraduates. The
students taking our courses and those majoring in the ISP
inspire us with their hard work, scholarship, and dedication
to the global concerns of today’s world. We have 254 majors
this year, many of whom are double or triple majoring in such
fields as Economics, Near East Languages and Civilizations,
Political Science, history, Comparative history of Ideas
(ChID) and Languages and Literature from various world
areas. Their passion is an inspiration to the ISP faculty and
staff, fueling our desire to do our best on their behalf and
bearing witness to their future leadership as global citizens.
Center and program report
Our annual Title vI report to the Department of Education
records our sponsorship of 14 graduate students for foreign
Language and Area Studies (fLAS) Awards, 7 new courses
developed in collaboration with the ISP and Departments of
Anthropology, Communication, Geography, Political Science, and
Asian Languages and Literature, as well as an astonishing 99
collaborative events on campus and throughout the greater Pacific
Northwest community!
Our support of the courses and students extends well beyond
the boundaries of the Jackson School and our nation. Our fLAS
awardees come from the Departments of Geography, Near Middle
East Studies, Political Science, Slavic Languages and Literatures,
Sociology, and the Schools of Law, International Studies, and
Public Affairs, and are studying Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Korean,
russian, and Uzbek. UW faculty have developed new courses on
“Pax romana and Pax Americana” (Professor Sparke), “Israel in
Global Context (Professors Barzilai, Migdal and Pianko), “Women
and the War on Terror” (Professor Osanloo), “The Political Economy
of religious Institutions” (Professor Wellman), “Indian Popular
Media and religion” (Professor rivenburgh), “religion and World
Politics” (Professor Gill), and “religion and Political violence”
(Professor robinson).
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The Center’s co-sponsored events are too many to list here,
but have included many distinguished speakers from the UW
and around the world. These events have focused on topics that
relate to the global challenges and phenomena of this century,
including the environment, health, religion, poverty and
economy, human rights, peace and security, and media and
information. CGS has also been developing interdisciplinary
partnerships with the Department of Global health, the new
UW Safety, Security & Societies Interdisciplinary Graduate
Certificate, and the College of the Environment and CGS
continues to work closely with all of the programs and centers
within the henry M. Jackson School.
We have taken up the charge of reconnecting with our
many wonderful alum through a variety of events, including
our second annual alumni gathering at the Cosmos Club in
Washington, D.C., and the re-inaugurated International Studies
Pub Night (held on the 2nd Wednesday evening of the month).
Our 25th Anniversary Task force Dinner, held on March 14,
2008, drew over 400 alumni, faculty, and friends to UW and
this year’s Task force gathering at the UW on March 13, 2009,
was equally splendid. The JSIS Centennial Gala at the fairmont
Olympic hotel on May 11, 2009, promises to be spectacular.
We look forward to many more such events and to the
possibilities of engaging with as many of our alum as we can.
Vision and future plans
One of our activities over the last year has been to redefine
our place within the Jackson School, both as distinct from and
central to the mission of the Jackson School. Programmatically,
CGS and the ISP are distinguished from the Jackson School’s
regional and area studies programs because of our focus on
comparisons of histories, politics, cultures, and economies
around the globe. Nevertheless, CGS and ISP are profoundly
strengthened by our faculty’s regional and area studies
scholarship and our close relationship with each of the area
studies centers and programs at the Jackson School. This
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means that CGS and ISP can claim a unique, national capacity to
bring the “local” (implied by the term global) into the front and
center of our global studies scholarship and programming.
The UW’s International Studies Program provides an
outstanding interdisciplinary curriculum to undergraduate and
graduate students studying key thematic issues in the field and
various regions of the world. But, creating the global classroom
means taking students out of the classroom and into the world
where they will make a difference. The Center for Global Studies
therefore gives students the beyond-the-classroom experiences
of a global citizen: these research, teaching and outreach
opportunities prepare this century’s leaders and citizens
for effective global engagement. Our rich, interdisciplinary
programming focuses on four goals:
• increasing global understanding of the social and political
institutions, business models, religious faiths, and cultural
practices and beliefs that influence everyday lives throughout
the world;
• developing methods for recognizing, working with, building
and influencing global, national, and community-based
institutions;
• generating new ideas to meet global challenges in four
thematic areas: States, Markets & Societies; Law, rights &
Governance; Peace, violence & Security; and religion, Culture
& Civilization.
The decade between the end of the Cold War and 9/11 ushered
in a changed world. If the half century after World War II was
marked by the centrality of the nation-state, today critical
forces such as ethnic groups, corporations, civil society groups,
religious organizations, universities, cities, networks, and
individuals have become major actors on the global stage. Our
program is committed to identifying how societies and polities
have responded to the new challenges that are fundamentally
transforming the world in which we live.

Our growing curriculum and the array of beyond-the-classroom
experiences provide students with the skills and foundational
experiences for effective global understandings and engagement
throughout their lives. As we look towards our next twenty-five
years, our plan is to:
• Create a global Engagement Endowment fund for the IS
Program. To sustain International Studies at the UW, the IS
Program needs to create futures for faculty and students
through private support. With your help, we will create
endowed Professorships, faculty fellowships, Graduate Student
fellowships, and Undergraduate Scholarship funds.
• sponsor a bi-annual Cgs summer institute as the premier
educational event bi-annually in the Pacific Northwest to give
our communities a broader understanding of how UW serves as
a center of global learning, global policy, and global affairs.
• fund is task forces to support broadened international
experiences both in the U.S. and abroad. These funds will
support a U.S. based international foreign policy workshop
and greater interactions with foreign affairs organizations in
the U.S., as well as an international task force that is either
physically located abroad or collaborates with students from
partner institutions outside the U.S.
• build global Classrooms to procure technology for web casts
and simultaneous translation to conduct joint classes with
universities around the world and expand the reach of our
programs.
• Establish a global Citizen residency program to attract
innovative global leaders to our region. These practitioners
in residence will become part of a growing, vibrant network
of scholars, practitioners, and community visionaries who are
defining global citizenship.
We are working hard to connect with a variety of audiences and
interested persons and look forward to hearing from you! This
newsletter will be published twice per year and will summarize
what we have been doing and provide broad overviews of what is
in store for the future. Our events will continue to focus on global
religions, global security and global ethics with a special focus on
the U.S. in relation to the rest of the world in light of the global
financial crisis, a new U.S. presidency, global climate change,
growing poverty and migration, and human rights concerns.
for those interested in regularly staying abreast of all of our
programming, please subscribe to our bi-weekly e-news. Contact
Tamara Leonard (tleonard@u.washington.edu) to subscribe or
visit our website at: http://jsis.washington.edu/isp/.
As always, we look forward to keeping in touch.
sara r. curran, director
Our program is committed to identifying how societies and polities
have responded to the new challenges that are fundamentally
transforming the world in which we live.
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UW Exploration Seminars
exploration seminars transport our students’ education into a global context.
over 40 programs offer students the chance to intensively explore a topic in
a small-group learning community, outside of the classroom, during the uw’s
summer and early fall start. but perhaps svetlana nozdrina, a participant in
the 2008 exploration seminar unveiling dynamics in israel: history, Politics,
Law & technology, puts it best: “an exploration seminar takes several weeks
or even months of regular classroom study and illustrates reality in an utmost
amazing fashion.the sightseeing, academics, and professors surpassed all my
expectations and i had an awesome experience.” the center for global studies
is proud to support exploration seminars to israel, ireland, and the hague.
news and notes
AlUMni
spEnCEr AllEn (Int’l Studies BA, 2006) works as Global Sales
Coordinator for Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide in New York.
Colin bAynEs (Int’l Studies BA, 2004) began graduate studies at
Columbia University’s program in Population and Family Health, with an
Allan M. Rosenfield Fellowship for Sexual/Reproductive Health, which,
between funding and a research position, will cover his tuition and
expenses for overseas practicum/research.
MAtthEw bEnnEtt (Int’l Studies BA, 2007) is a Peace Corps volunteer,
working as an Agroforestry Extension Agent in Cameroon.
MAriE bErry (Int’l Studies BA, 2007) is now Speakers Bureau
Coordinator and Administrative Assistant at the Washington State
Holocaust Education Resource Center after serving as an intern there.
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AAron bowEn (Int’l Studies MA, 2006) works at California State
University, Chico as a reference/instruction librarian.
lindsEy britt (Int’l Studies BA, 2007) is attending the Lewis and Clark
Law School.
sidnEy brown (Int’l Studies BA, 2006) worked for the Red Cross
through AmeriCorps directly after graduation and now attends graduate
school in Public Policy at the University of Michigan.
hAnnAh CAVEndish-pAlMEr (Int’l Studies
BA, 2003, pictured at right) received a Masters
of Public Policy from Simon Fraser University in
June 2008. She is now an Environmental Policy
Analyst at the British Columbia Ministry of

Are here!
2009 ExplorAtion sEMinAr in isrAEl
Unveiling dynamics in israel:
history, politics, law & technology
Sixty years after its establishment, Israel is looked upon as a
global flashpoint, a democracy under contention, and a venue for
international immigration. The country seems to always be moving
between religious, ethnic, national, global and local identities, liberal
and conservative forces and present conflicts. This seminar, led by
Professors Gad Barzilai (International Studies/LSJ) and Karine Barzilai-
Nahon (iSchool), offers students first-hand learning experiences and
field tours in order to explore the most fundamental facets of Israeli
society, both among Jews and Arab-Palestinians.
During this seminar, students will meet with prominent social and
political activists, leading intellectuals, legal activists, Parliament
members, judges, ministers, NGOs, entrepreneurs, and visit various
places with historic and contemporary international significance
such as Jerusalem, Jaffa, Tiberia, Tel Aviv and Haifa. The seminar
also explores historical and archeological sites like the Dead Sea,
Masada and the Jordan River. Field trips will be complemented
by intellectual meetings in universities, public policy centers,
technological sites, industrial sites, political and legal institutions,
cultural centers and museums.
These direct experiences in historical, political, cultural, legal,
economic, and technological sites, along with debates with leading
scholars and experts, allow students to systematically explore the
unveiled domestic and foreign facets of Israel.
Agriculture and Lands. The crux of her job is to help BC farmers adapt
to climate change and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.
lAUrEn CiszAk (Int’l Studies BA, 2007) is in the pre-med program at
the medical school at University of Southern California.
lEon dAVEnport (Int’l Studies BA, 2006) serves as Communications
Officer for the Lt. Governor of Hawaii in Honolulu.
sriniVAs dUggirAlA (Int’l Studies BA, 2006) is in graduate school,
earning a MSc in Development Economics from the University of
London and a degree in Public Administration from Indiana University.
stACEy fErnAndEz (Int’l Studies BA, 2006) is attending the
Georgetown University Law Center.
2009 ExplorAtion sEMinAr in irElAnd & nEthErlAnds
international Justice at the irish Centre
for human rights and the hague
Co-sponsored by the Irish Centre for Human Rights in Galway, Ireland,
and led by Professor Frederick Michael Lorenz, JD, LLM, in 2008 and
2009, this program provides a firsthand look at major international
tribunals. While in Galway, students will study with Professor William
Schabas, one of the leading scholars of international criminal law
and the International Criminal Court, learn about the history of
international justice and how the international community works
to promote justice and accountability for genocide, war crimes, and
crimes against humanity. They will follow the history and recent
developments at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former
Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
Once in the Hague students will visit the International Criminal Court
(ICC) and the ICTY and the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Last
year in The Hague students were able to observe proceedings in five
different international criminal trials, and part of an international
boundary demarcation case before the ICJ. The ICJ, sometimes known
as the World Court, hears disputes between states and operates in
the Peace Palace, a historic structure built largely with contributions
from American Financier Andrew Carnegie.
AndrEw gorCEstEr (Int’l Studies BA, 2006) works as an Assistant
Correspondent for Jiji Press in Washington, DC.
kAthlEEn kAy (Int’l Studies BA, 2007) is a Peace Corps volunteer in
Moldova, working as a Community and Organizational Development
Advisor.
JUliA kirby (Int’l Studies BA, 2007) is currently working for the
University of Washington’s Department of Pathology as a Fiscal Specialist,
Assistant to Program Operations Manager.
JEnnifEr lEE (Int’l Studies BA, 2006) is attending law school at
Georgetown University.
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transnational task force reports
Task Force has been a critical part of the International Studies
major since 1982. Each year graduating seniors participate
in a small seminar-style class that operates much like a
Presidential Commission whose goal is to arrive at a set of policy
recommendations on a critical issue. In winter quarter 2009, 102
students enrolled in seven sections of Task Force and researched
various policy issues before presenting their findings in a written
report to an expert outside evaluator.
The International Studies Program inaugurated its first Transnational
Task Force in 2008 and plans to continue to offer at least one
per year. In winter 2008 Professor Angelina Godoy, accompanied
by 16 students (15 International Studies majors, and one Law,
Society, and Justice major), conducted original field research in
Guatemala as part of a quarter-long Transnational Task Force on
Socially Responsible Apparel Purchasing. This course examined the
production of collegiate apparel, using the Guatemalan field visits
and the example of the University of Washington as a case study for
a truly global phenomenon. Students were tasked with examining
questions such as the following:
What are our responsibilities to those who produce for our consumption?
What practical considerations limit options for ethical consumerism
in this global industry?
What opportunities exist for change; how desirable and realistic are they?
Students developed a deep passion for the subject matter; they
conducted original research in two languages based on interviews
with actors at all levels of the collegiate apparel supply chain
news and notes continued AlUMni
lEAnnA lopEz (Int’l Studies BA, 2006) works part-time for Senator
Maria Cantwell in Washington, DC, while attending graduate school at
George Washington University’s Elliot School of International Affairs.
frAnA MilAn (Int’l Studies MA, 1999) worked for the Environmental
Coalition of South Seattle before joining King County Parks as a
Program Manager. She is on the board of EarthCorps and Mangrove
Action Project, volunteers with Bahia Street, and works with her
capoeira school (a Brazilian Martial Art) to develop projects surrounding
art/cultural/social issues exchanges.
AshlEy MillEr (Int’l Studies BA, 2006) served in AmeriCorps after
graduation and now works as Director of Development for the Service
Board (using her degree in analyzing social issues and writing a lot!).
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(including retail vendors who sell UW apparel, the UW Trademarks
and Licensing office, numerous US brands who are licensed by
the UW to produce Husky apparel, owners and managers of
apparel factories in Guatemala, and factory workers) as well as
other stakeholders, including industry groups, advocates of “fair
trade” alternatives, unions, independent monitoring agencies,
labor scholars and social responsibility experts. In total, the group
conducted over twenty interviews, visited three factories in
Guatemala, and reviewed a wealth of literature on this topic.
On the basis of their research, they presented a report to
UW President Mark Emmert and the UW Licensing Advisory
Committee that he has appointed to oversee the university’s
work on the sweatshop issue. They also presented their work at
the Undergraduate Research Symposium in spring 2008, where
Professor Godoy received the Undergraduate Mentoring Award in
recognition of her work with this task force.
In winter 2009, students headed north to Canada under the
guidance of Arctic Sovereignty Task Force instructors Vincent
Gallucci and Nadine Fabbi. 13 students enrolled in the course and
traveled to Ottawa for one week where they heard from many
experts in the field and visited international embassies, nongovernmental
organizations, and met with university legal experts.
With the melting of the polar ice cap, significant natural oil and
gas reserves, and various claims of sovereignty, the question of
“who owns the Arctic” is poised to become a hot button issue.
Gus Andreason speaks for many as he sums up his Task Force
experience in this way: “It was a great learning experience to have
before graduating that will prove very fortunate as my career in the
‘outside’ world begins in a few months.”
(left) The Arctic Sovereignty Task Force team
with Canada’s Icelandic Ambassador to Canada,
Sigridur Anna Thordardottir.
(right) UW students and colleagues in Guatemala
as part of the 2008 Task Force on Socially
Responsible Apparel Purchasing.
EVAn MorrisEy (Int’l Studies BA, 2006) is currently a Program
Manager at the United Nations Association of the USA (UNA-USA).
He has also been selected as a Pickering Fellow and is excited to
start work as a Foreign Service Officer, not to mention classes at
Georgetown University.
Vi nhAn (Int’l Studies BA, 2008) had an internship with Eni
Faleomavaega, American Samoa Representative to the U.S. Congress
and Chairman on the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific
and the Global Environment thanks in part to the Rangel Fellowship
she received. She recently studied in Italy at the Bologna Campus of
the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of the
Johns Hopkins University. Afterwards, she will complete her MA back in
Washington, D.C. and then plans on joining the Foreign Service.

Conference panel on “How Do UN Conventions Impact Domestic Norms?”
From left to right: Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Sally Engle Merry, Michael Stein, Michael McCann
framing Legal and human rights strategies for change:
a case study of disability rights in asia
The Center for Global Studies partnered with the UW School
of Law, UW Disability Studies Program, Asian Law Center, and
other UW units to host the symposium Framing Legal and
Human Rights Strategies for Change: A Case Study of Disability
Rights in Asia. The symposium featured 37 speakers from
seven countries (Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia, Korea, Japan,
Philippines, and the United States) and engaged the academic,
legal, policy, governmental, NGO, and funder communities in
lively discussions regarding the issues and challenges of the UN
Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities as well as
other topics pertaining to disability human rights.
Center Director Sara R. Curran moderated the opening panel
on the “UN Convention on Disability Rights” while other
highlights included Hon. Richard Thornburgh’s keynote address
“Globalizing a Response to Disability Discrimination” and a
rilEy nEwMAn (Int’l Studies BA, 2006) is in graduate school at
Cambridge in Land Economy.
JonAthAn nodA (Int’l Studies BA, 2007) is a First Lieutenant, USS
CORTS (FFG-38) for the U.S. Navy in San Diego, CA.
lUCAs olson (Int’l Studies and Economics BA, 2008) received a UW
Killam Fellowship to study at the University of Victoria.
AnnikA rUdbACk (Int’l Studies BA, 2005) is the Director of the Middle
East & North Africa for AIESEC International. She will be working
with a team of 22 people from around the world, along with 5 other
directors who are in charge of different regions, and spending the
year as a consultant helping countries develop their programs. She will
get to travel to Brazil, Italy, Iran, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman,
Morocco, Tunisia, UAE, and potentially others.
panel moderated by Professor Michael McCann entitled “How
Do UN Conventions Impact Domestic Norms?” UW Law Professor
Paul Miller, conference organizer and an expert in employment
discrimination and disability law, has recently been appointed
special assistant to President Obama.
The Washington Law Review published some of the articles
from the Symposium in its November 2008 issue: www.law.
washington.edu/WLR. The Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal will
be publishing speeches and articles from the Symposium in
upcoming volume 18.1. To request a copy, please contact the
Center for Global Studies.
kArl sMith (Int’l Studies BA, 2006) attends the University of
Washington School of Law.
dAVid stAlEy (Int’l Studies BA, 2006) attends the Georgetown
University School of Foreign Service.
sUMMEr stAr (Int’l Studies BA, 2004) recently finished her MA in
International Relations and Pacific Studies at University of California,
San Diego.
pAUl Virgin (Int’l Studies BA, 2007) works as an International
Shipping Assistant at Star Trading and Marine in Washington, DC.
VAnEssA yoUng (Int’l Studies BA, 2006) works for the JET Programme
in Kumamoto, Japan as an Assistant Language Teacher.
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flAs fellowships
Every year the Center awards between twelve to fourteen Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowships
(FLAS) to UW graduate and professional students whose studies have a transnational and/or comparative
focus. Typically, we receive between 90-122 applications from students for these coveted fellowships.
We are proud to honor our FLAS fellows from 2006 through 2009 and to include selected reports from the
class of 2007-08 academic year fellows. The 2008-09 fellows will share their news in our fall newsletter.
2007-08 Academic year flAs fellows report on their year of study
As a student of political science, my current research focuses on
state building, armed conflict, and natural resources. In particular, I
examine the conditions under which capital from the trade in illicit
commodities supports the emergence of autonomous, durable
political authority – strongmen, warlords, and insurgents -- in
Mainland Southeast Asia. With the support of the FLAS Fellowship,
I am developing the Chinese language skills necessary for research
on this project.
John Buchanan – Political Science, Chinese
Although I am in the Department of History, I study the past
through the stories that people tell of themselves and their
societies. Such an approach requires that I get inside the language
and cultural contexts of contemporary and historical literature. In
the past I have studied ancient Greek and Latin and the modern
and historical Turkic languages of Central Asia. This year I have
been continuing my study of Persian. My goal is to explore how
Persian speakers have defined their societies, particularly vis-a-vis
the Mediterranean and Central Asian worlds. My language study
this year has demonstrated that Persia serves as a bridge not only
culturally but also linguistically between these two other areas.
As the West reevaluates its relationship with the Persian speaking
world, it is important to keep in view the deep Persian perspectives
that describe and define a long history of cultural interaction.
Stefan Kamola – History, Persian
news and notes
Alice Wanamaker Scholarships (Undergraduate) – Catherine
Bugayong-International Studies and Heather Catron-International Studies
Dorothy Fosdick Memorial Internship Awards – Cyrus Ansari-
Undergraduate in International Studies, Catherine Bugayong-
Undergraduate in International Studies, and Brian Hoxie-Graduate in
International Studies
Eleanor M. Hadley Mortar Board Scholarship for International
Studies—Courtney Hampson-Undergraduate in International Studies and
Andrea Swenson-Undergraduate in International Studies
George E. Taylor Internship Award – Laura Brady-Undergraduate in
International Studies and Calla Hummel-Undergraduate in International
Studies
Jackson Leadership Award – Alyson Dimmitt-Undergraduate in
International Studies
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sElECtEd stUdEnt AwArds 2007-08
Since the 1970s, the global integration of labor markets has not only
had harmful economic consequences for many low-wage workers,
but some are becoming more isolated from one another, from
the manner in and purpose to which their labor is used, and from
the greater communities in which they live. These developments
have been partially attributed to neo-liberal discourses fostering
new foundations upon which economic discrimination rests. If one
contends that discrimination acts to legitimate divergent standards
of living, one might also conclude that isolation enables capitalist
expansion to the detriment of laborers. Studying this isolation, its
interaction with societies promoting rule of law, and the mediating
effects of civil society groups can expose potentials and barriers in
the recognition of opportunities for change. Relying on engaged
participatory observation, semi-structured interviews and survey
data in Beijing, my research examines the above propositions with
the objective of promoting responsible labor policies that recognize
the prospects workers have for advancement, even in the face of
steep institutional barriers. This research has required me to have
an extensive knowledge of Chinese language and culture. I have
only been able to meet my academic goals and work closer to my
professional ones with the assistance of the FLAS program. It has
provided me with excellent opportunities to learn both at home and
abroad and feel fully prepared for the challenge of completing my
dissertation.
Jaime Kelly – Geography, Chinese
Leslianne Shedd Memorial Internship Awards – Dimitar Anguelo-
Undergraduate in International Studies and Jessica Mooney-Graduate in
International Studies
Library Research Awards for Undergraduates – Laura Brady-
International Studies, Kalila Jackson-Spieker-International Studies and
Jing-Lan Lee-International Studies
Library Research Awards for Undergraduates (Honorable Mention) –
Calla Hummel-International Studies and Vi Luat Nhan-International Studies
Margaret Mykut Scholarships in International Studies
(Undergraduates) – Ariel Deardorff-International Studies and Rachelle
French-International Studies
Neal and Helen Fosseen Scholarship in International
(Undergraduates) – Geoffrey Morgan-International Studies

ACAdEMiC yEAr 2006-07 flAs rECipiEnts
David Citrin (Anthropology, Hindi); Jipar Duishembiev (IDP Near
Middle East Studies, Persian); Jaime Kelly (Geography, Chinese);
Sophie Namy (JS-MAIS/Public Affairs, Hindi); Douglas Ober (JS-
Comp. Religion, Hindi); Katherine Potter (Public Health, Hindi);
Mary Warman (Urban Planning, Spanish)
I was fortunate to receive a FLAS fellowship during the second and
third years of my graduate program at the Evans School of Public
Affairs and the Jackson School of International Studies. This award
enabled me to not only pursue two years of Hindi training, but also
complete interdisciplinary coursework focused on development
theory and practice in South Asia. In particular, I explored equity
issues and how the development process can alternatively foster or
limit social change. My degree project used primary research (based
in a rural district in Maharasthra, India) to evaluate whether Self
Help Groups initiated through development interventions affect
exclusionary behaviors at the individual, household and community
levels. More recently, I completed a textual analysis of newspaper
articles and online forums related to North Indian migrants living in
Mumbai. This work seeks to understand the importance of “local”
reception towards incoming migrants through media representations.
In September 2008, I began a ten month fellowship with
the American Indian Foundation (AIF) where I joined a small
NGO engaged in rural development work throughout eastern
Uttarakhand. Because of the language and academic training I
received with the International Studies FLAS fellowship, I am better
prepared to recognize the challenges and opportunities I will
encounter as an AIF fellow.
Sophie Namy – JS-MAIS/MPA, Hindi and Spanish
CongrAtUlAtions 2007-2008 grAdUAtEs!
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
MAstEr of Arts
Lillian D. Benjamin, Erin B. Clowes, Joanna Ekrem, Sahar Fathi, Maxime R.
L. Gasteen, Jove Graham, Christopher Guillebeau, Peter B. Huie, Wendell
Jones, Lisa M. Kenney, Kristen A. Lau, Suk-Hyun Lee, Sophie M. Namy,
Hoang D. Ngo, Anne V. Richardson, Denise E. Rodriguez, Christopher K.
Rothschild, Aaron P. Tatyrek, Joanna C. B. Wilson, Yibing Wu
bAChElor of Arts
China
Ryan Scott Butner, Sandley Chou, Alain Ann Clark, Vi Luat Nhan
(Honors), Deborah Sung (Honors)
sUMMEr 2007 flAs rECipiEnts
Jeffrey Chan (JS-China, Chinese); Jaime Kelly (Geography, Chinese);
Kelsey March (Sociology, Korean); Sophie Namy (JSIS-MAIS/MPA, Spanish);
Peter Sweeney (JS-China, Chinese); Joyce Wiehagen (JS-REECAS,
Russian); and Nobuko Yamasaki (Comparative Literature, Korean).
ACAdEMiC yEAr 2007-08 flAs rECipiEnts
John Buchanan (Political Science, Chinese); Stefan Kamola (History,
Persian); Jamie Kelly (Geography, Chinese); Sophie Namy (JS-MAIS/
MPA, Hindi); Joseph Rawert (UW Law School, Chinese); Rachel Sherman
(JS-Japan, Korean); and Kristin Smith (Sociology, Polish).
As a law student seeking to pursue a career related to China, I gained
much through my FLAS experience. I improved my level of proficiency
in Chinese through reading modern literary works, analyzing movies,
and reading and translating essays from Chinese newspapers and
magazines. I began to develop a sense for style and tone in Chinese
prose. I deepened my understanding of Chinese values. And I improved
my ability to read and write analytical text in Chinese. Outside of the
skills learned in my 400-level Chinese classes, I also developed an
appreciation for the comparative aspects of law.
In my Comparative Law Seminar, I examined the concept of
professionalism in different legal cultures and researched in depth
legal reform in China. This research dove-tailed with the content of
my China Law class. Through my International Commercial Arbitration
class, I gained insight into some foundations in international
contracting. In International Intellectual Property, I learned about
some hot issues in international trade. Another element of my FLAS
experience was my experience as a translation member of UW Law’s
Pacific Rim Law and Policy Journal. My translation project, touching
on legal reform in China, really served as a unifying link between my
Chinese language classes and my law school classes.
The FLAS program helped me develop skills that I am applied as
a summer associate in a law firm in Shanghai, China. I feel more
comfortable than before in living and working here due to a broader
understanding of the historical, cultural, and economic factors that
have contributed to China’s rise and the increased opportunities for
east-west interactions.
Josef Rawert – UW Law School, Chinese
Development
Hazelruth Lord Adams (Honors), Kyle John Buswell, Chloe Kathleen
Christman, Anna Devin Deal, Michaela Suzanne Craemer Dorres,
Shannon Noel Fisher, Sarah Emily Freeman, Angela Montgomery
Gaffney, Ruth K. Gebreselassie, Amity Dawn Hanover, Kalila
Jackson-Spieker (Honors), Elisabeth Dean Johnson, Dillon Cassidy
Lockwood, Jane Alexandra Meuter, Emily Suzanne Mruk, Lesley Lavern
Muhammad, Erin Marie Olsen, Courtney Lorraine Plummer, Anthony
David Radosevich, Diego Alonso Rondon, Laura Le’ataua Ryan, Christine
Anne Scarlis, Megan Whitney Taylor, Pax A. Tirrell, Alexandrea Suzanne
Valentine, Stephanie Maria Radice von Wogau
Environmental Studies
Emily Nicole Schneider
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calendar of events
Spring 2009 Calendar Highlights (see http://jsis.washington.edu/isp/events.shtml for complete calendar listing)
January 14
Jackson School Centennial Panel
Discussion “Top 10 Things the New
President Must Know About the World”
and Pub Crawl Alumni Event
January 14
Anthony Gill: Contemporary Threats to
Religious Liberty in the U.S.
January 27
Steven Beller: Anti-Semitism –
An Eternal Hatred?
February 11
Newspapers in Education Workshop:
Exploring Asia Series
February 17
Diane Wolf: Beyond Anne Frank: Hidden
Children and Postwar Families in Holland
February 18- May 13
Hot Spots in Our World 2009
February 20
Nirmala Rajasingam : 3rd Annual
Veterans of Inter-communal
Violence Lecture
February 27
Melvyn Leffler Centennial Lecture:
Contemporay Dilemmas and
Cold War Lessons
February 27
World Languages Day
news and notes CongrAtUlAtions 2007-2008 grAdUAtEs!
Ethnicity and Nationalities
Rachel Ilana Brandon, Mwende Hahesy, Elyse Victoria Hicks
Foreign Policy, Diplomacy, Peace and Security
Ryan Emery Benko, Paul Robert Burmeister, Jordan Bishop Corley,
Steven Clay De Board, Vedrana Durakovic, Aaron Christopher Franklin,
Heather Whiston Habes, Kristin Scott Hollywood, Jing-Lan Lee (Honors),
Matthew Ryan McEnany, Siv Christine Anderson Prince, Andrea Rebecca
Seymoure, Jacob Benjamin Sommer, Christopher Michael Toomey, Kyle
Hunt Wilke
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April 7- May 26
Coffee From the Ground Up:
Evening Speaker Series
May 6-8
Luce Symposium
May 6
C. Christine Fair: Pakistani Attitudes
Towards Militancy In and Beyond Pakistan
May 7
Walter Russell Mead: After Fukuyama
and Huntington: Prospects for
American Power
May 9
2009 Documentary Film Workshop
May 11
JSIS Gala and Open House
June 24-25
Summer Seminar for Educators:
Liquid Planet
July 8-10
2009 Community College Master
Teacher Institute: Global Religions
Global Health
Kara Rae Mann, Amelia Lark Mayberry, Lisa Alexandria Niemann,
Christina Oh, Tara Anastasia Olson (Honors), Rachel Pogash Wood
International Human Rights, Law, State and Society
Christopher Olson Blair (Honors), Nari Melissa Corley-Wheeler, Regina
Andrea Durr, Sydney Jamieson Farrer, Alevtina Alexandrovna Gall, Talya
Sarit Gillman, Jessica Jane Henley, Micah Lyn Houston, Jessica Marie
Lanz, Deidre Evelia Lockman, Alyson June McLean, Jason Timothy
Moe, Christopher Edward Moore, Maria Corazon Nicholson, Remy Else
Peritz, Connor Steven Radkey, Andrew Robert Rakestraw, Amy Marie
Stern, Kelly Nicole Wakefield, Aiko Yagishi

Jackson school centennial media club
rECoMMEndEd rEAding:
Visit the online Jackson School Centennial Media Club where faculty, staff, students, and alumni
can recommend books, films, journal articles, or other media that address important issues we
are facing today as the Jackson School turns 100 years old.
Together we are “Engaging Minds and Engaging the World”.
www.jsis.washington.edu/centennial
International Political Economy
Aleksejs Babics, Jonathan Charles Brown, Howard H. Chan, Mackenzie
Lynn Houck, Kimberly Carine Housepian, Robert Alan McVay, Corrine
E. Oberg, Kyle Robert Parker, Julia Isabella Sobieszczanska, Benn Joseph
Vogelsang, Andrea Kathleen Wood, Lawrence Sonny Yeh
Japan
Christy Marie Bahr, Matt Koji Scroggs
Latin America
Alyson Leigh Dimmitt (Honors), Elizabeth Ann Hall, Richard Lee Johnson
(Honors), Rebecca Lewis, Anthony Gilles Maack, Carrie Ann Moore,
Ashley Marie Pohlmann, Jack William Range, Wilson Stevenson,
Catherine Jolie Vincler
Middle East
Rebecca Shoshana Corman, Avital Gourarie, Shirley Anne Henderson,
Elizabeth Anne Jeffers
Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Daniel Catchpole, Artem Yaschenko
Southeast Asia
Anyie Joana Li, Mary Stephanie Najdzin
MAY 6, 7, 8
Luce Symposium
May 6 & 7: Suzzallo Library,
Petersen Room,9:00am–3:00pm.
May 8: Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room,
9:00am–3:00pm.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6
Pakistani Attitudes Towards Militancy
in and Beyond Pakistan
C. Christine Fair, Senior Political Scientist,
Rand Corporation, Kane Hall 220, 7:30pm.
THURSDAY, MAY 7
After Fukuyama and Huntington:
Prospects for American Power
Walter Russell Mead, Henry M. Kissinger
Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy,
Council on Foreign Relations
Kane Hall 220, 7:30pm.
The End of Poverty
By Jeffrey D. Sachs
Recommended by Professor Joel Migdal, JSIS
Arguments About Aborigines; Australia
And the Evolution of Social Anthropology
By L.R. Hiatt
Recommended by Professor Martin Jaffee, JSIS
The Devil’s Highway
UW Common Book 2008-09
By Luis Alberto Urrea
Recommended by Tamara Leonard,
Associate Director, Center for Global Studies
Arsenals of Folly
By Richard Rhodes
Recommended by Professor Chris Jones, JSIS
Western Europe
Sarah Jean Auditore, Nicholas Phillip Carver, Halley Rebecca Griffin,
Adrienna Kathryn Jones, Junko Maria Nozawa
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news and notes
fACUlty nEws
dAniEl Chirot gave a talk in Florence, Italy, on what was different
about the Shoah compared to other genocides. It will be published in
Italy. In February he presented a paper at Stanford University comparing
the ways in which Germans and other Europeans handled the history
of World War II to the way Japan has. It will be published in a Stanford
University publication. In addition to these lectures and publications,
he published two articles in the journal “Society.” One is on the
Enlightenment in contemporary discourse, and the other on how to
improve American foreign policy.
pAtriCk ChristiE continued his work as a Pew Charitable Trust Fellow
in Marine Conservation at the UN Food and Agricultural Organization.
While at the FAO, he conducted research on ocean policy. He has also
presented papers at the Convention on Biological Diversity annual
meeting, at the World Center for Monitoring of Conservation in
Cambridge UK, at the League for the Conservation of Nature in Lisbon,
and at the International Conference on Coral Reef Science. He also
published an article in the journal “Coral Reefs.”
sArA CUrrAn continues to chair the
International Studies Program and direct
the Center for Global Studies. She also
conducted research and with her colleagues
edited, The Global Governance of Food,
which has been recently published by
Routledge.
hErbErt Ellison was invited to a meeting
led by Librarian of Congress Jim Billington
with a visiting Russian delegation which is
working on creating the Russian equivalent
of the United States’ Library of Congress
which is to be named after Boris Yeltsin.
tony gill’s most recent book, The Political Origins of Religious Liberty
(Cambridge 2007), received the Best Book Award from the American
Sociology Association’s Section on Religion…and he didn’t even know
that award existed! Plus, his photo of a barrel race at the Ellensburg
Rodeo won second place in American Cowboy’s first ever amateur
rodeo photographer contest.
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ChArlEs (biff) kEyEs began his retirement a year later than planned.
After having officially retired at the end of 2006, he was persuaded
to return to be acting chair of the Department of Anthropology until
mid-December 2007. After stepping down as chair, Biff spent more than
two and half months in Asia, primarily in Thailand, but also in Vietnam,
Singapore, and Nepal. He gave a keynote address on “The Village
Economy: Capitalist AND Sufficiency-based – A Northeastern Thai
Case,” at the 10th International Thai Studies Conference in Bangkok in
January 2008 and another keynote address on “Buddhists Confront the
State” at a conference on “Buddhism and the Crises of Nation-States
in Asia” at the National University of Singapore in June. He is currently
engaged in a project to create a digital archive of his extensive research
materials produced during projects undertaken over 45 years primarily in
Thailand, but also in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Burma.
sAnJEEV khAgrAM with pEggy lEVitt (Eds.) co-authored The
Transnational Studies Reader, published by Routledge Press, 2008.
sAbinE lAng was awarded a European Union Center Faculty Research
Grant for studying transnational women’s networks in Central and
Eastern Europe. As a result of a Rockefeller Center conference in
Bellagio, Italy, she finished a contribution to the volume “The NGO
Boom” (Victoria Bernal, Inderpal Grewal eds.).
wolfrAM lAtsCh traveled to the International Studies Association
meetings in San Francisco and presented his research on the role of
‘transaction costs’ (the costs of exchange and cooperation) in economic
development and globalization; CGS support for this trip is gratefully
acknowledged. He published an article in Oxford Development Studies
on the challenges facing government-supported industrial development
in the world’s poorest countries. He also co-directed a project
investigating the possible connections between global climate change
and U.S. national security. His current research includes work on precolonial
African states and the role of ‘hard choices’ in economics.
JoEl MigdAl recently supervised two dissertations which won the
American Political Science Association’s prestigious Aaron Wildavsky
Award for the best dissertation on religion and politics: Ahmet Kuru’s
“Dynamics of Secularism: State-Religion Relations in the United States,
France, and Turkey,” (2007), and Yuksel Sezgin’s “The State’s Response
to Legal Pluralism: The Case of Religious Law and Courts in Israel, Egypt
and India,” (2008).

ChristiAn lEE noVEtzkE published Religion and Public Memory with
Columbia University Press and received two fellowships. The first is a
senior fellowship from the American Institute of Indian Studies and the
National Endowment for the Humanities to conduct research in India.
The second is the American Council of Learned Societies fellowship to
complete writing for the above mentioned project. The project for both
grants is entitled “Love at the End of an Empire” and is about public
culture and performance art at the end of the Martha period and the
beginning of the British period in western India (Maharashtra) in the
early 19th Century.
robErt pEkkAnEn and three colleagues received an NSF grant for the
study of electoral systems effect upon parties nomination and candidate
ranking strategies, and legislative organization. The grant totaled over
$550,000.
noAM piAnko, thanks to a course development grant from the Center
for Global studies, designed and taught with several colleagues a teamtaught
introductory course on Israel. The interdisciplinary course, “Israel:
Dynamic Society and Global Flashpoint” enrolled over one hundred
students from diverse backgrounds and received excellent reviews.
During fall quarter 2008, he took advantage of a Royalty Research
Fellowship to complete his current book manuscript.
sCott rAdnitz was in Baku for the summer of 2008 on an IREX shortterm
grant. He designed a questionnaire for a survey on war attitudes
and emotion in Azerbaijan. In addition, he has a forthcoming publication
in “Comparative Political Studies” on social capitol in Central Asia due to
appear in June 2009.
AnitA rAMAsAstry returned from a six month Fulbright fellowship at
the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland,
Galway. She was also selected as one of twenty-three Asia 21 leadership
fellows by the Asia Society for 2008
ClArk sorEnsEn has taken up the position of editor for the Journal of
Korean Studies and brought it to the University of Washington. He also
helped to start up a new publication series, Publications of the University
of Washington Center for Korean Studies, in conjunction with UW Press.
MAtt spArkE has moved his primary research focus to global
health, and, in particular, to the ways in which different visions and
understandings of economic globalization inform different approaches to
global health. He has presented papers on his research at the University
of Brisbane (Australia), as well as at Dartmouth College, Duke University,
Portland State University, and the Department of Epidemiology at the
University of North Carolina.
newsletter editor: tamara Leonard
JAMEs wEllMAn published Evangelical vs. Liberal: The Clash of Christian
Cultures in the Pacific Northwest, with Oxford University Press, 2008, and
Belief and Bloodshed: Religion and Violence Across Time and Tradition.
glEnnys yoUng presented the following papers at conferences:
“Emotions, Contentious Politics, and Historical Memory: A Story from
the Annals of the Novocherkassk Tragedy,” at the international
conference, “Emotions in Russian History and Culture,” Moscow,
April 2008; and “Bolsheviks as Emotion Managers from October to
the Eve of World War II,” at the Ralph and Ruth Fischer Forum, at the
conference Interpreting Emotion in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia,
June, 2008, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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