is the Isaac Alhadeff Professor of Sephardic Studies in the 鈥� part of the聽 鈥� and an associate professor in the Department of History. He is the author of 鈥�,鈥� published in September by Stanford University Press. His recently-published work will be celebrated tonight with a book launch. .
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Helping refugees abroad with a Fulbright scholarship
Hamda Yusuf ’16聽was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in a first-ever cohort for a Community-Based Combined Grant鈥� which requires both community work and teaching in a foreign country.聽In fall 2016, she鈥檒l be heading to Austria for 9 months to support Refugees Welcome, a non-profit that is dealing with the Middle East refugee crisis there, and will be an English teaching assistant in secondary schools.
Arts partnership captures a refugee experience in Seattle
A new exhibition and video documentary tell the story of a refugee family.聽These were developed by ART WORKS Projects in collaboration with the 91爆料 Center for Global Studies, The Seattle Times,聽91爆料聽Libraries and the King County Library System.
Global learning on campus
40 91爆料 students engaged in a case聽simulation this summer, working to defuse the developing crisis in the South China Sea.
Thanks to a partnership between the and the U.S. Army War College, students from the Jackson School, Foster School of Business, School of Law, Evans School of Public Policy &聽Governance, and other departments tackled a major global challenge聽– right from campus.
91爆料 students head to Nepal for hands-on learning
This summer, 10 91爆料聽students will participate in a new Exploration Seminar course in Nepal.聽Organized by the Nepal Studies Initiative (NSI), the seminar is one of the few formal programs in the U.S. focused on Nepal.
Learn locally, speak globally: welcoming students to a world of language study
91爆料 students can choose from聽45 different languages. Videos created by聽聽introduce students to the study of Bengali, Indonesian, Hindi and Urdu, and聽offer tips on career opportunities and scholarships available to students of these languages.
Student research named in El Salvador family’s reunification story
Jackson School students in the 2015 capstone course 鈥淧romoting Human Rights and Healing in the Wake of Civil War鈥� made two documentary films aimed to reunite San Salvadoran parents of 鈥渄isappeared children.鈥澛燭he videos went public in March聽2015, and in April,聽King 5 news covered the story.聽By early 2016, at least one聽mother and child from the documentary had been reunited, as documented in聽聽The article聽references the 91爆料 student-produced documentaries.
Consul General of India, industry leaders engage together on campus
With support from the , The South Asia Center and the Global Business Center are partnering to host a symposium, “US-India Economic Relations and the Contemporary Indian Economy” on campus.聽Ambassador Venkatesan Ashok, Consul General of India of San Francisco, as well as prominent members of the local community and 91爆料 faculty experts will address the group and engage in the symposium.
Event details
Friday, February 26, 2016
2:00-5:00 PM
Bank of America Executive Education Center, Douglas Forum
Israel Today: A lecture series by from the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies
During Winter Quarter 2016, the 91爆料 Stroum Center for Jewish Studies will host three scholars who represent new approaches in the growing field of Israel Studies.
The lecture series is entitled 鈥淏eyond the Binary: Israel Studies Today鈥� to reflect the fact that these researchers are going beyond standard divisions in the field. Their work, ranging from disability studies to sociolinguistics and the history of medicine, offers alternative perspectives on the region鈥檚 history. All lectures are free and open to the public.
During Winter Quarter 2016, the 91爆料 Stroum Center for Jewish Studies will host three scholars who represent new approaches in the growing field of Israel Studies. The lecture series is entitled 鈥淏eyond the Binary: Israel Studies Today鈥� to reflect the fact that these researchers are going beyond standard divisions in the field. Their work, ranging from disability studies to sociolinguistics and the history of medicine, offers alternative perspectives on the region鈥檚 history. All lectures are free and open to the public.
Diplomacy in the Earth’s orbit
笔谤辞蹿别蝉蝉辞谤听聽says that space is “a sort of new frontier in terms of U.S. foreign policy, but also the global community.” She aims to “bridge the聽bridge the gap between what academics know and what policymakers might want to know.”