Students,

During Winter term, the Jackson School is running both a public lecture series and a 2-credit course to provide opportunities for substantive, thoughtful, compassionate engagement with the devastating events unfolding in the Middle East. Details can be found below, and flyers for both the lecture series and the 400-level course are attached.

I want to thank the many people in JSIS who have spearheaded this effort, including Danny Hoffman (Director of the Jackson School), Mike Ahuvia (Director of the Stroum Center), Reşat Kasaba (Professor and previous Director of JSIS), and the many staff members instrumental for making these events possible. I also thank President Cauce and Dean Harris for their support of these events.

As we hope for peace in the new year, let us work collectively to bring our professional knowledge, disciplinary training, and intellectual skills to create meaningful opportunities for engagement and support for all members of the UW community, especially our students, and also for those who turn to the university in search of insight as we grapple with the violence, trauma, anger, and fear of the past months. This is a worthwhile resolution for the new year.

War in the Middle East Lecture Series

A series of talks and discussions on the aftermath of Oct. 7, the war in Gaza and responses worldwide. 

Moderator: Reşat Kasaba, Jackson School Professor of International Studies and Middle East expert

When: Weekly from Jan. 16 to Feb. 27, 2024 from 5:00-6:20 p.m. 

Location: Architecture Hall Room 147* at the University of Washington in Seattle

RSVP and more info here

*Note: The Jan. 22 lecture will be held in Kane Hall Room 210

This lecture series is free and open to the public. 

Sponsored by the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and the Social Sciences Division, College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington in partnership with the Henry M. Jackson Foundation. 

Questions? Email jsiscom@uw.edu