The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies is a school within the University of Washington's College of Arts and Sciences, in Seattle, Washington. The school's name honors Henry M. Jackson, a former U.S. Senator from the state of Washington.
The Jackson School manages undergraduate and graduate academic programs in International Studies and regional studies. In addition to International Studies, the undergraduate programs include Asian, Canadian, European, Latin American, and Jewish studies, as well as comparative religion. The graduate programs include China; Japan; Korea; Middle East; Russian, East European and Central Asian; South Asian; and Southeast Asian studies; as well as comparative religion.
The Jackson School also hosts eight National Resource Centers, listed below:
- Canadian Studies Center
- Center for Global Studies
- Center for West European Studies
- East Asia Center
- Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies
- Middle East Center
- South Asia Center
- Southeast Asia Center
The school claims a "commitment to regional, cross-cultural, and comparative studies" and offers interdisciplinary, courses cross-listed with other departments and with faculty specializing in academic fields ranging from economics to sociology to geography. While the various programs allow for a variety of approaches to study, the general international studies program has a strong emphasis on international political economy.
In addition to university professors, the Jackson School also invites practitioners of foreign affairs to teach certain undergraduate and graduate courses. These include former U.S. Ambassador to Thailand Darryl N. Johnson and Washington state Congressman Adam Smith.
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