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The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies (also known as the Jackson School and abbreviated as "JSIS") is a school within the
University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...
's
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that specializes in research and instruction in
area studies Area studies (also known as regional studies) are interdisciplinary fields of research and scholarship pertaining to particular geographical, national/ federal, or cultural regions. The term exists primarily as a general description for what ar ...
and was founded in 1909 as the Department of Oriental Subjects and is named to honor
Henry M. Jackson Henry Martin "Scoop" Jackson (May 31, 1912 – September 1, 1983) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative (1941–1953) and U.S. senator (1953–1983) from the state of Washington. A Cold War liberal and a ...
.


History

The University of Washington established a Department of Oriental Subjects in 1909 under the chairmanship of Herbert Henry Gowen. The department became the School of International Studies in 1976, and, in 1983, was renamed the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, in honor of Henry Jackson. As of 2016, the Jackson School was the United States' largest recipient of
United States Department of Education The United States Department of Education is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government. It began operating on May 4, 1980, having been created after the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was split into the Department ...
grants in support of area studies and hosted eight
National Resource Center The National Resource Center (NRC) Program of the U.S. Department of Education provides funding grants to American universities to establish, strengthen, and operate language and area or international studies centers that will be national resources ...
s. Its oldest center, the East Asia Center, was established with a grant from the
U.S. Department of Defense The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national secur ...
in 1959 as the Far Eastern Institute. It was followed by the Middle East Center. Other National Resource Centers hosted by the Jackson School are the Canadian Studies Center; Global Studies Center; West European Studies Center; Russia, East Europe, and Central Asian Studies Center; South Asia Center; and Southeast Asia Center. In 2016 the Jackson School hosted the annual meeting of the
Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs The Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA) is a non-profit educational organization of graduate schools of international affairs, with 40 members and 26 affiliates around the world. Starting as a network of Americ ...
, of which it is a founding member.


Instruction

The Jackson School offers
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degrees in six subjects: Asian studies, Comparative Religion, European studies, International Studies, Jewish Studies, and Latin American & Caribbean studies. It also grants
Master of Arts A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...
degrees and
Doctor of Philosophy A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common Academic degree, degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields ...
degrees in International Studies. Since 2015 it has, additionally, offered a Master of Arts in applied International Studies, which is geared towards "mid-career professionals". The Jackson School is a full member of the
Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs The Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA) is a non-profit educational organization of graduate schools of international affairs, with 40 members and 26 affiliates around the world. Starting as a network of Americ ...
(APSIA), a group of public administration, public policy, and international studies schools.


Publications and collections

In addition to its undergraduate journal, ''Jackson Journal'', the school also houses two refereed journals, ''the
Journal of Japanese Studies ''The Journal of Japanese Studies'' (JJS) is the most influential journal dealing with research on Japan in the United States. It is a multidisciplinary forum for communicating new information, new interpretations, and recent research results con ...
'' and ''the
Journal of Korean Studies ''The Journal of Korean Studies'' is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering Korean studies. It was established in 1969. The original series had two issues numbered Volume 1 (1969) and 2 (1971) that were edited by David Messler (Univers ...
''. The Sephardic Studies Digital Library Collection is a collection of digitized works concerning
Sephardic Jews Sephardic (or Sephardi) Jews (, ; lad, Djudíos Sefardíes), also ''Sepharadim'' , Modern Hebrew: ''Sfaradim'', Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm, also , ''Ye'hude Sepharad'', lit. "The Jews of Spain", es, Judíos sefardíes (or ), pt, Judeus sefar ...
, at the
University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...
in Seattle. It was created by Stroum Center for Jewish Studies, part of the Jackson School. The collection contains over 1,500 books and other documents primarily in
Ladino Ladino, derived from Latin, may refer to: * The register of Judaeo-Spanish used in the translation of religious texts, such as the Ferrara Bible *Ladino people, a socio-ethnic category of Mestizo or Hispanicized people in Central America especi ...
, also Ottoman Turkish, Hebrew and French, written from the 16th century up to the mid-20th century. "Nearly all" of the material in the library came from families in Seattle, which has the third largest Sephardic community in the United States. The University of Washington says the collection has more volumes than the collections of the Library of Congress or of Harvard University. It is said to be the nation's largest or second largest collection of Ladino texts, and the largest electronic collection of such material. Professor Devin Narr began the collection in 2012.


Faculty and alumni

Notable present and former faculty of the school include
Darryl N. Johnson Darryl Norman Johnson (1938 – 24 June 2018) was an American politician and career Foreign Service Officer who held many positions in American government around the world. Most recently and importantly he was the United States Ambassador to Th ...
,
Jere L. Bacharach Jere L. Bacharach (born 1938 in New York) is Professor Emeritus, Department of History, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. Academia Bacharach attended Trinity College, receiving his B.A. in 1960, Harvard University receiving his M.A. ...
,
France Winddance Twine France Winddance Twine is a Black and Native American sociologist, ethnographer, visual artist. and documentary filmmaker. Twine's research has made significant contributions to interdisciplinary research in gender and sexuality studies, racism ...
, T.J. Pempel,
Philip N. Howard Philip N. Howard is a sociologist and communication researcher who studies the impact of information technologies on democracy and social inequality. He studies how new information technologies are used in both civic engagement and social contr ...
, and
Charles T. Cross Charles Tenney "Chuck" Cross (May 4, 1922 – November 3, 2008) was an American career diplomat and ambassador who held many positions in American government around the world. He served as the United States Consulate General Hong Kong, U.S. Consul ...
. Notable graduates of the school's programs include
Elizabeth J. Perry Elizabeth J. Perry, Fellow of the British Academy, FBA (; born 9 September 1948) is an American scholar of Chinese politics and Chinese history, history at Harvard University, where she is the Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government and Director of ...
,
Rob McKenna Robert Marion McKenna (born October 1, 1962) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 17th attorney general of Washington from 2005 to 2013 after serving on the Metropolitan King County Council from 1996 to 2005. A member of the R ...
, and Matthew Bannick.


See also

*
Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy and Governance The Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy and Governance is the school of public policy of the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. The school is named after former Washington State Governor and U.S. Senator Daniel J. Evans. The Ev ...


References

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