News from the School of IAS
Kristy Leissle hosts a series of events for new book, Cocoa
IAS faculty member Kristy Leissle hosted a series of events for her new book, Cocoa (Cambridge: Polity, 2018), which explores geopolitics and personal politics in the global cocoa and chocolate industries. Leissle's US book launch was held at the University Bookstore in Seattle on March 7, and other events followed with scholars, industry participants, and chocolate enthusiasts in ...
April 19, 2018
Karam Dana at the Midwestern Political Science Association
IAS faculty member Karam Dana has just returned from participating in a roundtable at the Midwestern Political Science Association’s annual conference in Chicago. The roundtable was designed for ...
April 19, 2018
Dan Berger awarded Fellowship at Schomburg Center of Research in Black Culture
IAS faculty member Dan Berger has been awarded a Scholars-in-Residence Fellowship at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture for the winter/spring of 2019. Part of the New York Public Library...
April 19, 2018
Masahiro Sugano and Anida Yoeu Ali announced as exhibiting artists in the 2018 Gwangju Biennale
IAS faculty members Masahiro Sugano and Anida Yoeu Ali have been selected as artists in the upcoming Gwangju Biennale. The artistic due will feature their Studio Revolt works on the deportation of Cambodian Americans as curated by prominent Thai curator Gridthiya Gaweewong, the artistic director of Bangkok’s Jim Thompson Art Center. Ali and Sugano’s video installation will be exhibited amongst a prestigious list of international artists including ...
April 19, 2018
Meshell Sturgis discusses her academic career and comics scholarship
Cultural Studies alum (’17) and Ph.D. student Meshell Sturgis was recently profiled by UW Department of Communication. The article discusses Sturgis’ academic career trajectory and fascination with comics...
April 17, 2018
Karam Dama receives 2018 Distinguished Teaching Award
IAS faculty member Karam Dana has won the 2018 UW Bothell Distinguished Teaching Award. Dana joined IAS in 2010 and since that time has proven himself to be an outstanding and successful teacher, mentor, and colleague. He is, in the words of the award selection committee...
April 17, 2018
Amy Lambert and Alexa Russo win Husky Green Awards
IAS faculty member Amy Lambert and Environmental Studies (‘17) alum Alexa Russo won 2018 Husky Green Awards. The Husky Green Awards are...
April 17, 2018
Alexa Russo coordinates Earth Week at UW Bothell
Recent alum Alexa Russo (’17, Environmental Studies) was planning to be an elementary school teacher when she began her studies. While at Cascadia College, she fell in love with the North Creek Wetlands and started thinking about career options in the environmental field. After transferring to UW Bothell...
April 16, 2018
Dan Berger delivers the Department of History’s African American Postdoctoral Lecture
IAS faculty member Dan Berger delivers the Department of History's African American Postdoctoral Lecture at Case Western Reserve University. The lecture is delivered annually by a scholar nominated by the department's postdoctoral fellow, currently Nora Krinitsky. Berger delivered a talk entitled ...
April 3, 2018
Alka Kurian’s #MeToo article receives international attention
IAS faculty member Alka Kurian's recently-published article on #MeToo - charting the rise of fourth wave feminism in India - was reprinted by many newspapers across the world including the LA Times, Chicago Tribune, the UK, India, Sri Lanka, and some countries in Africa. It was also ...
April 3, 2018