Historian Glennys Young featured in Spanish TV documentary about Cold War-era interrogation program

, professor of history and of international studies and chair of the Department of History, was featured in a Spanish television documentary, “,” which aired in October. The film is about years-long CIA interrogations of Spanish citizens during the Cold War who were sent as children to the Soviet Union in 1937 to escape the Spanish Civil War, then later returned to their homeland in the 1950s. Young, a specialist in Russian and Soviet history, was interviewed in June of 2019 while in Spain for book research. Watch a for the film. Read more on the department .

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Distinguished educator award, national committee posts for Evans School’s Ann Bostrom

, professor in the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, has received the from the Society for Risk Analysis. The award is given each year to “that teacher, author or mentor who has contributed substantially to the training of new experts in risk analysis.” The Evans School’s Allison Cullen received the award in 2014.

Bostrom, the Weyerhaeuser Endowed Professor in Environmental Policy, also has recently been named to two national committees. She will serve a three-year term on an advisory committee with the federal . And she has been named to the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine’s .

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State historic preservation award for Nicole Klein and colleagues with AS 91̽»¨Shell House’s ‘The Next 100 Years’ campaign

The Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation has named Nicole Klein and fellow members of the AS 91̽»¨Shell House’s “The Next 100 Years” campaign the recipients of its 2020 . Klein is capital campaign manager for the AS 91̽»¨Shell House.

“Driven by the building’s centennial in 2018 along with the inspiring story chronicled in ,’ a group of 91̽»¨alums, former rowing team members, the student union, plus friends and family, came together

with a vision to restore and open up the building for public education and enjoyment,” the award states. “Nicole was the perfect person to lead this ambitious fundraising effort. Her passion for the preservation of this building and its rich history is boundless.”

Klein also credits Matt Newman, director of 91̽»¨Recreation, for gathering the team, which also included veterans and area tribal members as well as historians and architects, aviators, sailors and 91̽»¨staff and faculty.

The 2020 awards also included a special achievement honor for the new on the 91̽»¨campus, saying, “The new facility offers superior protection and curation of our region’s shared heritage that will continue to be preserved.”

This 10-part series examines the ongoing impact of the 2016 election on countries and regions worldwide. Each week, Jackson School faculty experts will explore perspectives from Europe, Asia, Mexico, Russia and the Middle East as well as questions of climate change and historical context in the U.S. presidency.

“” lectures will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Monday afternoons in room 110 of Kane Hall, and all are open to the public. Jackson School Director will be moderator for these events.

The schedule is as follows:

Oct. 2: Trump and the World — a Historical Perspective, with , assistant professor of international studies
Oct. 9: The Middle East and Israel, with , professor of international studies
Oct. 16: Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the Gulf, with , affiliate professor of international studies
Oct. 23: The US-Mexican Border, with , associate professor and chair of the
Oct. 30: India, with , associate professor, director of the
Nov. 6: China, with , professor of international studies
Nov. 13: The Korean Peninsula, with , professor of international studies
Nov. 20: The International Climate Regime, with , professor of international studies and director of the
Nov. 27: Russia, with , professor of history and international studies.
Dec. 4: Final panel discussion and round table.

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For more information about the series, contact the Jackson School at 206-543-6001 or jsisadv@uw.edu. Interested press may contact Monique Thormann, Jackson School director of communications, at 206-685-0578 or thormm@uw.edu.