“” was published in January by University of California Press. Yang is with the UW Jackson School of International Studies.

“From the 17^th century onward, penal transportation was a key strategy of British imperial rule, exemplified by deportations first to the Americas and later to Australia,” publisher’s notes state.

“Case studies from the insular prisons of Bengkulu, Penang, and Singapore illuminate another carceral regime in the Indian Ocean world that brought South Asia and Southeast Asia together through a global system of forced migration and coerced labor.” The book tells of Indian convicts “and how they exercised agency in difficult situations, fashioning their own worlds and even becoming ‘their own warders.'”

Historian David Gilmartin of North Carolina State University wrote: “Meticulously researched, this is social history at its best.”

Read Yang’s essay in the UC Press blog, “.”

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Two world music textbooks from Patricia Shehan Campbell 

, professor of music education and ethnomusicology, co-authored and edited two textbooks on world music last autumn.

“,” with William Coppola of the University of North Texas and David Hebert of Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, was published by Routledge.

“,” edited by Campbell and Bonnie Wade of the University of California, Berkeley, was published by Oxford University Press. Campbell is the Donald E. Petersen Professor of Music and chair of music education in the UW School of Music.

Faculty at the UW’s and will explore these issues in a series of public lectures and discussions through spring quarter.

The series “” will be moderated by , professor and director of the Jackson School.

The lectures will be held Tuesdays from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in Room 220 of Kane Hall, starting March 27, and all are open to the public. For students, the series is a 2-credit lecture class.

The lectures are as follows:

March 27: Japan, with .
April 3: Two Koreas, with .
April 10: Indo-Pacific strategy challenges, with .
April 17: Migration, with .
April 24: Global energy challenges, with .
May 1: Online disinformation, with .
May 8: Israel/Palestine, with .
May 15: The European Union, with .
May 22: Putin and Russia, with .
May 29: The Kurds, and a general discussion with Kasaba.

All the speakers are faculty members in the Jackson School except Starbird, who is a professor of human centered design and engineering.

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For more information about the series, call 206-543-6001 or write to jsisadv@uw.edu.

Faculty with the UW will explore the impact of the 2016 election on their respective areas of expertise in a weekly lecture class for students titled “Trump in the World: International Implications of the Trump Presidency.”

Each week, faculty members will explore perspectives from Europe, Asia, Mexico and Russia as well as questions of human rights, international cooperation and migration.

“Two months in, it is clear that Trump administration represents a radical departure in how the United States approaches foreign policy. Given the size and the power of the U.S., these changes are having significant effects in the lives of the people all around the world,” said Jackson School Director , whose May 10 lecture will be on Turkey and the Middle East, and who will conclude the series with a final discussion on May 31.

“In this lecture series the Jackson School faculty will provide a historical context to the rise of  Trump and discuss how the Trump administration is altering  global priorities and affecting different parts of the world. ”

The lectures will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesdays in Room 110 of Kane Hall.

The schedule is as follows:

March 29: The Global Context, with , professor of international studies.

April 5: Authoritarian Trends from the Past to the Present, with , associate professor of international studies and history.

April 12: Asia, with , professor of international studies.

April 19: Mexico, with , assistant professor of international studies.

April 26: Europe, with visiting EU Fellow and , associate professor of international studies.

May 3: Russia, with , associate professor of international studies.

May 10: Human Rights in Latin America, with , professor of international studies.

May 17: Turkey and the Middle East, with Reşat Kasaba, professor and Jackson School director.

May 24: Migration, with , associate professor of international studies.

May 31: Final discussion, with Kasaba.

Two credits are available for students who register and attend regularly.

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For more information or to arrange interviews, contact Monique Thormann, Jackson School director of communications, at 206-685-0578 or thormm@uw.edu.