Last summer, Hamilton Lugar School student Eden Rose Zaborowski decided to study abroad in Amman, Jordan with the Modern Arabic Language International Center (MALIC) to immerse herself in Arab culture and gain a firsthand understanding of the region she was studying. Zaborowski said she’s a “big believer that if you’re going to study a place,… Read more »
Month: October 2022
Leutert Wins 2022 Emerging Scholars Policy Prize from Foreign Affairs and University of Pennsylvania
The Hamilton Lugar School’s Wendy Leutert is one of three recipients of the 2022 Emerging Scholars Policy Prize from Foreign Affairs and University of Pennsylvania Perry World House. The prize recognizes original research presented in an essay that is easily accessible to policymakers and the broader public. Leutert is an assistant professor and the GLP-Ming… Read more »
Hamilton on Foreign Policy #204: Xi’s aggressive, autocratic rule challenges the US
By Lee H. Hamilton It’s good to be the king, as a popular song has it in China these days. It’s good to be Xi Jinping. Xi was just chosen to lead the nation for a third consecutive five-year term. That’s not entirely unprecedented: Mao Zedong led the People’s Republic of China from 1949 to… Read more »
IU professor receives top Korean cultural award
Professor shares high honor with K-pop band BTS BLOOMINGTON, IND. – Indiana University associate professor Hyo Sang Lee of the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies was recently presented with the national Hwagwan Order of Cultural Merit award by the South Korean government for his exemplary contributions to Korean language and culture. This national… Read more »
HLS Welcomes Griffin and Ponce to Faculty
Hamilton Lugar School (HLS) welcomes Clare Griffin and Aaron Ponce who both started tenure track faculty positions beginning Fall 2022. For Griffin, an expert on Russia, this is her first time living in the United States. Ponce, an expert on immigration in Europe, is an Indiana University (IU) alumnus returning to campus in a new… Read more »
IU faculty experts to hold discussion on anti-regime protests in Iran
The Indiana University Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies will host Anti-Regime Protests in Iran: A Conversation on Wednesday, October 19, at 5:30 p.m. The nearly month-long protests against the Islamic regime in Iran are unprecedented in their scale, diversity of participants, and sheer persistence despite severe crackdowns by security forces. IU faculty… Read more »
Hamilton on Foreign Policy #203: America’s fascination with royalty is genuine if surprising
By Lee H. Hamilton The United States was born in a rejection of being ruled by the King of England and a celebration of the rights of individuals. The Declaration of Independence states boldly that “all men are created equal,” suggesting that hereditary monarchs are no better than anyone else. It may seem a little… Read more »
Dodez Named Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellow
Hamilton Lugar School (HLS) doctoral candidate Tonya Kenny Dodez has been named a Minerva-funded Peace and Security Scholar. This prestigious award is part of the United States Institute of Peace 2022-2023 Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellow program which recognizes twenty applicants who “demonstrated the greatest potential to advance the peacebuilding field and the strongest likelihood to… Read more »