Maddie Butler’s advice to incoming first-year students is to “value community over competition.” She learned from experience – after four years of community leadership, Butler graduated from the Hamilton Lugar School (HLS) in May 2023 with a B.A. in International Law & Institutions, a B.A. in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures on the Arabic language… Read more »
Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
Mackenzie Knight starts career in nuclear prevention with prestigious fellowship
Mackenzie Knight has been awarded a prestigious fall 2023 Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship, an opportunity which will advance her career in policy analysis, research, and grassroots advocacy against nuclear weapons. The Scoville Fellowship, established in 1987 in honor of nuclear arms control activist Dr. Herbert (Pete) Scoville Jr., is designed to recruit and train… Read more »
Elissa Day joins three IU Egyptology alumni at Harvard
After graduating with her MA, Elissa Day is heading home to London before starting Harvard’s Ancient Near Eastern Studies Ph.D. program with a sub-field in Egyptology this fall. There, she will join three other IU alumni in the same program. Day graduated from the Hamilton Lugar School’s Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures MA program with… Read more »
American Society of Church History honors Professor Dan Caner’s recent book
The Rich and the Pure cited as ‘a major influence on future studies’ Hamilton Lugar School (HLS) Professor of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures Daniel Caner’s book, The Rich and the Pure: Philanthropy and the Making of Christian Society in Early Byzantium (University of California, 2021), has been awarded the 2022 Philip Schaff Prize by the… Read more »
Sofia Herrera reflects on language, culture, and identity as she prepares to graduate
When she was looking at schools, Sofia Herrera knew she wanted to pursue international studies. As soon as she visited Indiana University (IU), she realized the Hamilton Lugar School (HLS) was the right fit for her. She says, “I was so impressed with the Global and International Studies Building — the modernity of it, the… Read more »
Afsaruddin Named Wells Endowed Professor
Asma Afsaruddin, professor of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures in the Hamilton Lugar School (HLS) has been named the Class of 1950 Herman B Wells Endowed Professor by Indiana University in recognition of her extraordinary scholarship and teaching, her deep concern for the well-being of students and her devotion to diversity, inclusion, and academic excellence…. Read more »
HLS Student Eden Rose Zaborowski Deepens Her Understanding of the Middle East in Amman, Jordan
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 »