Christopher I. Beckwith’s latest work, The Scythian Empire: Central Eurasia and the Birth of the Classical Age from Persia to China (Princeton University Press) has been named among History Today’s Books of the Year 2023. Beckwith is a distinguished professor of Central Eurasian Studies at the IU Hamilton Lugar School. History Today’s December 2023… Read more »
Faculty News
The American Council of Teachers of Russian recognizes Robert F. Byrnes Russian and East European Institute affiliates
The American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR) Winter 2022 and Spring 2023 Newsletter highlighted awards the organization had presented to Mark Trotter and Ani Abrahamyan of the Robert F. Byrnes Russian and East European Institute (REEI) and recognized recent graduate Nicholas “Niko” Siambekos for his scholarship in Russian. Mark Trotter In the spring of… Read more »
David Bosco on the struggle to govern the world’s oceans
The oceans have been all over the news recently. In the South China Sea, China has been asserting maritime claims that many others in the region—including the United States – reject. At the United Nations, more than a hundred countries recently negotiated a new agreement for protecting the ocean environment. Meanwhile, diplomats and scientists have… Read more »
Central Eurasian Studies graduates win Mongolia Society competition
Congratulations to the Samuel H. Bass and Kenneth E. Linden, Hamilton Lugar School Central Eurasian Studies Ph.D. graduates, who were recognized in the 2022-2023 Best of the Next Generation of American Mongolists essay competition. Bass, currently a visiting assistant professor of Central Eurasian Studies in the Hamilton Lugar School at Indiana University, was awarded… Read more »
Ethan Michelson highlights gender injustice in China’s divorce courts
Ethan Michelson’s book, Decoupling: Gender Injustice in China’s Divorce Courts (Cambridge University Press, 2022), paints a grim picture of a widespread problem that is hiding in plain sight – the difficulty of obtaining a divorce in China, particularly if you are a woman abused by her husband. Michelson says the book title is a double… Read more »
New Center Directors and Department Chair
In approach of the 2023-24 academic year, the Hamilton Lugar School welcomes seven new directors of area studies centers and two new department chairs to join the current directors and chairs. These individuals bring invaluable expertise and depth of knowledge to advance the missions of Hamilton Lugar School centers and departments, and to support students… Read more »
Assessment of how climate scientists communicate risk shows imperfections, improvements
Republished from Indiana University Newsroom The hardest part, experts find, is communicating ‘unquantifiable’ uncertainty BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Scientists are finding new ways to present crucial facts about the complex science of future sea-level rise, according to research led by an Indiana University professor and an international group of climate scientists. Their analysis, published in… Read more »
Teachers enhance K-12 lessons with IU’s Windows to the World digital artifacts
Republished from News at IU, by Barbara Brosher When Lisa Harton started a lesson centered on “The Spider Weaver” in her first-grade classroom, tools from Indiana University helped her transport her students far beyond the book’s pages. Harton, who teaches at Spring Mill Elementary School in Indianapolis, used Windows to the World: Digital Artifacts for… Read more »
HLS faculty receive Trustees Teaching Award
Hamilton Lugar School faculty members Shahyar Daneshgar, Michael De Groot, Morten Oxenboell and Attia Youseif received the 2023 Trustees Teaching Award recognizing outstanding teaching and honoring faculty who have had a positive impact on student learning, especially undergraduates. Department chairs and deans identify candidates for the Trustees Teaching Awards, and those who are selected are… Read more »
Global perspectives on reproductive justice activism
The IU Hamilton Lugar School will convene scholars and experts for a panel discussion on how activists are fighting for reproductive justice around the world. On the Front Lines: Activist Movements for Reproductive Justice is the latest event in the Global Perspectives on Reproductive Justice series. The event will take place on Wednesday, April 12… Read more »