The Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University will host the eighth annual America’s Role in the World foreign policy conference March 2-3, 2023. The event will examine pressing global challenges to foreign policy, including the climate crisis, the future of Iran, human rights, and sustainable development. Panel discussions will convene… Read more »
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Nick Vogt’s new book explores ritual and power in early Chinese history
IU Professor Nick Vogt explores ritual and power in early Chinese history in his new book published by Cambridge University Press. Vogt is a faculty member in the East Asian Languages and Cultures department at the IU Hamilton Lugar School. Description of Kingship, Ritual, and Royal Ideology in Western Zhou China: In accounts of Chinese… Read more »
Cultural instructor prepares U.S. soldiers for global missions
In her daily work, Emily Stranger prepares U.S. soldiers for missions in the Middle East, Central Asia, and many other areas of the world. As a regional expertise and cultural instructor at the United States Department of Defense, she offers soldiers cultural instruction in the regions they are focused on. Stranger developed her regional expertise… Read more »
Scholar of Uyghur history learned the language at IU
Eric Schluessel studied the Uyghur language at Indiana University and is now a leading social historian in the study of China and Central Asia, including Xinjiang, the regional home to China’s Uyghur people. Schluessel is an assistant professor of history and international affairs at the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs. “When I… Read more »
Indiana a hub for world language study
FLAS fellowships support Indiana University students in study of world languages, regions Indiana University alumna Keely Bakken was born in Chicago, grew up in Las Vegas, and chose IU for college on her father’s recommendation to return to the Midwest. Bakken majored in International Studies and Spanish before earning a Master of Arts in Central… Read more »
Christopher I. Beckwith’s new book reviewed in The Wall Street Journal
A recently published book by Christopher I. Beckwith, Distinguished Professor of Central Eurasian Studies at the IU Hamilton Lugar School, has been reviewed in The Wall Street Journal. Description of The Scythian Empire: Central Eurasia and the Birth of the Classical Age From Persia to China by Princeton University press: In the late 8th and… Read more »
Multilinguist works for international religious freedom
Keely Bakken, Indiana University Hamilton Lugar School alumna, is now a Supervisory Policy Analyst at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. As an analyst on the research team, Bakken’s work is to monitor and document religious freedom conditions in her regions of expertise: Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Turkey. Bakken majored in International Studies… Read more »
Hamilton on Foreign Policy #210: House dysfunction is cause for alarm
By Lee H. Hamilton Like many Americans, I watched with dismay this month as the House of Representatives struggled through 15 votes over four days to select a new speaker. The sense of dysfunction was remarkable. Anyone watching might well have wondered about our ability to govern ourselves. For a week, there was no speaker… Read more »
Bridges program exposes kids to less commonly taught languages, cultures
Republished from IU Newsroom A small group of students stands in a circle in the Highland Park Elementary School gymnasium, singing “duck, duck, goose” in Turkish and erupting in laughter as a student drops a scarf behind her peer and a chase ensues. They’re led by a group of three volunteer instructors from Indiana University,… Read more »
IU Hamilton Lugar School students benefit global nonprofits as international consultants
As published in The Herald-Times These college students gained international work experience without ever leaving Indiana. How? Rachel Smith The Herald-Times December 29, 2022 One of the hardest parts of working with a nonprofit based in Kenya? Waking up in time for the organizers’ afternoon meeting. The tail-end of a work day for the nonprofit… Read more »
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