"Cityscape" by Jack Gartland '20 is the overall winner of the 2018 SGS student photo contest. This photo was taken at the top of the Shanghai Tower in Shanghai, China, during his summer internship.

NEWS

The France-Stanford Center for Interdisciplinary Studies celebrates 15 years of fostering collaborative research between French and U.S. scholars. Watch the video.
Join us in congratulating the six winners of this year's student photo contest.
Former participants in the Global Studies Internship Program offer advice to future interns. Watch the video.
The Handa Center's Jessie Brunner published practical guidelines to help frontline practitioners gather good, responsible data to combat human trafficking in Southeast Asia.
Human rights minor student Ibrahim Bharmal received the Stanford Alumni Association’s 2018 J.E. Wallace Sterling Award for outstanding service to Stanford, and international relations student Tesay Yusef received a 2018 James W. Lyons award for service.
Mexican journalist and academic Ricardo Raphael spoke about media suppression in Mexico at the annual Stanford Global Studies student dinner.
K-14 educators learn to teach about migration in ways that deepen learning and discussion skills in the latest SGS professional development course.
A lifelong friendship through Stanford graduate study inspires gift for student research.

FROM THE BLOG

Stanford Iran 2040 Project Manager Pooya Azadi analyzes what new U.S. sanctions could mean for Iran’s economy.
Alina Utrata ('17) reflects on Northern Ireland, twenty years after peace.
Professor Priya Satia discusses her new book, Empire of Guns: The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution, with international relations student Irene Kim.

IN THE MEDIA

Stanford scholars Michael Auslin, Siegfried Hecker, Gi-Wook Shin, and Kathleen Stephens discuss the cancellation of the U.S.-North Korea summit via Stanford News.
African Studies Distinguished Fellow Landry Signé writes about how Africa is bucking the isolationist trend in Foreign Affairs.
Stanford scholars Abbas Milani, Siegfried Hecker, and Allen Weiner discussed the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal via Stanford News.
Handa Center Research Fellow, Dr. Desiree Desierto, has forthcoming publications in Economics of Governance and the Journal of Theoretical Politics.
The World Bank's development blog recaps the Abbasi program conference "Quality of Governance: Muslim Societies in Comparative Perspective."

INSIDE SGS

Dean Richard Saller awarded student services officer Kristin Kutella Boyd with the Dean's Award of Merit. He also recognized several current and former SGS staff for their years of service at the annual H&S Staff Recognition Luncheon.
SGS welcomes two new staff: Yasmin Deosaran, program coordinator for the Center for South Asia; and Rachel Tongco, event and finance coordinator for the Taube Center for Jewish Studies.

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