"Khmer Woman at Home," captured by anthropology major Victoria Chiek while conducting field research in Cambodia, is the winner of the SGS student photo contest.

SGS student photo contest winners

Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 SGS student photo contest. The annual competition, which celebrates the artistic talents of students across SGS, received more than 90 submissions this year from students who traveled abroad for internships, field research, and language study.

Legal scholar discusses situation in Afghanistan at SGS student dinner

Nasiruddin Nezaami, a legal scholar from Afghanistan and a visiting professor at Stanford Law School, discussed the situation in Afghanistan following the return of the Taliban at the annual SGS student dinner this spring. Watch the full video of his speech.

Stanford launches Scholar Rescue Fund

Stanford's Scholar Rescue Fund offers residencies to international scholars facing hardship in their home countries. In partnership with the fund, SGS hosted a Global Dialogues event this spring featuring three displaced scholars, who shared their stories and experiences.

Robert C. Gregg, former dean and founding director of the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, has passed away.

The Center for Human Rights & International Justice recently hosted a panel discussion on new directions in genocide studies.

The Center for East Asian Studies and the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education have released a free lesson, “Korea Gone Global: K-Pop and Technologies of Soft Power.”

Read a statement from the Center for African Studies condemning the conflict in Sudan. Stanford Global Studies urges everyone to support rescue efforts by donating to the Sudanese American Physicians Association's emergency relief efforts.

A conference hosted by the Program in Iranian Studies explored Iran's pathways to democracy.

A new advisory committee will serve as ongoing source of recommendations and support for Stanford’s Jewish community.

Celebrating our graduates

Center for African Studies student Ecy King graduates in June with a bachelor’s degree in symbolic systems. Her educational comic book Bit by Bit was designed to make studying computer science approachable and fun.

At the third annual Stanford Fair for Community College Students, students from more than 20 community colleges across California attended a series of workshops led by Stanford scholars and students on global topics.

Stanford students dove into Hoover’s historical archives to uncover a forgotten chapter in U.S.-Russian history in this class taught by international relations lecturer Bertrand Patenaude.

Over spring break, Samuel Loh, a master’s student in East Asian studies, completed archival research at the UK National Archives and the British Library Archives in London for his thesis on the interrelation between race, capitalism, and imperialism in colonial Malaya. 

A Roundtable with the Baltic Ambassadors to the U.S.

Thursday, June 1

Abdu'l Baha at Stanford: A Centennial Conference

Sunday, June 4

Stanford Commencement

Sunday, June 18

The following SGS programs will host diploma ceremonies: the Center for East Asian Studies; the Center for Latin American Studies; the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies; and the Program in International Relations.