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 | Left to right: Kaitlyn Albertoli (IR and Psychology '19), Jennifer Ampey (IR and Human Rights '19), and Grace Anderson (IR and Italian '19) attend the diploma ceremony for the Program in International Relations (IR) in June.
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Congratulations to the Class of 2019 graduates! View highlights from Stanford's 128th commencement weekend, including speeches, videos, and photos.
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Over the past year, 10 fellows developed projects focused on internationalizing academic programming in community colleges. In May, they presented at the 2019 EPIC Symposium, which brings together global studies educators each year.
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| SGS Moves to Encina Commons!
The Stanford Global Studies (SGS) Division has moved to the newly renovated and revitalized first floor of Encina Commons! The relocation comes as part of an effort to create a centrally located, academic hub on campus for international studies. Learn more.
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In June, history and social science teachers gathered at Stanford to take part in a professional development course on Latin American and the Cold War sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies.
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Five students from global studies programs have won Fulbright grants to pursue special projects abroad next year.
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The Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies screened the movie “Motorcycle Girl” as part of the SGS Summer Film Festival. Read this interview with the film's director, Adnan Sarwar.
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The France-Stanford Center funds a wide variety of research collaborations between scholars and students at French institutions and at Stanford. View the 2019-20 grant recipients.
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The Taube Center for Jewish Studies has announced its 2019 award recipients! Learn more.
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A major new collection is joining Stanford's modern Iran archive. The collection includes hundreds of letters from some of Iran's most prominent intellectuals, thousands of pages of notes, and first drafts of several manuscripts.
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The Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies has released its annual newsletter!
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Taehwa Hong (IR '21) was awarded the 8th annual Korea Program Prize for Writing in Korean Studies for his paper, "North Korea in the Soviet-Albanian Dispute."
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Malcolm Hodgskiss, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Geological Sciences, was awarded a grant from the France-Stanford Center to research the Great Oxygenation Event, which took place on Earth billions of years ago.
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In this interview, Stanford's first librarian in South Asian studies, C. Ryan Perkins, gives an account of his first four years at Stanford and describes his current projects.
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| Firestone Medal
International relations major Lloyd Lyall, who delivered a speech at the 2019 IR diploma ceremony, received the Firestone Medal for Excellence in Undergraduate Research for his honors thesis.
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Indian journalist H R Venkatesh, a John S. Knight Journalism Fellow, discusses how news organizations can collaborate to fight disinformation, bias, and polarization in communities in South Asia in this interview.
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IR Diploma Ceremony Video
During the diploma ceremony for the Program in International Relations, keynote speaker Colin Kahl, co-director of the Center for International Security and Cooperation, shared an inspiring speech with the graduates. Watch the video on Youtube.
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Commencement Speech
Audrey Huynh, who majored in international relations and minored in human rights, was selected as a student speaker at the IR diploma ceremony. Read her speech on our Global Perspectives Blog.
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Graduating Student Spotlight
Peace Edem, who graduated with a B.S. in human biology and a minor in global studies, with a specialization in African studies, is looking forward to joining Oliver Wyman, a global management consulting firm, in the fall.
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Iranian Studies Director Abbas Milani talks about renewed tensions between the U.S. and Iran on C-SPAN.
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Stanford professors and lawyers gathered to discuss a landmark Supreme Court decision at an event sponsored by the Handa Center and the Program in International Relations. Read more in the Stanford Daily.
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 | SGS staff gathered to plant succulents for their new office spaces in Encina Commons.
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SGS welcomes new staff member Quynh Nguyen, Accounting and Finance Associate, Stanford Global Studies.
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