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Jake Zawlacki, a master's student in the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREEES) stands in front of a mural of author Nikolai Gogol in Almaty, Kazakhstan, where he conducted research over winter break. | |
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SGS Director Jeremy M. Weinstein shares why it is important to cultivate a new generation of tech-savvy students who can anticipate the implications of technology.
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Stanford announced the 2019 cohort of Knight-Hennessy Scholars, including Dan Knapp, who graduated from Stanford in 2015 with a minor in African studies and will pursue an MBA and Shirley Zhao, who will pursue a master's degree in East Asian studies.
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Three 2019 Stanford Education Partnership for Internationalizing Curriculum (EPIC) Fellows reflect on a recent book talk by Professor Michael McFaul in this article.
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In this Q&A, historian Priya Satia, an affiliate of the Center for South Asia, discusses the history of India's partition and how that is at the root of today's continuing tensions between Pakistan and India.
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The Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies and the Center for South Asia will host the first two artists in the new Visiting Artist Fund (VAF), which brings international artists to campus.
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Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) Director Jun Uchida was awarded a 2019 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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A new paper published by the Iran 2040 Project looks at the exceptional increase in Iran's annual number of scientific publications.
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Without the INF Treaty with the U.S., Russia can build its arsenal of intermediate-range missiles, says Stanford scholar Steven Pifer, an affiliate of The Europe Center.
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Gabriella Safran, the Eva Chernov Lokey Professor in Jewish Studies, was recently named the president of the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages.
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What's next for Brexit? Christophe Crombez, a senior research scholar at The Europe Center, shares his thoughts on the economic consequences if the U.K. withdraws from the EU.
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Professor Oussama Khatib, a former France-Stanford Center grant recipient, discusses his robotics projects in this Q&A.
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Professor Emeritus Harold Kahn, who specialized in Chinese history, dies at 88. Kahn served as the director of CEAS from 1997-1998.
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From left: Professor Pavle Levi takes students and parents "Around the World in 10 Films" during his lecture; Professors David Cohen and Beth Van Schaack discuss the retreat of human rights; Director Nandita Das talks about her new film, Manto, with Professor Usha Iyer.
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Faculty from CREEES and the WSD Handa Center for Human Rights and International Justice delivered two mini-lectures during Stanford Family Weekend, an annual event that provides families with a glimpse of their undergraduate student's life at Stanford.
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Director Nandita Das came to Stanford to discuss the making of her new film, Manto, which follows the life of author Saadat Hasan Manto, who chronicled the partition of India.
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The Handa Center hosted several events this quarter, including a conversation with human rights lawyer David Morales and a panel discussion about a documentary that explores the imprisonment and torture of Syrian activist Mansour Omari.
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CEAS and Hoover celebrated their joint anniversaries in a two-day alumni event on "Japan in the Pacific World." Read the event recap.
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Alumni Rachel Quint (IR '10 and African studies '11), right, and Robin Swearingen (REEES '14), center, spoke about their careers in international service on a panel moderated by undergrad Sofia Singer, left.
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Stanford's first human rights minor, Alina Utrata, reflected on her experiences as a student during her visit to the Handa Center in November.
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Interested in studying abroad? Applications for the Bing Overseas Studies Program (BOSP) are now open. Learn more.
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Over winter break, master's students from multiple SGS programs traveled to countries including Japan, China, and Kazakhstan to conduct fieldwork through a Global Perspectives Grant. Learn about their experiences abroad.
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Submit your travel photos for the 2019 SGS Student Photo Contest for a chance to win cash and other prizes! The deadline to submit photos is Wednesday, April 10.
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Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay called for students to stand up for global human rights during a roundtable discussion sponsored by the Handa Center. Read her remarks in the Stanford Daily.
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Iran must free Farhad Meysami, a nonviolent fighter for human rights, argues Professor Abbas Milani, director of the Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies, in the Washington Post.
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Professor of Italian literature Robert Pogue Harrison, an affiliate of The Europe Center, examines the origins of romance in Western civilization in Stanford News.
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Beth Van Schaack, a faculty fellow at the Handa Center, discusses prosecuting crimes against humanity in Syria's civil war in this clip on Talk Media News.
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Welcome to the following SGS staff:
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Adam Kochanski, a research fellow in the Handa Center, recently gave a talk about his doctoral research on transitional justice. Read this Q&A to learn more about his research.
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