Students celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Center for East Asian Studies at the center's fall reception.

News

The Center for East Asian Studies is celebrating 50 years at Stanford. Join the festivities via the center's website, which includes interviews with faculty and alumni, as well as the ongoing 'Hand and Eye' exhibit, which celebrates East Asian ceramic traditions.

SGS Director Jeremy Weinstein presented at the faculty senate's October meeting on ways to innovate global education at Stanford.
An AI and healthcare startup emerges from a France-Stanford Center research project. 
Read our Q&A with postdoctoral fellow Alaina Morgan, who investigates the intersection of race, religion, and political life among Muslims of African descent.
Meet the new cohort of community college fellows working with Stanford partners to expand global studies across the curriculum.

Students

From exploring art and design in Australia to working at the forefront of international policy in the European Parliament and diplomacy in the U.S. Embassy in South Korea, students reflect on their summer experiences abroad through the Global Studies Internship Program. Sign-up for the mailing list to receive news about 2019 positions, which will be posted in December.
Submit your travel photos for the 2019 SGS student photo contest for a chance to win cash and other prizes.

Call for Proposals

The France Stanford Center is now accepting applications for the 2019-20 academic year. The center funds several research opportunities for students and faculty, including collaborative research, fellowships, conferences, and events. View application details and current research projects on the center's newly redesigned website.

Meet Our Faculty

New faculty hires in South Asian and Islamic studies are expanding Stanford's offerings in these areas. Read our interviews with Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Elaine Fisher, Assistant Professor of Political Science Saad Gulzar, and Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies Usha Iyer
From left: Stanford faculty Elaine Fisher, Saad Gulzar, and Usha Iyer.

In the Media

NPR reviews a concert sponsored by several SGS programs featuring the Kronos Quartet, who performed music from the banned Muslim countries. In case you missed it, you can listen to a Spotify playlist with music from the concert.
Professor Ali Yaycioglu and fellow researchers at the Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis receive a seed grant from the Stanford Data Science Initiative to pursue a joint research project called "Mapping Ottoman Epirus."

Inside SGS

Welcome to the following SGS staff:
  • Sara Clemente, Events & Communications Coordinator, Center for Latin American Studies
  • Paul Festa, Associate Director of the Program in International Relations 
  • Colin Hamill, Programs Coordinator for the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies & Mediterranean Studies Forum
  • Steve Hoeschele, Program Coordinator, Handa Center for Human Rights & International Justice

Save the Date

Friday, November 9
Sunday, November 11
The Winter Soldier: Book Talk with Daniel Mason
Friday, November 16
Wednesday, December 12
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