South Asia Research Forum co-director Laura Brueck publishes book chapter on "The Democratic Aspirations of Dalit Literature"
December 28, 2021 – from State Of Democracy In India: Essays On Life And Politics In Contemporary Times (Primus Books)
2021 News
December
MENA faculty member Wendy Pearlman interviews Syrian activist Oula Ramadan about the current stage in the Syrian struggle for freedom
December 15, 2021 – from Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP)
Ambassador in Residence Ian Kelly interviewed on the historical & geopolitical dynamics behind current tensions on the Russian-Ukrainian border
December 10, 2021 – from Breaking Boundaries podcast (Northwestern Buffett Institute for Global Affairs)
New book award established in honor of longtime MENA Program faculty member & pioneering Iranian studies scholar Hamid Naficy
December 2, 2021 – from Association for Iranian Studies
November
MENA affiliate Anoush Suni interviewed about her research on the reverberations of Armenian history in contemporary Kurdish communities
November 9, 2021 – from Living with Religious Difference Podcast (Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme)
October
Foreign Policy and Seeing the Big Picture: Global Religion & Politics Research Group co-director Beth Hurd interviewed on the "With a Side of Knowledge" podcast
October 27, 2021 – from University of Notre Dame
LACS faculty affiliate Lina Britto's book Marijuana Boom: The Rise and Fall of Colombia's First Drug Paradise wins honorable mention in Colombia's most important academic book awards
October 14, 2021 – from Fundación Alejandro Ángel Escobar
September
Global Religion & Politics Research Group co-director Brannon Ingram interviewed on NPR about the Taliban & the Deobandi school of Islam
September 8, 2021 – from Morning Edition - NPR
Q & A with MENA graduate student Azadeh Safaeian about her research on trauma and war
September 7, 2021 – from TGS Spotlight Series - The Graduate School, Northwestern
August
New article by MENA faculty member Emrah Yıldız on commodities, currencies, and sanctions on Iran
August 31, 2021 – from International Journal of Middle East Studies
New article by Ambassador in Residence Ian Kelly on Georgia's democratic backsliding & drift into Russia's orbit
August 20, 2021 – from Foreign Policy
WCCIAS Director Ian Hurd on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban's return to power
August 17, 2021 – from Northwestern NOW
New book by LACS faculty member Pablo Boczkowski, The Digital Environment: How We Live, Learn, Work, and Play Now
August 2, 2021 – from MIT Press
New book by LACS faculty member Pablo Boczkowski, The Digital Environment: How We Live, Learn, Work, and Play Now
August 2, 2021 – from MIT Press
Interview with MENA graduate student Maryam Athari about her research on Iraqi architect, photographer & author Rifat Chadirji
August 2, 2021 – from Association for Modern + Contemporary Art of the Arab world, Iran + Turkey
July
MENA graduate student Hamed Yousefi publishes chapter in the book Global 1979: Geographies & Histories of the Iranian Revolution
July 30, 2021 – from Cambridge University Press
MENA Languages faculty member Fatima Khan creates online Arabic dictionary
July 26, 2021 – from The Daily Northwestern
MENA graduate student Rana Khoury publishes article on Syria, Turkey & the geopolitics of humanitarian aid
July 23, 2021 – from The Monkey Cage (Washington Post)
MENA faculty member Shayna Silverstein publishes article on masculinity, dance, and autocracy in Syria
July 20, 2021 – from Journal of Middle East Women's Studies
Global Religion & Politics Research Group co-director Beth Hurd makes the case for de-emphasizing religion in US foreign policy
July 19, 2021 – from The Hill
Wendy Pearlman's book on Syria selected among the "Essential Readings on Refugees and Forced Displacement"
July 8, 2021 – from Middle East Studies Pedagogy Initiative/Jadaliyya
June
Recent LACS PhDs Arturo Chang & Laura García-Montoya publish article on race, inequality & popular mobilization in Colombia
June 18, 2021 – from Foreign Policy Magazine
Andean Cultures & Histories Working Group co-director Sherwin K. Bryant interviewed on the Dialogues in Afrolatinidad podcast
June 14, 2021 – from Dialogues in Afrolatinidad podcast
LACS faculty member Paul Gillingham publishes "A Short History of Violence and Elections in Mexico"
June 3, 2021 – from Noria Research
May
Global Religion & Politics Research Group co-director Beth Hurd reviews Ussama Makdisi's book Age of Coexistence: The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World
May 31, 2021 – from H-Diplo (H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online)
MENA graduate student Marzouq Alnusf awarded prestigious Newcombe Fellowship
May 24, 2021 – from Northwestern NOW
LACS faculty member Harris Feinsod awarded Provost Grant for Research in Humanities, Social Sciences and the Arts for his book project “Into Steam: The Worlds of Maritime Modernism”
May 21, 2021 – from Northwestern NOW
LACS Program Director Jorge Coronado named editor of University of Pittsburgh Press book series Illuminations: Cultural Formations of the Americas
May 10, 2021 – from University of Pittsburgh Press
New MENA Studies Undergrad Group hosts forum on global student activism
May 4, 2021 – from The Daily Northwestern
April
MENA graduate student Azadeh Safaeian awarded a Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship
April 27, 2021 – from American Council of Learned Societies
New book by LACS faculty member Pablo Boczkowski: Abundance: On the Experience of Living in a World of Information Plenty
April 24, 2021 – from Oxford University Press
Andean Cultures & Histories Working Group co-director Sherwin Bryant awarded a 2021 Mellon/ACLS Scholars and Society Fellowship
April 19, 2021 – from American Council of Learned Societies
New book chapter on sensationalism and crime in Latin American media by LACS faculty member Jairo Lugo-Ocando
April 15, 2021 – from Routledge
MENA faculty affiliate Zekeria Ahmed Salem publishes article on "The Importance of Mauritanian Scholars in Global Islam"
April 13, 2021 – from Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP)
March
WCCIAS Director Ian Hurd discusses Biden’s China policy and the geopolitics of the “Quad”
March 18, 2021 – from Northwestern NOW
New book co-edited by Beth Hurd, co-director of our Global Religion & Politics Research Group, examines US religious politics through a global lens
March 10, 2021 – from Columbia University Press
January
International Studies alumna Nicole Fallert interviews Dr. Anthony Fauci for Newsweek
January 26, 2021 – from Newsweek
WCCIAS publishes online essay symposium on "Global Governance in the Age of COVID"
January 18, 2021
WCCIAS launches the Global Lunchbox podcast
January 4, 2021