In honor of Earth Day, Johns Hopkins Professor Daniel Deudney, author of Dark Skies: Space Expansionism, Planetary Geopolitics, and the Ends of Humanity (Oxford University Press, 2020), will discuss his out-of-this-world work on planetary geopolitics. Pizza will be served! Accurate mental maps are vital for all practical activity, but humanity’s maps are now profoundly outdated, and […]
Burak Gürel is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Co-director of the Center for Asian Studies at Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey. China, once a hub for foreign manufacturing investment, has become a major investor in overseas factories and mines. Disputes at Chinese-owned businesses are now notably influencing labor unrest globally. This study shows that between […]
The annual IS-Cream Social is back! Come meet the new International Studies majors, hang out with your friends, celebrate the end of the semester, and enjoy sweet treats from Prigel Family Creamery (while supplies last!).
Join the ISLC and the SNF Agora Institute for a talk with Reema Dodin, the Chief of Staff for Senator Brian Schatz (D-HL) and the former White House Deputy Assistant to the president for legislative affairs, focusing on senate procedure and how the Senate engages with questions of national security and foreign policy!
Welcome in the fall semester with the International Studies and East Asian Studies Programs! Catch up with old friends, meet some new ones, pick up some IS swag, and enjoy some delicious food and drink. Hope to see you there!
Paul Apostolidis (London School of Economics) has written two books on immigration labor activism: (Fight for Time (Oxford UP) and Breaks in the Chain (University of Minnesota Press)), and will be presenting on climate change and night farm work. Professor Apostolidis will also be meeting with graduate and undergraduate students in Mergenthaler 366 at 4:00pm. This event […]
Entrance is free. All films are captioned. This event is co-sponsored by the International Studies Program, the Center for Advanced Media Studies, and the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures.
Group discussion about: Camilla Hawthorne (UC Santa Cruz) Contesting Race and Citizenship (2022, Cornell University Press) This event is co-sponsored by the Program in International Studies.
Discussion of Contesting Race and Citizenship with the author, Camilla Hawthorne. This event is co-sponsored by the Program in International Studies.
Entrance is free. All films are captioned. This event is co-sponsored by the International Studies Program, the Center for Advanced Media Studies, and the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures.
Group discussion about: Peter Hudson (UCLA) Bankers and Empire (2018, University of Chicago Press) This event is co-sponsored by the Program in International Studies.
Dr. Helfand co-founded Physicians for Social Responsibility, is past president of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize), and is a member of the international steering group of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (recipient of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize). This event is co-sponsored by International […]