Dr. Gasper will give a guest lecture on “Civil Wars in Lebanon and Syria” in Dr. Hazbun’s PSC 449 International Relations in the Middle East class, Tuesday October 11, 11 am to 12:15 pm in TH 113.      Michael Gasper is Associate Professor of History at Occidental College in Los Angeles California. He is author of “The Power of Representation: Publics, Peasants and Islam in Egypt” (Stanford University Press, 2009) and co-editor of “Is there a Middle East: The Evolution of a […]

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Congratulations to Ben Borja on His CLT Fellowship! Ben Borja, an international studies and political science double major, has been awarded the highly competitive Critical Language Scholarship to study Mandarin. Ben will be enrolled in an intensive, 8-week online program based in Dalian, China, which will combine language study with cultural activities. Ben Borja is scheduled to graduate from the University of Alabama in May 2022, after which he hopes to pursue graduate education in Taiwan. Borja has previously received the […]

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Emma Kenny, a junior political science major, has been accepted to present her research at the MPSA 2022. At the conference, Emma will present the preliminary findings of her research “Creating a Global Public: The Case of Al Jazeera’s the Stream.” Kenny has also received a full ASSURE fellowship in Spring 2021 to support this research. Under the supervision of Dr. Elif Kalaycioglu, Kenny’s research analyzes Al Jazeera’s participatory program the Stream, to explore how international media takes part in constructing […]

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Congratulations to Cameryn Blackmore, who has accepted a fellowship with the Congressional Black Caucus! Cameryn is a 2021 graduate of our PhD program. Click the link below to see the full article. https://www.cbcfinc.org/team/nrei-fellows/cameryn-blackmore/

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