International & Area Studies at Northwestern

The final part of this series still keeps its focus on the history of the Olympic Games and the implications of ongoing wars with @ian_hurd and Sadie Barlow. chicagotribune.com/2024/07/26/opi…

This is Part 2 of the 3-part series, featuring @ian_hurd and Sadie Barlow. Here, they go into depth about gender segregation within the Olympic Games. chicagotribune.com/2024/07/25/opi…

Check out Ian Hurd's latest op-ed on the Chicago Tribune! Today marked part 1 of a 3 part series with the next two parts occurring tomorrow and Friday. Op-ed: The global machinery that brings you the Olympic Games (chicagotribune.com)

Shout out to IS major and Honors student Cammi Tirico on her recent visit to NUQ. #IAS_NUQ Alumni Fellow Zeest Marrium put together a very nice video encapsulating Cammi’s visit: youtu.be/HqNn6-ly15k?si…. Check it out!

Congrats to International Studies Global Café mentor Christopher Montague who had a peer-reviewed article published online with Souls: “A Black Construction of Colonialism: The Black Marxist Response to Fascism in the 1930s” tandfonline.com/eprint/QN3YFGU…

Join us Wednesday, April 19th for a conversation and book signing with Amb. Marie Yovanovitch. More details here: bit.ly/wccias419

Congrats to Environmental Policy and Culture's Professor, Wil Burns, for being named Top 10 Most Read Thought Leader in Climate Change @wil_burns

Check out this interview by Northwestern Now with Deborah Cohen, Chair of the Department of History to chat about her new book. bit.ly/nornowdc And if you missed it, listen to our conversation with Prof. Cohen here: bit.ly/glbl_lnchbx_dc

Join @BuffettInst for a Fulbright Visiting Scholar lecture with Amal Abdrabo on social engineering in Egypt as part of @NorthwesternU's #FulbrightWeek. 📅 Monday, April 10 🕒 8:30 - 10:00 a.m. CT (GMT-5) Register: spr.ly/6015O6oaN @MENAprogramNU

Join the Weinberg College Center for International and Area Studies (WCCIAS) for a special guest speaker event. Former U.S. Ambassadors Marie Yovanovitch and Ian Kelly (WCCIAS Amb. in Residence) in conversation on her best-selling memoir as well as Russia's war against Ukraine.

‘Global Lunchbox: A Conversation with the Woody Guthrie Teaching & Research Collective’ is on #SoundCloud on.soundcloud.com/eXnFs

‘GLOBAL LUNCHBOX | The Economy of Promises: Bruce Carruthers (Sociology)’ is on #SoundCloud on.soundcloud.com/pVA7v

Join us Friday at 12 PM CT for a discussion with our host @ian_hurd and the Woody Guthrie Teaching and Research Collective (@TeachingWoody) where we'll discuss the American singer/songwriter while also going through the importance of his lyrics and songs

Here are some captured moments from yesterday's moving conversation with @J_GansMorse & @Mylovanov about Ukraine and where it stands today through wartime conditions.

Join us & @PoliSciatNU Thursday (2/23) for a conversation with Jordan Gans-Morse (@J_GansMorse) and Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) about the wartime conditions of Ukraine, reflections of events from the past year, and what is to come next. RSVP: northwestern.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bx…

‘The Absolutely Indispensable Man: Ralph Bunche, The United Nations, and The Fight To End Empire’ is on #SoundCloud on.soundcloud.com/LfCxg

‘The Punk Rock Politics of Joe Strummer: Radicalism, Resistance and Rebellion’ is on #SoundCloud on.soundcloud.com/4HRuF

Join us Friday at 12 PM CT for a discussion with our host @ian_hurd and professor Bruce Carruthers about his book "The Economy of Promises: Trust, Power, and Credit in America". REGISTER: bit.ly/GL-Carruthers

Join us Friday at 12 PM CT for a discussion with our host @ian_hurd and author Kal Raustiala about his book "The Absolutely Indispensable Man: Ralph Bunche, The United Nations, and The Fight To End Empire". Register for the Zoom link: bit.ly/Bunche-GL

Join us Friday at 12 PM CT for a discussion with @leftacademic Gregor Gall about his book "The Punk Rock Politics of Joe Strummer: Radicalism, Resistance and Rebellion". Register for the Zoom link: bit.ly/Gall-GL