Anywhere around the world, when news is made, there’s an HLS scholar or policy maven who’s providing invaluable commentary and perspective, whether in newspapers, scholarly journals, or blogs or on television.
And HLS faculty, staff, and students are often making news themselves. Find everything you need to know about HLS news and events here.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum said today that there is compelling evidence that the Burmese military committed ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity, and genocide against the Rohingya, the Muslim minority population of Burma.
The Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies Language Workshop reinforced the school's commitment to the study of critical languages by hosting the Project Global Officers Leadership Meeting Oct. 28-30 at the Indiana Memorial Union on the Bloomington campus.
Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie has announced that, with the approval of the IU Board of Trustees, the School of Global and International Studies will be named in honor of former U.S. Rep. Lee H. Hamilton and former U.S. Sen. Richard G. Lugar -- two immensely accomplished Indiana statesmen and two of the nation's most distinguished and influential voices in foreign policy.
Indiana University's School of Global and International Studies has announced that 11 IU area studies centers and programs have been awarded grant funding under the Department of Education's prestigious Title VI program.
This year, the Summer Language Workshop, a program of the School of Global and International Studies at IU Bloomington, marks its 68 anniversary.
A panel of distinguished Russia watchers convened recently at HLS to examine “U.S.-Russian Relations after the Inauguration.” The discussion was a formal welcome for Maria Lipman, a visiting distinguished fellow of Russian Studies and a frequent contributor to the New Yorker and Foreign Affairs. Lipman is teaching a class at HLS this spring called “Putin’s Russia.”
Christopher Beckwith, a researcher in the Department of Central Eurasian Studies at HLS, has been named a Distinguished Professor, the highest rank IU confers on its faculty. A teacher at IU for 41 years and the author of 10 books and 29 articles, Beckwith’s other honors include fellowships from the MacArthur, Guggenheim, Fulbright-Hays, and Japan foundations.
Two HLS faculty will lead a yearlong seminar that will consider the topic of "Islam in the American Public Sphere." Asma Afsaruddin, of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, and Abdulkader Sinno, of the Department of Political Science and the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures were among those selected by the Consortium for the Study of Religion, Ethics and Society at Indiana University to participate in the inaugural round of Religion and Ethics seminars.
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