Category: International Affairs
If you see an empty red dress on campus, this is whyNov. 15, 2021Seeing one can be halting. Finding out what they represent can make them more profound.
The Arab Jewish musical revolutionNov. 12, 2021In the last two decades, a small group of Mizrahi Jews — Jews of Middle Eastern and North African descent — have returned to their Arab Jewish roots and begun transforming the Israel's popular music scene.
Saving a concentration camp from being forgottenNov. 5, 2021Brandeis scholar Karen Frostig is on a quest to memorialize the camp in Latvia where her grandparents perished.
The U.S. was not prepared for a pandemic – is free market capitalism to blame?Nov. 5, 2021Associate Professor of International and Global Studies Elanah Uretsky examines some of the factors that led to a slow response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.
Bringing humanity to NPR’s Middle East beatNov. 1, 2021Daniel Estrin ’06 might be holding his microphone inches away from the U.S. president and the Israeli prime minister in Washington one day, and capturing the words of the head of Hamas in Gaza days later.
Bioweapons research is banned by an international treaty – but nobody is checking for violationsJuly 21, 2021The history of the Biological Weapons Convention reveals the limits of attempts to control research and development of biological agents, says professor Gary Samore.
Can Massachusetts lead the FinTech revolution?June 28, 2021A conversation with Professor Debarshi Nandy about Mass FinTech Hub and the future of financial technology.
Conservative hard-liner elected as Iran’s next president – what that means for the West and the nuclear dealJune 19, 2021
What's next for Israel after Netanyahu's ouster as Prime Minister?June 15, 2021Professor Yehudah Mirsky weighs in on how Israeli government and society will proceed following Benjamin Netanyahu's departure as Prime Minister.
Jainaba Gaye, Heller MA’21: Meet the 2021 graduate Commencement speakerMay 18, 2021Jainaba Gaye, Heller MA’21, will encourage the Class of 2021 to take risks in pursuit of goals during her graduate student address at Commencement.
The long road to Commencement for Class of 2021 international scholarsMay 17, 2021Hundreds of seniors in the Class of 2021 are international scholars that haven't been home since before the COVID-19 pandemic started.
Melissa Stimell named director of the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public LifeFeb. 19, 2021- Visit Story Archive »
