Past Fellows

NYRB: Suzy Hansen on Pete Hegseth

  • June 8, 2026
  • Suzy Hansen

“Made in the USA,” Suzy Hansen (Turkey, 2007-2009) reviews two books by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for The New York Review of Books, June 11, 2026

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The Atlantic: Eve Fairbanks on AI-generated writing

  • June 1, 2026
  • Eve Fairbanks

Look closely and you’ll see that every part of the text is not quite right.

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POLITICO: Emily Schultheis on Ukraine’s front line in Antartica

  • June 1, 2026
  • Emily Schultheis

How a mint-green research base, 14 scientists, and a gentoo penguin colony became part of Ukraine's war strategy.

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NYT: Pramila Jayapal on Cuba

  • May 12, 2026
  • Pramila Jayapal

“What We Saw in Cuba Shocked Us,” by Rep. Pramila Jayapal (India, 1995-1996) and Rep. Jonathan L. Jackson, The New York Times, May 11, 2026

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Southwest China

  • May 5, 2026
  • Steven Tagle

Photos from Chongqing and Chengdu

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Habesha schtick

  • May 5, 2026
  • Joel Millman

Ethiopian comedians help carry on an American immigrant tradition.

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Real Istanbul people

  • April 28, 2026
  • Suzy Hansen

Anger and envy in Erdoğan’s Turkey

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NYRB talk April 22: Suzy Hansen with Ben Rhodes and Pankaj Mishra on the war against Iran

  • April 21, 2026
  • Suzy Hansen

Suzy Hansen (Turkey, 2007-2009), Pankaj Mishra and Ben Rhodes will discuss what the war in Iran means for US politics and America’s place in the world at 1 p.m. ET, Wednesday, April 22. The conversation is a part of The New York Review of Books online event series. Register here.

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The highway of death

  • April 17, 2026
  • Bryn Barnard

Running the Kuwait Desert Marathon

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Suzy Hansen to publish new book about Turkey

  • April 6, 2026
  • Suzy Hansen

From Life Itself: Turkey, Istanbul and a Neighborhood in the Age of Erdoğan

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