Updates & Events

ICWA awards new 2026-2028 fellowships

  • December 4, 2025
  • ICWA

Mahli Knutson will go to China, Diana Kruzman to Lebanon and Sabrina Ochoa, the Philippines.

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ICWAns mark centenary in record numbers

  • December 2, 2025
  • ICWA

Alumni, trustees and friends descended on Washington for a fabulous weekend of catching up, plotting the future and celebrating fellows' remarkable achievements.

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ICWA celebrates 100 years

  • December 2, 2025
  • ICWA

A record number of alumni, trustees and friends of the institute gathered at the Cosmos Club on November 14.

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Alumni address major global challenges at centenary discussions

  • December 2, 2025
  • ICWA

Fellows discuss and reminisce during a day of talks at the House of Sweden in Washington.

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Bacete Bwogo sings of South Sudan

  • December 1, 2025
  • ICWA

Bacete leads a troupe of tribal performers celebrating the institute's centenary.

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November 14
The World We Want to Live In

  • November 16, 2025
  • ICWA

As we mark our 100th anniversary, expert fellows discuss major challenges facing the world.

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November 13
Edric Huang fellowship report and panel

  • November 16, 2025
  • ICWA

November 13, Human Rights Campaign, Washington, DC

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Introducing Compass

  • June 19, 2025
  • Gregory Feifer

A new journal about global cultures and developments from the Institute of Current World Affairs.

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Tom Sanders dies

  • June 17, 2025
  • ICWA

The scholar was a veteran of ICWA’s sister organization the American Universities Field Staff.

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ICWA fall dinner 2024

  • November 19, 2024
  • ICWA

“Once we understand Xi Jinping’s intentions, we can better formulate our policies. But right now we don’t know what his intentions are.” So said The New York Times diplomatic correspondent and former Beijing bureau chief Edward Wong at ICWA’s fall dinner on Nov. 8, 2024 about the Chinese leader’s plans for his country’s burgeoning military,

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