“Wedding Venues That Give a New Twist to the Ol’ Ball and Chain,” by Joel Millman (El Salvador, 1987-1989), Wall Street Journal, February 12, 2024 […]
Financial Times: Neri Zilber on Israel’s goal in Gaza
“Can Israel achieve its war goals in Gaza?” by Neri Zilber (Israel, 2011-2013), Financial Times, January 30, 2024 […]
NY Magazine: Andrew Rice on Trump’s losses
“Trump’s Reckoning Begins,” by Andrew Rice (Uganda, 2002-2004), New York Magazine, January 30, 2024 […]
New Yorker podcast: Pramila Jayapal on Biden’s coalition
“Pramila Jayapal: Biden’s ‘Coalition has fractured,’” The New Yorker Radio Hour podcast with David Remnick and Pramila Jayapal (India, 1995-1996), January 19, 2024 […]
Literary Hub: Wendy Call on translating poetry
“Wendy Call and Shook on the Power of Titles, Decolonization, and Translating Poems in Iterations,” a poets.org interview with Wendy Call (Mexico, 1999-2001) and David Shook, Literary Hub, January 8, 2024 […]
ICWA fellows on a consequential year for democracy
Key elections are taking place in Asia, Latin America and Europe. […]
South Korean students still struggle under a draconian system
Recent reforms won’t be enough to transform education, many say. […]
New date—February 16: Post-Putinist Russia panel discussion
What are the main challenges facing institutional and social reform—including the questions of decolonialization, understanding of history and Russian identity, and interests of minority regions? What roles should the United States and other Western countries be playing? What lessons learned from the post-Soviet 1990s? […]
Russian exiles in Armenia part of a 180-year tradition
But the wartime context is making it difficult to forget troubles back home. […]
Transgender performers in Taiwan take on personal and political issues
Humor becomes a way to channel subversion and joy. […]