A mounting anti-refugee campaign is raising real fear about deportation home. […]
Crete: Europe’s unacknowledged southern border
Greece’s largest island embraces its contradictions. […]
Jori Lewis wins James Beard Book Award
“Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest, Liberation, and a Crop That Changed History,” by Jori Lewis (Senegal, 2011-2013) wins a 2023 James Beard Foundation Book Award for Reference, History and Scholarship. […]
Hoover: Paul Rahe on Putin’s folly in Ukraine
“Putin’s Folly in Ukraine: NATO Redivivus,” by Paul Rahe (Turkey, Greece, 1984-1986), Strategika, Hoover Institution, May 18, 2023 […]
Video: Steven Tagle Greece fellowship report and panel
“Borders are important,” ICWA Fellow Steven Tagle said during his fellowship report at New York’s Lotos Club on May 18. They separate “but at the same time invite you to cross.” He was quoting Angela Giannakidou, president of the Ethnological Museum of Thrace in northeastern Greece, with whom he made many trips to remote villages […]
Photos: ICWA spring dinner 2023
It was a delight for all the senses at the institute’s spring dinner at New York’s Lotos Club on May 18. Former fellows joined trustees, friends and soon-to-be returning fellow from Greece Steven Tagle and family in the club’s fabulous library, where New York Magazine writer Andrew Rice spoke about his fellowship in Uganda (2002 […]
Two new trustees join ICWA board
We’re delighted to announce the appointment of two new trustees to the ICWA board, Cris Duschek (fellow in Romania, 2004-2006) and Peter Leon. Trustee Constance Whiteside is also stepping down at the end of her term and will be missed. Peter Leon Peter Leon is a partner and global Africa chair of the international […]
Apply for a fellowship
Letters of interest are due by May 31. […]
The New Yorker: Suzy Hansen on the earthquake and elections in Turkey
“Turkey’s Earthquake Election,” by Suzy Hansen (Turkey, 2007-2009), The New Yorker, May 8, 2023 […]
New Statesman: Pooja Bhatia on Haiti
“Haiti’s descent into hell,” by Pooja Bhatia (Haiti, 2009-2011), The New Statesman, May 10, 2023 […]