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Crete: Europe’s unacknowledged southern border

Posted on June 30, 2023 (July 10, 2023) by Steven Tagle

Greece’s largest island embraces its contradictions. […]

Jori Lewis wins James Beard Book Award

Posted on June 27, 2023 (June 28, 2023) by ICWA

“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

Posted on June 15, 2023 (June 27, 2023) by ICWA

“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

Posted on May 23, 2023 (May 26, 2023) by ICWA

“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

Posted on May 23, 2023 (November 22, 2023) by ICWA

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

Posted on May 23, 2023 (May 30, 2023) by ICWA

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 […]