Global & International Studies Blog

Posted on June 21st, 2023 in Blog, Faculty by Lizeth Quinones

This May, Global Studies program director Michael Snodgrass returned to Europe to share his research expertise as an Erasmus Mundus scholar. Germany’s prestigious Göttingen University hosted his first visit, where he presented a lecture on the Spanish labor migrants who helped rebuild West Germany after WWII. That research appeared in a recent article in Comparative …

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Posted on June 21st, 2023 in Blog, Students by Lizeth Quinones

The Global and International Studies Program continually attracts some of the highest-achieving students in the School of Liberal Arts. This past year, they once again secured scholarships to support their studies and won the school’s most notable awards for academic achievement. Many of our majors finance their study abroad requirement with International Experience grants from …

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Oksana Markarova
Posted on April 1st, 2022 by Prabakaran Jayaraman

In early 2022, Global Studies students heard a timely talk by Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States, Oksana Markarova. Ms. Markarova addressed a local audience as part of the Indiana Council on World Affairs (ICWA) Distinguished Speaker Series. Over the years, GIS majors regularly attend the dinner and speaker events hosted by the ICWA, with …

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Vogt Lives in Transition
Posted on April 1st, 2022 by Prabakaran Jayaraman

Faculty Spotlight: Global Studies faculty affiliate Dr. Wendy Vogt is spending her 2022 sabbatical researching the experience of African and Latin American migrants in Spain. Her ethnographic field work took her to Madrid, the southern region of Andalucia, and to Ceuta, the Spanish enclave in North Africa through which west African migrants can enter the …

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Student Ambassadors photo
Posted on March 10th, 2022 by Prabakaran Jayaraman

Applications to become a Student Ambassador for the School of Liberal Arts are open now for Fall 2022 service! Do you feel passionate about how the School of Liberal Arts has helped shape you? Would you like to share your story? As a student ambassador, you will become the face of our school, and you …

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Dual Degree
Posted on March 10th, 2022 by Prabakaran Jayaraman

Did you know that many IUPUI undergraduate students are personalizing their education with a second degree without adding time or cost to their college plan? In fact, you can create expertise in two areas of study, both in your first chosen field and in a second that will enhance your marketability in the workforce following …

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