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Creative writing professor Aleksandar Hemon’s life was upended by war. In 1992, he was a 27-year-old journalist on an international visitors’ program in the United States when war broke out in his homeland of Bosnia.

Princeton Int’l spoke with Wantchekon about peaceful conflict resolution and the African School of Economics, a project helping to erase some of Africa’s colonial legacies.

Travis Kanoa Chai Andrade, a 2024 graduate, and senior Nolan Musslewhite have been named 2025 Marshall Scholars to pursue two years of graduate study in the United Kingdom.

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Introducing the Global Arc: A New Tool Allows Students to Plan for Travel Abroad
Students who want to travel abroad must balance several questions: Where? To what ends? And when is the right time? Now, using a new online tool called the Global Arc, students can take a measured approach to planning for time abroad.
Yashar Appointed Director of Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies
Deborah J. Yashar, professor of politics and international affairs, has been appointed director of the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) and the Donald E. Stokes Professor of Public and International Affairs. Her appointment is effective July 1, 2022. ...
Religion & Forced Migration Initiative Launches a New Website for Refugees and Refugee Advocates
On World Refugee Day, June 20, 2022, the Office of Religious Life’s Religion & Forced Migration Initiative (RFMI) launched a new website that houses multiple projects that have been under development by RFMI since its formation in 2018. Under the leadership of Katherine Clifton, ORL...
SPIA and University of Tokyo Strengthen Ties Through Academic Workshop
The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs’ Center for International Security Studies recently co-hosted a workshop with the University of Tokyo Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI) in Tokyo.
Building Equitable Outcomes and Prosperity in Africa
Within 30 years, Africa will be home to nearly 25% of the global population. Experts argue it could someday become a global power, making it the focus of global development finance. Is there a way for Africa to capitalize on the moment and deliver prosperity to citizens?
Next pre-read centers on alumnus' voyage through Colombia
This year’s Pre-read will show first-year students how their Princeton journeys can take them far beyond what they ever imagined. “Every Day the River Changes: Four Weeks Down the Magdalena,” traces Class of 2019 graduate Jordan Salama’s voyage along Colombia’s most important river and...
Council Visitor Abdul Wahid Wafa to Engage Afghan Community through Oral History, Storytelling
Abdul Wahid Wafa, longtime journalist from Kabul, Afghanistan, has joined the Humanities Council and the Program in Journalism as a professional specialist. A seasoned researcher and administrator, he will participate in journalism courses and advise reporting and writing...
Princeton SPIA Launches Afghanistan Policy Lab
Afghanistan is moving closer to a humanitarian crisis, marked by economic collapse. Half of the population needs aid, and the poverty rate is expected to reach 97% by mid-2022, according to reports from the United Nations.
Princeton’s Mellon Fellows are bringing fresh perspectives to research and teaching in architecture, urbanism and the humanities
As the world’s cities grapple with compounding issues of climate change, sustainability, systemic racism, the refugee crisis and more, the Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism and the Humanities is supporting research, scholarship and teaching focused on real-world...
SPIA Dean Amaney Jamal on the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict
Dear SPIA Community, The scenes of destruction and of people fleeing across Ukraine following Russia’s military invasion are gut-wrenching — for the Ukrainian people, who live peacefully in a sovereign and independent country, and for all individuals, countries, and institutions around the...