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Feb. 21, 2019: Film screening of ‘Human Flow’ to examine human migration March 26

Jan. 25, 2019: More than a movie: Dialogue about gender inequality in ‘Honor Diaries’

Jan. 22, 2019: Popovic to present ‘Laughtivism: The Power of Humor in Nonviolent Struggle’

Jan. 16, 2019 – Center for Global Studies to host spring lecture series

Dec. 31, 2018 – Here’s the Centre County Reads selection for 2019, and all the events around the book

Oct. 31, 2018 – Center for Global Studies gets $1.1 million grant from Department of Education

Oct. 12, 2018 – Take Note: Abdalaziz Alhamza On Reporting About Life Under ISIS Rule (Podcast)

Oct 4, 2018 – International Careers Expert to Visit Schlow Library

May 16, 2018 – Center for Global Studies presents faculty, students with awards

March 22, 2018 – Talk to discuss American servicemen’s experience in 1900 China Relief Expedition

March 21, 2018 – Comparative Literature Luncheon to feature Jens Andermann

March 20, 2018 – Hebrew University of Jerusalem chancellor to visit, speak at Penn State

March 19, 2018 – Global Studies brown bag lecture to feature talk on Chinese ‘visceral dryness’

March 19, 2018 – Comparative Literature Luncheon lecture series presents Hector Hoyos

March 1, 2018 – Lecture to address psychological biases that exist in conflict groups

March 1, 2018 – FAS speakers examine the role of comedy in politics

February 22, 2018 – Comparative Literature Luncheon series presents Magali Armillas-Tiseyra

February 21, 2018 – SOPHIA MCCLENNEN CONNECTS TRUMP, SATIRE, AND NEWS MEDIA

February 15, 2018 – Foreign Affairs Symposium announces lineup

February 8, 2018 – Call for research papers for 2018 Undergraduate Symposium

February 8, 2018 – Center for Global Studies launches spring brown bag lecture series

February 8, 2018 – Lecture to address the role of language in a globalizing world

January 22, 2018 – Comparative Literature Luncheon lecture series to make spring 2018 debut Jan. 22

December 1, 2017 – Comparative Literature Luncheon to feature talk by Melanie Nicholson Dec. 4

November 10, 2017 – Comparative Literature Luncheon to feature lecture by Jennifer Wenzel Nov. 13

November 2, 2017 – Comparative Literature Luncheon to feature lecture by N. Katherine Hayles Nov. 6

October 26, 2017 – Comparative Literature Luncheon to feature lecture by Hansong Dan on Oct. 30

October 25, 2017 – Panelists discuss fascism’s historical relevance to our modern political landscape

October 20, 2017 – Center for Global Studies to host panel discussion on history of fascism

October 13, 2017 – Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef to speak at Penn State

October 5, 2017 – Comparative Literature Luncheon presents talk about Nobel Prize-winning poet

October 3, 2017 – The Institute for Information Policy celebrates 20 years

September 28, 2017 – Comparative Literature Luncheon to feature lecture by Alan Golding on Oct. 2

September 21, 2017 – Comparative Literature Luncheon to feature lecture by Jane Gallop on Sept. 25

September 18, 2017 – Free lecture to explore effects of new media in India

September 15, 2017 – Comparative Literature Luncheon to feature lecture by Antjie Krog Sept. 18

September 6, 2017 – Comparative Literature Luncheon to feature lecture by Lital Levy on Sept. 11

August 28, 2017 – 2017 Marathon Reading highlights ‘First Books’ by notable authors

August 28, 2017 – Global explorer, Outward Bound Oman director Mark Evans to visit Penn State

May 9, 2017- Center for Global Studies presents faculty and student awards

April 19, 2017- Activist Jose Antequera Guzman will present a lecture on the media’s role in Colombia’s transition toward peace

April 14, 2017- Comparative Literature Luncheon for April 24: ‘How to Know Everything’

April 14, 2017- ‘Language, Literature, and the Globalectic Imagination’ lecture, April 20

April 11, 2017- State Theatre to host a screening of ‘The Age of Consequences’

April 4, 2017- Institute for Information Policy examines the social effects of ‘big data’

April 4, 2017- Shaden Tageldin to present April 10 Comparative Literature Luncheon lecture

April 3, 2017- Free screening of documentary ‘The Age of Consequences’ set for April 11

March 29, 2017- Global literary networks focus of Comparative Literature Luncheon April 3

March 21, 2017-Comparative Literature Luncheon lecture on ‘politically engaged art’ March 27

March 8, 2017- Center for Global Studies hosting lecture titled ‘Why South Asia and Why Hindi?’

March 1, 2017-Literature, technology and society focus of Comparative Lit Luncheon

February 27, 2017- Student awarded more than $29,000 in scholarships to study in Japan

February 22, 2017- Call for applications for Center for Global Studies awards

February 22, 2017- Medieval English and European literatures professor to give lecture Feb. 27

February 15, 2017- Comparative Literature Luncheon: Porous Walls in Kafka, Coetee, and Amos Kenan

February 8, 2017- Comparative Literature Luncheon to feature lecture on indigenous masculinities

February 3, 2017- President Trump’s actions bad for education

February 2, 2017- 2017 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Competition now open

February 2, 2017- At Penn State, Cuban diplomat shares optimism for future of Cuba-U.S. relations

January 24, 2017- Comparative literature Luncheon to discuss social change in Islamic West Africa

January 19, 2017- Comparative Literature Luncheon to feature lecture on illiteracy in modern Egypt

November 18, 2016- Free screening of documentary ‘After Coal’ set for Nov. 29

November 11, 2016- Reporter, author Kim Barker shares lessons from life in Afghanistan and Pakistan 

October 27, 2016 – Prashad highlights problems with U.N. Mandate of Responsibility to Protect

October 27, 2016 – The Taliban Shuffle: Lessons from Afghanistan for foreign policy

September 16, 2016 – Lecture to examine how next UN secretary general will perform during crises

September 8, 2016 – Center for Global Studies to host renowned author, historian Vijay Prashad

September 8, 2016 – Center for Global Studies brings back Brown Bag Lectures

May 20, 2016 – Institute for Information Policy leads first international workshop

May 16, 2016 – Center for Global Studies announces faculty and student awards

April 22, 2016 – McClennen, Pflueger named recipients of 2016 Kopp International Achievement Award

April 7, 2016 – Free screening of film ‘Glacial Balance’ to be held during Earth Week

March 17, 2016 – Judges needed for Global Studies Undergraduate Research Symposium April 11

March 1, 2016 – Center for Global Studies to host spring 2016 brown bag series

February 3, 2016 – Call for research papers for upcoming Global Studies Undergraduate Symposium

January 28, 2016 – Free screening of climate change documentary ‘This Changes Everything’ Feb. 3-4

January 15, 2016 – From ‘Lost Boy’ to American diplomat: One refugee’s amazing story

December 1, 2015 – CGS to present lecture on ‘Global Finance and the Politics of Abstraction’

November 23, 2015 – Alumna returns for free film screening, Q&A session Dec. 1 at State Theatre

November 11, 2015 – Center for Global Studies to present lecture on global change

November 5, 2015 – Center for Global Studies to present lecture for International Education Week

October 30, 2015 – Circuits of Justice workshop to explore human rights and wrongs

October 15, 2015 – Academy Award-nominated film on climate change to be screened Oct. 29

September 28, 2015 – Center for Global Studies hosts career talk on business and art

September 25, 2015 – Securities Exchange Commission assistant director to give career talk

September 18, 2015 – Marathon of Madness: Annual marathon reading event covers psychological themes

September 3, 2015 – Campus event to promote discussion on law, human rights in Afghanistan

May 13, 2015 – CGS Director Sophia McClennen named as Committee on Institutional Cooperation Fellow

May 13, 2015 – Center for Global Studies announces faculty and student awards

May 6, 2015 – College of the Liberal Arts selects spring 2015 student marshals

April 9, 2015 -SIA Students get a glimpse of their future through the eyes of an alum

March 17, 2015 – Global movements of garbage focus of talk by visiting scholar

February 24, 2015 – Speaker series brings global experts to the School of International Affairs

January 27, 2015 – Satire informs during times of crisis

January 21, 2015 – Center for Global Studies launches brown bag lectures

November 5, 2014 – Center for Global Studies to sponsor documentary screening, panel discussion

October 20, 2014 -Center for Global Studies receives grants of over $2 million for global programs

October 9, 2014 – Center for Global Studies to begin faculty Brown Bag Lectures

March 3, 2014 – Middle East experts to discuss Iran and U.S. policy

October 25, 2013 – Teachers workshop focuses on incorporating global issues into curriculum

Octover 24, 2013 – Libraries feature film screening “Girl Rising”

April 11, 2013 – Japan Foundation supports new Global Japan Project

April 4, 2013 – John Horgan lectures on terrorism

January 30, 2013 – Army veteran kicks off lecture series with discussion on terrorism

September 12, 2012 – Energy, security and stability topic of public discussion

February 3, 2011 – War veteren informs students about a variety of topics under Foreign Policy

November 28, 2011 – Dec. 2 workshop to focus on China’s technological trajectory

September 26, 2011 – Sophia McClennen joins School of International Affairs faculty

August 23, 2011 – School of Languages and Literatures offers Arabic minor

April 12, 2011 – SIA, Center for Global Studies to host collaboration with Uganda

Apri 12, 2011 – Panel discusses Japan disasters

April 11, 2011 – Global Studies launches program