2024

Departmental Fellows
Introducing the 2024-25 International studies fellows
International studies fellows are active ambassadors throughout the year.
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Professor Diana Mafe
In the News
Hollywood’s first major Black female superhero is only a beginning
Professor Diana Mafe says "Wakonda Forever" breaks a mold but its "success does not mean a wider shift in the industry."
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2023

Sangeet Kumar
Faculty
ChatGPT and the future of knowledge
Perhaps the most consequential effect of ChatGPT is generative AI's ability to function as the oracle of our times, says professor Sangeet Kumar.
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Departmental Fellows
Record Number of International Studies Fellows
We are happy to announce the 11 selected International Studies Senior and Junior Fellows this year.
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Departmental Fellows
2022-2023 International Studies Fellows
Congratulations to the new fellowship awardees!
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Lectures & Discussions
The Palestinian Question: Presentation by Raef Zriek
Professor Raef Zriek, a human rights scholar, will be presenting on “The Palestinian Question as a Jewish Question” on April 6, 2023
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Danai Gurira as Okoye and Angela Bassett as Ramonda in Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. (Eli Adé / Marvel)
Faculty
Professor Diana Mafe trains her critical lens on the Oscars
"Wakanda Forever" lifts up Black women—but only so far, says Professor Diana Mafe.
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Lectures & Discussions
Cleansing the Nation: The ‘Clean India’ Campaign
The Communication Colloquium is hosting Raka Shome to talk on “Cleansing the Nation: Hindu Nationalism, Gender and the "Clean India" campaign.
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Film Screenings
Human Rights & Revolution: An International Film Festival
International Studies is hosting the 18th International Film Festival this upcoming March. Screenings will have Q&As hosted by Denison faculty.
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Film Screenings
Third Annual Middle East Film Festival
Denison's Third Annual Middle East Film Festival in Herrick Hall on Thursdays at 6pm during the month of February.
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Lectures & Discussions
Interdisciplinary Panel on the Geopolitics of the World Cup
Four International Studies Faculty have joined forces to present and discuss "Geopolitics of the 2022 FIFA World Cup" on January 26th.
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2022

A Buddhist Argument for Gender Equality
Conferences & Symposia
Online Symposium: Redefining Gender
Denison and Ahmedabad University professors will present online on the topic of "Redefining Gender: Transgressive Thinking and Subversive Solidarities"
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Yazmina Ameerah Salahuddin-Robinson ’22
Denison Magazine
Unlocking Potential: Yazmina Ameerah Salahuddin-Robinson ’22
Yazmina Salahuddin-Robinson’s intense curiosity about languages and cultures drew her to the international studies major.
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Sara Abou Rashed '21
Alumni
Sara Abou Rashed '21: How cookies make community
Sara Abou Rashed '21 shares how her mother’s cookie recipe helped her form a friendship with an unlikely neighbor in a Columbus performance.
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Sarah Schubert '21
Awards & Honors
Sarah Schubert '21 awarded Fulbright
As a Fulbright grantee, Sarah Schubert '21 will teach English and serve as a cultural ambassador in Mexico.
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Conferences & Symposia
Doing Global Philosophy in the 21st Century
Faculty at Ahmedabad University and Denison University will participate in an online philosophy forum April 12th at 8:30 am EST/ 6pm IST.
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Lectures & Discussions
Dinner, films and events on post-communist transitions
Join a series of events taking place March 21 - March 25 recognizing 30 years since the fall of the Soviet Union.
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2021

Lectures & Discussions
Interdisciplinary Faculty Roundtable on Climate Report
The August IPCC report on climate science laid out a range of global climate challenges, hear how five Denison faculty respond on Thursday November 4.
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Departmental Fellows
2021-2022 International Studies Fellows
Congratulations to the new fellowship awardees!
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Tokyo
Featured News
Student research funded by ASIANetwork Freeman Fellowship Program
Denison students will take the opportunity to do in-country research on transnational migration in Japan.
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Alumni
2021 International Studies Alumni Updates
Our alumni share where they are and what they are doing now.
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Internships
2021 Student Research Projects
We are celebrating our students who completed research projects in the International Studies department.
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Awards & Honors
2021 President's Medalist: Sara Abou Rashed
Sara Abou Rashed: International Studies, English major and Middle East and North African Studies minor was selected as a 2021 President's Medalist.
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Awards & Honors
2021 President's Medalist: Fatimah AlZahraa Elghazawi
Fatimah AlZahraa Elghazawi, International Studies and French double major, was selected as a 2021 President's Medalist, and Recent Student Trustee.
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Fellowship Award recipients who attended the senior luncheon were Liza Higley ’21, Mark Reid ’21, Caleb DeLong ’22, and Martha Kamikazi ’21.
What's Happening
2021 Senior Luncheon
Faculty and staff hosted graduating seniors at Moon Hall, an event space for gatherings and festivities near the senior apartments.
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Students
Audio Story-telling
Each year, Journalism partners across a range of disciplines to tell stories from an inside perspective for the Denison Podcast-a-thon.
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Denison University Recent Student Trustee Fatimah Elghazawi ‘21
Featured News
Recent Student Trustee elected: Fatimah Elghazawi ‘21
The Denison University Board of Trustees has elected Fatimah Elghazawi ‘21 to serve as the newest Recent Student Trustee.
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Sara Abou Rashed '21
Announcements & Updates
Student Commencement Speaker: Sara Abou Rashed '21
Denison has announced the student commencement speaker for the Class of 2021: Sara Abou Rashed '21. The title her speech is "Come Celebrate with Me."
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Film Screenings
16th Annual Human Rights Film Festival
Four films have been selected for this year's Human Rights Film Festival. Hosted in-person and virtually from Mar. 18 to Apr. 8.
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Film Screenings
First Annual Middle East Film Festival
Ten Years to Arab Uprisings - Denison's First Annual Middle East Film Festival
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