Rowland Robinson will go to the Netherlands, Portugal and Brazil, while Brett Simpson will go to Norway. […]
ICWA appoints new 2024 fellows
Video: Russian scholars in exile
How are they trying to keep teaching, researching and preserving Russia’s intellectual capital? […]
Christian Science Monitor: Neri Zilber on Israel and Hezbollah
“Israel’s Dilemma in Confronting the Threat from Hezbollah,” by Neri Zilber (Israel, 2011-2013), The Christian Science Monitor, November 16, 2023 […]
New trustees join ICWA board
We’re delighted to announce the appointment of two new trustees to the ICWA board, Joseph Bradley and Fabrice Houdart. Joseph Bradley Joseph is professor emeritus of Russian and modern European history at the University of Tulsa. He was a national fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution and a Fulbright scholar at the University of Warsaw. […]
Malcolm Deas dies
The pioneering scholar of Latin America advised Colombian presidents. […]
Irving Spitzberg dies
Irving Joseph Spitzberg, Jr., professor, immigration lawyer, higher education policy consultant and former ICWA fellow, died peacefully in Rockville, MD on October 13 after an unsuccessful battle with cryptococcal meningitis, Spitzberg’s widow Virginia Thorndike said. He was 81. “Irving had a special place in his heart for ICWA,” she wrote, “and often spoke of his […]
A documentary filmmaker reflects on Russians’ collective complicity
Vitaly Mansky’s films have long been sounding the alarm about Vladimir Putin. […]
Upcoming Nov. 16: Russian scholars in exile panel discussion
How are they trying to keep teaching, researching and preserving Russia’s intellectual capital ? […]
Nov. 10: Syrians in exile, Joshua Levkowitz fellowship report
Joshua Levkowitz fellowship report and expert panel discussion […]
Foreign Policy: Karina Piser on Japan’s fertility crisis
“Cash Can’t Fix Japan’s Fertility Crisis,” by Karina Piser (France, 2017-2019), Foreign Policy, October 23, 2023 […]