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Week of January 19, 2016

Top Stories

2015's Top Global Stories

Year of the Refugees

Syrian civil war, refugees in Europe, global political changes dominate discourse in 2015

Senior Visiting Fellow

Welcome, Rogerio Studart

Internationally-renowned economist will be at the Pardee School beginning Spring 2016

Alumni Updates

Trevithick Freed From Iran

Pardee School alum among five Americans released after negotiations last week

Faculty News

Schmidt Photo Exhibit

Center for Study of Europe to have art shown at Italian Consulate of Boston; opens 1/20

Faculty News

Stern Joins Faculty

ISIS expert and Clinton govt official teaches and researches beginning Spring 2016

IN THE MEDIA

Augustus Richard Norton
Iran's Missing Imam
New York Times

Jeremy Menchik
Of Tolerance and Extremism
New Mandala

John Woodward
Fighting Terrorism With Biometrics
Wall Street Journal

Adil Najam
Pakistan's Counterterrorism
CCTV News

Adil Najam
The Art of Giving
The News on Sunday

Michael Woldemariam
Cooperation in Eritrea
Voice of America

Thomas Berger
Germany Reacts to Mein Kampf
BBC News

CALENDAR

Tuesday, Jan. 19	First Day of Classes
Wednesday, Jan. 20	Vivien Schmidt Exhibit Opening
Monday, Jan. 25	Africa: Diet in Mozambique (Lunch Talk) FMHT: US Policy in the Middle East (Discussion)
Tuesday, Jan. 26	Asia: Real Samurai (Talk) CURA and SMSC: Indonesian Muslim Feminists