Area studies, the interdisciplinary study of region-specific knowledge, is under threat in the United States. Some area studies programs are facing immediate dismantling by red-state legislatures.

At the University of Delaware, global and area studies are enriched by a faculty of diverse and accomplished scholars. These educators bring a wealth of expertise from humanistic, natural science, and ...

A few days ago, I pulled up TigerHub, navigated to the major declaration page, and took a deep breath. My cursor hovered lovingly over “East Asian Studies” (EAS) for a few seconds; then, with a firm ...

This month, the federal government notified national resource centers at the University that the Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowship program will no longer be funded. The fellowship, which ...

The study of global processes and a grounded understanding of world regions constitute the yin and yang of a solid internationalist curriculum. While the two sides of this cantankerous odd couple may ...

The U.S. Department of Education has cut funds for foreign language and international studies for the current academic year, according to a report by The Daily Californian. In a letter to more than 50 ...

Political science must do more to take stock of, and incorporate, insights from area studies, suggest the editors of a collection of essays on “new interconnections” between area studies and the ...

The Middle East occupies a pivotal position in global strategic and cultural dynamics. Political geography in the region investigates the spatial distribution of power, identity and resources across a ...

After last week’s announcement that UC Berkeley’s International and Area Studies, or IAS, department will be consolidating the development studies, peace and conflict studies, Asian studies, Latin ...

The Center for Asian Studies has funding available for CU Boulder faculty members who would like to develop Asia-related curricula for new or existing courses. CAS will offer up to five faculty awards ...

On the last day of summer break, Celine Chien stood by a giant wall at Menlo-Atherton High. Paintbrush in hand, the rising junior faced a half-finished mural three times her height — one Celine had ...