Students will help educate the community on refugee issues and the Catherine McAuley Center's work, hold an interactive campus event that simulates the refugee experience for invited guests, and create a UI student organization to support local refugees and immigrants.

The Iowa United Nations Association invites students to apply to be an Iowa UNA College Ambassador. Up to 10 students will be selected for the 12-month program, each receiving $500 as a stipend. See the full article for details on how to apply.

Registration is open for Working Internationally (IS:2500), a 1-s.h. course meeting from 2/24-2/26. The course offers practical insight to prepare for the international job search, including presentations and panels by students and professionals.

Congratulations to International Studies Academic Advisory Board member and Director of Arabic Studies Yasmine Ramadan, whose book Space in Modern Egyptian Fiction was reviewed in the independent pan-Arab newspaper al-Quds al-Arabi.

The Division of Interdisciplinary Programs is pleased to present its 2020-2021 Annual Report.

Congratulations to the Fall 2021 International Studies Graduates: 8 International Studies Majors and 1 International Studies Minor!

Lauren Salloum, a fourth year student in International Studies, has been awarded a $2,500 Iowa Center for Research by Undergraduates (ICRU) fellowship for Summer 2021 to work with Dr. Michael Žmolek in commencing work on an edited collection of primary source documents on the history of capitalism.

Congratulations to IS senior Lexy Winecke on presenting her research at ESURF. Lexy worked with Dr. Kathleen Newman (Spanish & Portuguese) on her honors thesis "Feminist Activism and the Legalization of Abortion in Argentina."

International Studies student Holly Harris was chosen to be an Emerging Leader by Global Ties U.S. which is a a non-partisan, non-profit organization based in Washington D.C. This incredible honor allowed Holly to learn and discuss problems affecting the international field during a national meeting with other organizations, U.S. government agencies, and leaders in the international exchange field. Holly was able to apply for this position as a Program Coordinator at CIVIC.

First published in 2019, Yasmine Ramadan’s Space in Modern Egyptian Fiction explores how aesthetic landscapes were transformed by Egyptian writers of the 60s generation. Why did this literary generation cause a marked shift in the representation of rural, urban, and exilic spaces? In this interview, we talk about the journey to writing and publishing Space in Modern Egyptian Fiction?