Q&A with Amr Hamzawy, visiting scholar at CDDRL Michael May December 7, 2015 0 Comments Amr Hamzawy is a visiting scholar at Stanford’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) and an associate professor of political science at Cairo University. Before arriving at... Read More »
Bassem Youssef speaks at CEMEX as part of OpenXChange Qitong Cao September 29, 2015 0 Comments On Monday night, Egyptian political satirist Bassem Youssef spoke at CEMEX auditorium as part of OpenXChange, a new year-long program designed to promote on-campus dialogue. The talk was moderated by... Read More »
Francis Fukuyama: Policymaker or social scientist? Qitong Cao June 3, 2015 0 Comments On May 8, Uppsala University announced the winner of the 2015 Johan Skytte Prize of Political Science. The prestigious award resembles a Nobel Prize in many regards, from its Swedish origin to the... Read More »
Q&A with Dan Banik, professor of online international development course Qitong Cao March 3, 2015 0 Comments Dan Banik was a visiting associate professor at Stanford’s Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) at Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute from July 2013 through July 2014. He... Read More »
John Githongo, Kenyan journalist, discusses his career and challenges at home Grace Chao February 22, 2015 1 Comment John Githongo, a Kenyan activist and journalist who exposed one of Kenya’s largest corruption scandals under the presidency of Mwai Kibaki, is this year’s Mimi and Peter E. Haas Distinguished... Read More »
Q&A: Stoner discusses situation in Ukraine Edward Ngai March 6, 2014 1 Comment On Nov. 21, 2013, thousands gathered at Kiev's Maidan Nezalezhnosti demonstrating against then-President Viktor Yanukovych's suspension of policies that brought Ukraine closer with the European Union.... Read More »
Stanford to boost Middle East studies faculty Nika Soon-Shiong July 31, 2013 0 Comments Stanford has begun actively recruiting for a new tenure-line faculty position in Middle Eastern Studies, in response to a demand for increased focus on the area from the University community. Read More »
Academia meets activism Adrienne von Schulthess April 19, 2012 1 Comment Zawadi Nyong'o from Kenya, Taida Horozovic from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ramzi Jaber from Palestine and Steve Williams '92 from San Francisco may hail from different corners of the globe, but this spring... Read More »