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Apr 21 2017 | Posted In: Events
Burcu Karahan, Lecturer in Turkish Language and Literature at Stanford University, teaches a course on “Understanding Turkey Through Film,” which includes a series of film screenings that are open to the public.
Nadia Murad, a Yazidi human rights activist who escaped ISIS captivity, spoke at the annual Stanford Global Studies student dinner on April 17.
While Stanford students gain a theoretical understanding of international justice from coursework, through Stanford Global Studies internships with the WSD Handa Center for Human Rights and International Justice they learn firsthand how these theories can be applied on the ground.
As the refugee crisis in Europe exploded in 2015, Ibrahim Bharmal ’18, knew he couldn’t stay on campus and watch events unfold without trying to help. “I saw that the Handa Center had a new fellowship,” he says. “I applied and was accepted to volunteer at a refugee camp in Skaramagus Port Harbor in...
Apr 12 2017 | Posted In: Students
Alexis Kallen, who hopes to become a human rights lawyer, is one of 62 recipients of the scholarship, which provides up to $30,000 for graduate study – in the United States and abroad – to students who are committed to careers in public service.
The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation recently...
