The department of Global and International Studies embraces critical interdisciplinary approaches to understanding the most pressing global issues of our times such as climate change, systemic racism, regional conflict, human rights, globaL health and rising authoritarianism.
Welcome to Fall 2021 and our return to campus! The coming year promises to be a very
exciting one. We welcome our second cohort of doctoral students – a terrific group
of junior scholars bringing together humanistic and social science insights. And we
also welcome six new faculty with wide-ranging expertise in issues of race and indigeneity.
These outstanding global scholars will be critical in broadening inclusive scholarship
and decolonizing knowledge production within the academy. They also underscore the
leadership role our department is taking in the field of Global Studies as we build
out our interdisciplinary curriculum that engages with the pressing issues of the
21st century. I am thrilled to be back on campus and embrace the opportunities the
year ahead presents. Learn more . . . •
Eve Darian-Smith
Department Chair
Land Acknowledgement
We recognize our presence on the ancestral shared territory of the Acjachemen and
Tongva Peoples, who hold strong cultural, spiritual, and physical ties to the land
where we live and work.