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    Drugs, Documents and Daily Newspapers: Notes on Research into Istanbul’s Interwar Opiate Trade
    • Dec 2, 2021

    Drugs, Documents and Daily Newspapers: Notes on Research into Istanbul’s Interwar Opiate Trade

    Mitch Bacci discusses his research on the opiate trade in the Eastern Mediterranean between the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
    A Geographer’s Field Notes: Exploring Connections Between Mexico and Senegal
    • Nov 1, 2021

    A Geographer’s Field Notes: Exploring Connections Between Mexico and Senegal

    CAORC-NEH Senior Research Fellowship alumna, Karen Barton, discusses how the fellowship opened up numerous doors for her.
    Planning for Informal Settlements in India
    • Feb 18, 2021

    Planning for Informal Settlements in India

    Seminar participants Jessica Barnes and Amar Sawhney discuss the many challenges facing India’s informal settlements.
    Addressing Eco-Disparity in India
    • Feb 18, 2021

    Addressing Eco-Disparity in India

    Seminar participants Amar Sawhney and Jessica Barnes discuss why green spaces are so critical to urban planning in Delhi and India’s cities.
    Kaplan RPI Program Supports Restoration of Yemen’s Islamic Heritage
    • Nov 4, 2020

    Kaplan RPI Program Supports Restoration of Yemen’s Islamic Heritage

    Through the RPI program, the Daw’an MudBrick Architecture Foundation is restoring an Islamic shrine damaged during Yemen’s ongoing conflict.
    Sweating the Small Stuff on Crete and Cyprus
    • Sep 1, 2020

    Sweating the Small Stuff on Crete and Cyprus

    Former Multi-Country Research Fellow, Rachel Kulick, examines human-environment relationships today vs in Bronze Age settlements.
    Yemen Finds Hope in Its Heritage
    • Aug 11, 2020

    Yemen Finds Hope in Its Heritage

    Yemen’s heritage professionals are providing hope that the country’s shared past will prove far more durable than its current divisions.
    Finding the Musical Connections between West Africa and Latin America
    • Aug 7, 2020

    Finding the Musical Connections between West Africa and Latin America

    Senegal seminar participant Verny Varela highlights the musical connections between West Africa and Colombia, where he was born and raised.
    Re-discovering Pakistan’s Abandoned Sikh Temples
    • Jul 24, 2020

    Re-discovering Pakistan’s Abandoned Sikh Temples

    Pakistan seminar participant Rajender Kaur discusses the history and legacy of abandoned Sikh temples in Lahore and Islamabad.
    Bringing in the New Year in India: How Cars and Chaos Gave Me Hope
    • Jul 20, 2020

    Bringing in the New Year in India: How Cars and Chaos Gave Me Hope

    Seminar participant Jose Alejandro Gonzalez-Suarez discusses India’s challenges and how innovative solutions offer hope in uncertain times.
    Broad as a Baobab Trunk: Lessons from Senegal
    • Jul 7, 2020

    Broad as a Baobab Trunk: Lessons from Senegal

    Senegal participant Rebecca Jacobs-Pollez explains how the legendary baobab tree helped her better understand the country and its people.
    Twenty Years of Change in India: A Native Daughter’s Reflections
    • Jun 8, 2020

    Twenty Years of Change in India: A Native Daughter’s Reflections

    Shabana Meyering, participant in the faculty seminar to India, offers her personal reflections on two decades of change in the country.
    Trans-Atlantic Memories: Senegal’s Hip-Hop Griots and the Black Radical Tradition
    • May 19, 2020

    Trans-Atlantic Memories: Senegal’s Hip-Hop Griots and the Black Radical Tradition

    Faculty seminar participant Kimberly Monroe reflects on the deep musical and cultural traditions that live on in Senegal's hip-hop artists.
    Senegal’s Diversity Is Its Way of Life—and Its Future
    • May 1, 2020

    Senegal’s Diversity Is Its Way of Life—and Its Future

    Faculty seminar participant Hoa Nguyen discusses how Senegal’s cultural and geographic diversity may be the key to its future prosperity.
    Innovative Approaches to Sustaining Jordan's Local Communities
    • Apr 24, 2020

    Innovative Approaches to Sustaining Jordan's Local Communities

    Pauline Sullivan, a 2020 seminar participant, discusses how innovative approaches to handicrafts are helping sustain Jordanian communities.
    Explaining Northern India's Oppressive Smog
    • Apr 10, 2020

    Explaining Northern India's Oppressive Smog

    Mukila Maitha, participant in the faculty seminar to India, examines Delhi’s suffocating smog and what is being done to lessen its impact.
    Awakening to Africa's Brilliance
    • Apr 6, 2020

    Awakening to Africa's Brilliance

    Anita Gaul, participant in the Senegal faculty seminar, conveys how the experience transformed her understanding of West Africa.
    Lessons in Sustainable Tourism from Jordan
    • Apr 1, 2020

    Lessons in Sustainable Tourism from Jordan

    Joylin Namie, participant in the CAORC faculty seminar to Jordan, discusses challenges to sustainable development in marginal environments.
    Online Resources from the CAORC Network
    • Mar 30, 2020

    Online Resources from the CAORC Network

    As classes shift online and people begin to telework, the CAORC network of 25 overseas research centers has a wealth of online resources.
    Returning Home to Senegal for the First Time
    • Oct 10, 2019

    Returning Home to Senegal for the First Time

    Mary Altair reflects on what Senegal teaches us, in spite of our many differences, about the commonalities of the shared human experience.
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