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Feb 18

Planning for Informal Settlements in India

Seminar participants Jessica Barnes and Amar Sawhney discuss the many challenges facing India’s informal settlements.

Feb 18

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.

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.

Oct 13, 2020

CAORC Multi-Country Research Fellow, Taylor M. Moore, to Give ARCE Public Lecture

Join ARCE for a public talk on “The Curse of the Black Eggplant: Reconstructing Occult Economies in Late Ottoman Egypt” by Taylor M. Moore.

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.

Aug 19, 2020

CAORC-NEH Fellow, Ageeth Sluis, to Give Virtual Talk on "Researching the Americas" Series

CAORC-NEH Fellow, Ageeth Sluis, will be featured on ARENET's "Researching the Americas" on August 28.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Sep 26, 2019

Searching for Mexico's Past

What are the links between an 18th-century smallpox outbreak in Mexico and present-day resistance to the measles vaccine in New York City?

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