Nearly 70 faculty and administrators attended CAORC's workshop at Montgomery College on April 5, Going Global, Growing Global: Fostering International Education and Exchange at Community Colleges. The symposium aimed to support knowledge sharing and networking among community colleges in Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia, and Maryland engaged in developing global education, study abroad, and international curriculum development opportunities. In addition to CAORC and MC, pr

CAORC sponsored the panel discussion, Teaching Asia Beyond the Ivory Tower: The American Overseas Research Centers and Broad Educational Engagement, at the 2019 Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, held in Denver on March 23, 2019. The panel featured representatives from several overseas research centers—the American Institute of Indian Studies, Center for Khmer Studies, American Center for Mongolian Studies, and American Institute of Pakistan Studies—who discusse

Teaching Asia Beyond the Ivory Tower: The American Overseas Research Centers and Broad Educational Engagement An Association for Asian Studies 2019 Conference Panel Session Saturday, March 23, 2019 | 9:00 – 10:45am Columbine, Tower Building, Terrace Level Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel The American overseas research centers (ORCs) have long played a critical role in supporting American and international scholarly research within Asian area studies, offering a broad range of f

The cultural organization Jnanapravaha Mumbai hosted the conference “Mountstuart Elphinstone: Between Local and Global Forces” on April 20-21, 2017. Professor Shah Mahmoud Hanifi of James Madison University organized the conference, which was co-sponsored by the American Institutes of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Indian, Pakistan, and Sri Lankan Studies, among other organizations. The conference brought together 28 scholars from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Si

“Religion and Peace in Senegal”: Toward a Unified Strategic and Operational Framework Thanks to the West African Research Center (WARC)’s new videoconferencing center, Senegalese scholars were able to be part of the Columbia University conference on Islam and Peace held on the weekend of September 12th and13th. The panel considered the role and importance of religion and religious forces in the future of Senegal. It also focused on neighboring West African countries where Sen