International Affairs
The International Affairs Integrative Concentration is grounded in the social sciences and focused on contemporary issues and their recent history. This approach helps students broaden their understanding of the current dominant modes of international interactions, and the global nature and consequences of those interactions. Through a broad and multidisciplinary curriculum, students will develop the ability to analyze global issues, understand the dynamics of cross-cultural communication, and appreciate the characteristics of regions outside the United States. Students may choose from more than 100 courses across the curriculum dealing with factors shaping global affairs.
Program Facts
- Program Type: Integrative Concentration
Program Chair
Zeinab Abul-Magd,
Nancy Schrom Dye Professor of Middle Eastern History
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Practicing International Affairs
Students interested in a career that focuses on international affairs in or out of the United States should consider the new Diplomat in Residence initiative. Retired Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley will teach an introductory course, Practicing International Affairs, that’s designed to offer insights into careers in foreign service, international media, think tanks, and more.
Diplomat in ResidenceInternational Affairs Faculty
Our faculty are both scholars and teachers who devote their careers to making important contributions to their disciplines through writing and research. They are committed to undergraduate education and teach everything from first-year seminars to advanced courses.
One of the duties that I take so seriously [in] my work in the international affairs program is to open up opportunities of exposure for Oberlin students to know about international communities and also interact as much as possible with prominent scholars and prominent experts from other countries.
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Zeinab Abul-Magd
Nancy Schrom Dye Professor of Middle Eastern History
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Yveline Alexis
Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Comparative American Studies
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Rishad Choudhury ’07
Associate Professor of History
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John V. Duca
Danforth-Lewis Professor of Economics
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Kristina Mani
Professor of Politics
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Darko Opoku
Associate Professor of Africana Studies
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Emer O’Dwyer
Associate Professor of History and East Asian Studies
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Swapna Pathak
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
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Eve Sandberg
Robert S. Danforth Professor of Politics
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Maia Solovieva
Senior Lecturer in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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Gavin Tritt
Executive Director, Shansi Program
International Affairs News
South-of-the-Border Second Home
June 16, 2023
Arman Luczkow Receives Fulbright to Taiwan
June 7, 2022
Fulbright ETA in Mexico Recipient to Provide Support to Asylum Seekers and Refugees
July 13, 2021
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