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An Interdisciplinary Place

November 21, 2025 04:35 PM
Quinn Mecham on why interdisciplinary degrees make sense—plus his ideas on traveling smarter after seeing 100+ countries.
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Global Lenses: Seven Interviews on the Kennedy Center's Influence From Around the World

November 21, 2025 04:09 PM
We set out to learn from seven alumni face-to-face in Uzbekistan, Barcelona, London, Singapore, Tokyo, Seoul, and Los Angeles.
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The Kennedy Center in a Global Church

November 21, 2025 03:20 PM
Explore our last forty years and review the global vision shaping what the Kennedy Center has become—including comments from President Holland, Commissioner Eyring, and today’s International Vice President Forste.
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Learning About The World At 40

October 23, 2025 01:55 PM
Our director sheds light on how gospel understanding shapes education in international and area studies.
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2022
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2021
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A Family Travels Before and After(ish) a Global Pandemic
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A Great Spiritual Biodiversity
Uncertain World
A Stay-at-home Study Abroad
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2020
Best Job in the World
Lost in Shanghai
Foreign Service Family
Tyranny of the Urgent
The Foreign Service: Springboard or Landing Pad
Perspectives in American Diplomacy
A Coronavirus Exodus on a Diplomatic Passport
Embassy Interns
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2019
Reshaping Refugee Rhetoric
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Giving Voice
Multidimensional Women, Multidimensional Lives
Student Spotlights
Women Worldwide

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2018
Country Risk: Career at the Crossroads
All Men by Nature Desire
The Path Not Taken
Grandpa's Photos
If States Were Nations

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2017, Issue 2
La Vida es un Carnaval
Promising Partnerships
More Global, More Students
Teaching and Serving in Nicaragua
Part and Parcel of the Neeleman Legacy
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2017, Issue 1
On Being Christian in India
Making Global Possible
Toward Global Competence
Noble Ambitions
Forging a Bond
An International Connectedness
World Transit System

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2016, Issue 2
Asian Studies Elevated
An Asian Frame of Reference
Asian Perspectives
Breathing China's Earth
A Broader Horizon
A Journey of a Thousand Miles
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2016, Issue 1
Healing the Cracks
Focusing on a Dead World
The Road Less Traveled
A Change in Perspective
Spearheading Value
#BYUabroad

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2015
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One Last Lecture
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Embracing Learning Opportunities
The Richness of the World
London Walkabout Map

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2014, Issue 2
Pt. 3, 30 Spotlights for 30 Years
Pt. 2, 30 Spotlights for 30 Years
Pt. 1, 30 Spotlights for 30 Years
Think Tank Economics
Talking About the Maldives
Scholarships: Fund Your Dream

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2014, Issue 1
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International Diplomacy and the Church
The Safety Lens and Historical Context
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2013
2012 Political Transition in Northeast Asia and the Korean Peninsula
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2012, Issue 2
Crafting a Solid Foundation in Asia
Unfortunate Brother
Out of Obscurity
Adding Language to Further Scholarship
Glimpses of Amazing Deprivation
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2012, Issue 1
Riding the Wave of the Tunisian Revolution
Learning About Self and About Others
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Language-driven Life
Discovering a Passion
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2011
Fear, Failure, and Faith
ISP + NAFSA
Challenges, Opportunites, and The International Church
Journal Quotes
Gaining a Wider Perspective
Ambassador Paves the Way to Panama
Determination Turns Dreams to Reality
Language Opens Windows of Opportunity
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Surveying an Eclectic Career
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2010
Middle East Perspective
25th Anniversary Retrospective
Lessons Learned Abroad
Experiential Learning in China
My Job With CSE
The Topic of War and Beyond
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2008
Save the World
Notes on International Development
Making the Connection
The Academy's Potential in International Development
We Have a Lot to Learn from Development
Working Together for Sustainable Development
Development: The Importance of Religion and Activism
The Locals Know Best
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Avoiding the Santa Claus Mentality
A Push Toward Collaboration
Being Part of the Change

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2007, Issue 2
Pt. 3, Careers and Trends
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Music, Medicine, and Mampong
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2007, Issue 1
Pt. 3, Culture—The Vital Differences That Color Life
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Cultural Barriers to Education Among the Tarahumara
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2006
Andrew Bay
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A Walk in the Park?
The London Centre
Two Cultures in Contrast
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2005, Issue 2
Divine Coincidences
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Art and Politics in Mao's China
Telling Stories
Laura Dupuy

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2005, Issue 1
A New Focus on Europe
Muscles From Brussels?
United States and Russia
A Parliamentary Experience
A Life of Contrasts

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2004, Issue 2
Beyond the Border
Socially Engaged Spiritually
Life in a Global Village
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2004, Issue 1
A Reader's Journey
A Babe Upon Its Mother's Lap
From a Trickle to a Flood
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2003, Issue 2
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2003, Issue 1
The Paradox of Religious Pluralism and Religious Uniqueness
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A Creative Approach to Making International Friends
Promoting Peace Through Human Development in Exiled Tibet
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2002, Issue 2
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2002, Issue 1
Sharing in the Exhilaration
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2001, Issue 2
A Tale of Two Cities
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2001, Issue 1
Biodiversity Firsthand
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2000
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