International & Global Studies

In the 1960s the media situation in Japan changed profoundly; suddenly everything and everyone seemed connected, and the circulating information grew exponentially. It put everyone caught up in these changes under intense pressure to make sense of this new world of media connectivity. In popular culture the so-called occult boom, that manifested across media and stretched from the late 1960s to the mid-1990s, tried to do exactly that.

“Coming Home to the Global” by Jan Nederveen Pieterse, Mellichamp Professor of Global Studies and Sociology, USC, Santa Barbara.

It was not so long ago when Korean food was a minor blip on the radar of American “ethnic” food. In the rare occasions when attention was paid to Korean food, it was often negative, as the media harped on either the stink of kimchi or the inhumaneness of dogmeat. Today, Korean food, and especially the once-maligned kimchi, is all the rage. Consider, for instance, the ubiquity not only of bibimbop and kalbi but the Korean taco.

Commencement reception for International and Global Studies Seniors and their families.

The Departments of German, French, Russian, History, Political Science and the Programs in American Studies and International Studies/ European Studies invite students and faculty/ staff to join us for a special theme party, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and all it stands for!