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  1. Shaikh, Michael

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    Oct. 24: Alum to Discuss his New Book on Cuisine and Conflict

    | by Caitlin Fillmore

    A free community event will highlight alum Michael Shaikh MAIPS ’03, who recently published The Last Sweet Bite, highlighting the food customs of cultures torn apart by conflict. Shaikh spent nearly 20 years working in areas marred by political crisis and armed conflict, mostly in Asia and the Middle East, including leading the UN’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights investigations into the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar.

  8. students posing with the Newborn sign in Pristina, Kosovo on a recent spring break trip

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    Balkans Course Takes Peace Corps Volunteer Back to Her Post

    | by Nadia Pshonyak

    Students traveled to Kosovo and North Macedonia over spring break to explore nationalism and new state formation – including one student who served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the region. as a part of the Nationalism and the Formation of New States in the Balkans global course. This year’s iteration of the trip was held over spring break and was led by Dr. Anne Campbell and Dr. Phil Murphy, two MIIS faculty members with ties to the region, as well as two students who had served as Peace Corps volunteers in North Macedonia.