Explore Past Global Seminars
Global Seminar locations change yearly to provide a wide range of themes and locations.
2023-24 Seminars
Interdisciplinary Introduction to African Urban Studies
Faculty Leader: Ato Quayson
Kangnam Style: South Korea’s Soft Power Empire
Faculty Leader: Dafna Zur
Decolonial Approaches to African Arts
Faculty Leaders: Sarah Derbew & Usha Iyer
History, Urbanity, and Performance in The Middle East
Faculty Leader: Samer Al-Saber
Mexican Modernisms
Faculty Leaders: Hector Hoyos & Ximena Briceño
Shades of Grey Between Life and Death: Neuro-Ethics Across the Pacific
Faculty Leaders: Karen Hirsch & Holly Tabor
Engineering and Technology in India
Faculty Leader: Mykel Kochenderfer
2022-23 Seminars
Governance, Culture, and Innovation in Oxford
Faculty Leaders: Tom Wasow & Todd Davies
The Uttermost Part of the Earth: The Intersection of Nature and the Human Enterprise in Southernmost Patagonia
Faculty Leader: Rob Dunbar & David Mucciarone
Kangnam Style: South Korea’s Soft Power Empire
Faculty Leaders: Dafna Zur & Marci Kwon
Engineering and Technology in India
Faculty Leader: Mykel Kochenderfer
Introduction to Japan: History, Religion, Culture
Faculty Leader: Matt Sommer
Bio-Cultural Diversity and Community-Based Conservation in Oaxaca
Stanford Faculty Leader: Rodolfo Dirzo
Community Health in Oaxaca
Faculty Leaders: Catherine Heaney & Patricia Rodriguez-Espinosa
Interdisciplinary Introduction to African Urban Studies
Faculty Leader: Ato Quayson
2021-22 Seminars
Interdisciplinary Introduction to African Urban Studies
Faculty Leader: Ato Quayson
Exploring Israel’s Innovation Ecosystem in Human & Planetary Health: Can Start-Up Culture Heal the World?
Faculty Leaders: Sara Singer & Gordon Bloom
Faith, Science and the Classical Tradition in Renaissance Florence
Faculty Leaders: Richard Saller & Tanya Luhrmann
Jordanian Futurities between Ancient Antiquities and Performances of Urban Life
Faculty Leader: Samer Al-Saber
Community Health in Oaxaca
Faculty Leaders: Gabriel Garcia & Catherine Heaney
Coral Reefs of Palau: Marine Environment, Ecology and Management
Faculty Leader: Rob Dunbar