The International Institute has affiliated faculty-internationally recognized for their depth and breadth of scholarship-who can provide expert commentary, insight, and analysis on breaking news, ongoing developments, and trends affecting our world.
Faculty members are available for media interviews by arrangement and when their class time and research schedules permit. News media professionals are encouraged to contact faculty directly to schedule interviews.
If you need assistance, please email II Communications: ii-communicators@umich.edu.
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Ongoing News
Africa:
Askew (Tanzania, East Africa), Coetzee (Southern Africa, South Africa), Pitcher (Mozambique, Angola, southern Africa)
Asia:
Gallagher (China), Hicken (Thailand, the Philippines), Jones (Central Asia), Mir (India, Pakistan), Robertson (Japan), Tsutsui (Japan)
Europe:
Joshua Cole (France), Donia (former Yugoslavia), Mallette (Italy), Zubrzycki (Poland)
Human Rights:
Davenport, Donia (war crimes, international justice), Tsutsui
Language Policy
Coetzee
Latin America:
Levine (Venezuela)
Media:
Punathambekar (South Asian media; media industries)
Middle East:
Juan Cole, Mallette (the Qur'an), Tessler
Politics & Political Economy:
Ciorciari (SE Asia), Gallagher (China), Levine, Markovits (Europe/Sports & Politics), Pitcher (Mozambique, Angola, southern Africa), Porter-Szűcs (Europe)
Religion:
Babayan (Shi'ism, Sufism), Juan Cole (Islam), Jones (Islam), Levine, Mallette (Islam), Mir (Islam in South Asia), Porter-Szűcs (Catholicism)
Sex & Gender:
Robertson
Urbanization:
Pitcher (southern and eastern Africa)
Recent News Clips
Jennifer Robertson: Japan's Gender-bender History Newsweek
Linda Lim: Indications of China's Slowing Economic Growth Concerns U.S. Investors NPR
Yuen Yuen Ang China's Leader Says Party Must Control 'All Tasks' and Asian Markets Slump New York Times
