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July 23, 2013
 U.S. Embassy Policy Specialist fellow Jennifer Carroll writes a guest blog about her experiences conducting ethnographic research among individuals seeking treatment for a combination of opiate addiction, HIV and TB in Ukraine. |
July 16, 2013
 Dr. Frances Trix, a professor of Linguistics and Anthropology at Indiana University-Bloomington, and a recent fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars first received an IREX grant in 1987 to study Albanian language and grammar at the University of Pristina in Kosovo. Since then, she has expanded her expertise to Muslim migration in the region, Sufism, and disaster studies. In a recent interview, Dr. Trix discusses her career path. |
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July 3, 2013
 IREX congratulates 2013 U.S. Embassy Policy Specialist (EPS) fellow Matthew Rojansky on his new role as Director of the Kennan Institute, division of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars that focuses on Russia, Ukraine and other states in the region. Mr. Rojansky will lead the Kennan Institute’s efforts to publicize and integrate new research on the region into the policy community through scholarships, lectures, workshops, and publication programs. |
July 1, 2013
 How do educational and cultural exchanges benefit participants and their societies? “They’re life-changing experiences,” says Dr. Allen Kassof, IREX’s first President, stressing how exchanges continue to alter world views in an increasingly complicated and interconnected global society. |
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May 23, 2013
 IREX is pleased to announce the 2013-2014 Short-Term Travel Grant fellowship recipients. This year's fellows will be traveling to 16 countries across Eastern Europe and Eurasia to perform policy relevant field research. After they complete their fellowship, their research findings will be posted on the IREX online library. |
May 17, 2013
 IREX is pleased to announce the 2013-2014 Individual Advanced Research Opportunities (IARO) fellowship recipients. The IARO program provides highly qualified U.S. scholars and professionals the opportunity to impact the formation of U.S. foreign policy by conducting open-source research on current regional issues of importance to the United States. This year's fellows will be travelling to 13 countries across Eastern Europe and Eurasia to perform policy relevant field research. After they complete their fellowship, their research findings will be posted on the IREX online library. |
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March 27, 2013
 After 45 years of sponsoring U.S. scholar research to Eastern Europe and Eurasia, IREX is pleased to share its alumni publications with local university libraries and research centers. In continuation of its partnership and support of local institutions, IREX donated its collection of Eastern European and Eurasian Studies books, articles, dissertations, and journals to several local universities. |
March 5, 2013
 Dr. Joyce Corbett, a museum curator and independent researcher of folk art, received an IREX travel grant to Romania in 1976 to conduct research on folk costumes and textiles. Dr. Corbett recently shared with IREX about her how her research has evolved to investigate cross-cultural influences across national boundaries and where her research has taken her since her first trip to Eastern Europe. |
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January 7, 2013
 The cities of Atlanta and Baghdad may seem worlds away from each other, but a partnership between the University of Baghdad (UB) and Georgia State University (GSU) has begun to quietly flourish. Recently, Randy Malamud, Chair of the English Department at GSU, paid a visit to his colleagues at the University of Baghdad, and IREX sat down with the group to hear more about what the GSU-UB partnership means to them. |
December 17, 2012
 Dr. Albert Simkus, a Sociology and Political Science professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, received an IREX grant to do research in Hungary from 1979-1980 as part of the Eastern European Exchange Program. Dr. Simkus recently spoke with IREX about his research experience and career trajectory. |
