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International and Regional Studies

Princeton’s center for research, learning and dialogue on world cultures and global issues.

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Six-week immersive, undergraduate courses offered in countries around the world.

PIIRSGlobal Seminars

International early-career scholars come to Princeton for a year to research, write and collaborate.

PIIRSFung Global Fellows Program

Advancing the study of contemporary China.

Paul and Marcia Wythes Center On Contemporary China

Multi-disciplinary research and teaching hub to explore history, politics or culture, along with regional significance and international connections

Research Labs

On-campus seminar courses that incorporate a faculty-led international travel component

Exploration Seminars

A leading journal for political science.

World Politics Quarterly Journal

What's New at PIIRS

Oct15

Unruly Waters: Water and the Making of Modern South Asia

Sunil Amrith, Harvard University

A71 Louis A. Simpson Building

Oct16

ROOM & TIME CHANGE: State Capacity and Bureaucratic Structure: A Comparative Study of Railway Development in China and India

1:30pm - 3:00pm | A17 Simpson International Building

Oct16

Modi II: Where is India headed?

4:30pm - 6:00pm | 300 Wallace

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Friday October 11

Filmmaking for the Future with Katie Carpenter

Friday September 27

Ghanaian president discusses globalization, future of Africa

Friday September 27

A Conversation with Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana

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