PIIRS students honored at 2025 senior recognition lunch
Members of Princeton University’s Class of 2025 who earned PIIRS' global minors celebrated with a lunch honoring their achievements on Thursday, May 22.
The programs in African Studies, Contemporary European Politics and Society, Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, South Asian Studies, and Translation and Intercultural Communication recognized seniors graduating with certificates and minors.
Program directors and PIIRS staff also awarded senior thesis prizes to Fatima Diallo (African studies); Fizzah Arshad (South Asian studies); Tara DSilva (South Asian studies); and Lucia Brown (translation and intercultural communication).
Harold James, Claude and Lore Kelly Professor in European Studies and director of the Program in Contemporary European Politics and Society, and Ferenc Somogyi '25 (r.), who earned a minor in Russian, East European and Eurasian studies. Photo by Tori Repp/Fotobuddy.
Tara DSilva '25 (r.) is embraced by her mother. DSilva was awarded a senior thesis prize by the Program in South Asian Studies. Photo by Tori Repp/Fotobuddy
Members of Program in African Studies's Class of 2025. Photo by Tori Repp/Fotobuddy
Benjamin Conisbee Baer, associate professor of comparative literature and director of Program in South Asian Studies, and Fizzah Arshad '25, recipient of the 2025 senior thesis prize. Photo by Tori Repp/Fotobuddy
Esset Teshome '25 (l.) and Lucia Brown ‘25 (r.) and David Bellows, Meredith Howland Pyne Professor of French Literature and director of the Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication. Teshome and Brown earned minors; Brown was awarded the senior thesis prize. Photo by Tori Repp/Fotobuddy
(l. to r.) James, Nikki Woolward, manager of global initiatives, and Josie Smart '25, who earned a certificate in Contemporary European Politics and Society. Photo by Tori Repp/Fotobuddy