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2017 Issue 2August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

FIVE QUESTIONS FOR EMY MATESAN

Emy Matesan, assistant professor of government at Wesleyan, focuses on Middle East politics, particularly security and political violence, democratization, and Islamist movements. In Egypt and Indonesia, Matesan conducted National Science Foundation-supported fieldwork exploring why groups adopt or …

2017 Issue 2August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

CONFLICT OVER A MODEL OF ISLAMIC PLURALISM

BY PETER GOTTSCHALK Professor of Religion Peter Gottschalk’s research and teaching concentrate on the dynamics of cultural interpretation and conflict in the context of Islamic, Hindu, Christian, and scientific tr…

2017 Issue 2August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

THE COMMON GROUND ON REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT AND SECURITY

BY JOSEPH CASSIDY ’86 Joseph Cassidy ’86 is a Wilson Center fellow and former State Department foreign service officer. Follow him on Twitter @cassidyjosephp. The following is excerpted from an article of his publ…

2017 Issue 2August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

Two Scoops, Different Flavors

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2017 Issue 2August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

Game On

PHOTO BY STEVE MCLAUGHLIN MEN’S LACROSSE CAPS HISTORIC SEASON In this historic season, the Wesleyan Men’s Lacrosse team won the NESCAC and Little Three Championships, capping it off by reaching the NCAA Sem…

2017 Issue 2August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

Letter Home: Walking With Giants in the Hills of Thailand

What happens when a Wesleyan student discovers a passion for protecting elephants—and begins her career in a small Southeast Asian Village?— ■ REBECCA WINKLER ’16 began working with the Mahouts Elephant Foundation…

2017 Issue 2August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

Reunion & Commencement 2017

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2017 Issue 2August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

Finn, Rubenstein, Roberts Honored with Binswanger Teaching Prizes

OLIVIA DRAKE MALS ’08 During Wesleyan’s 185th Commencement on May 28, Wesleyan presented three outstanding faculty members with the Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching, photographed here with President Rot…

2017 Issue 2August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

Alumni Association Bestows Honors at Annual Meeting

At the Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Alumni Association on May 27, seven alumni received Distinguished Alumni Awards, and one Outstanding Service Award was presented, along with the James L. McConaughy Jr. Memor…

2017 Issue 2August 1, 2017December 12, 2018

WELL READ

The Leavers: A Novel LISA KO ’98 ALGONQUIN BOOKS, 2017 The Leavers tells the story of 11-year-old Deming Guo, whose mother, Polly, an undocumented Chinese immigrant, fails to return home one day from her job at a na…