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Established in 2003 by the University and its Woodrow
Wilson School of Public and International Affairs,
the Princeton Institute for International and
Regional Studies (PIIRS) promotes collaborative,
interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching on issues
of global importance. Combining the activities and strengths
of the University’s former Center of International
Studies and Council on Regional Studies, PIIRS aims
to integrate international and regional studies at the
University into informed and coherent perspectives on
global affairs. In the larger academic arena, PIIRS
works to establish leadership in research on international
and regional issues, creating links with leading universities
worldwide to promote exchanges in these vital areas
among faculty and students internationally.
PIIRS encourages faculty and students from across the
Princeton campus to engage in research and other activities
that enhance the established curriculum. Through innovative
research projects and a residential visiting fellows
program, the Institute promotes exchanges across a variety
of disciplines among scholars who focus on international
relations and comparative and regional studies. Through
its support of the development of an innovative curriculum,
PIIRS seeks to provide every Princeton student with
the opportunity to develop a critical understanding
of the complex cultural and historical perspectives
that operate in nations and regions across the globe.
These offerings and activities are enhanced by annual
conferences, lectures, and workshops on issues of global,
regional, and cross-regional importance, sponsored by
PIIRS alone or in collaboration with other programs
and departments.
Integral to PIIRS and its mission are the over sixty-five
faculty associates, drawn from numerous departments
in the University. Additionally, approximately a dozen
visiting fellows come to PIIRS each year to pursue their
own research, to collaborate with associates, and to
teach and lecture both in the classroom and in more
public forums. Undergraduate and graduate fellows programs
include students in a variety of PIIRS activities, putting
particular emphasis on nurturing intellectual exchange
with the faculty and on encouraging the fellows to participate
directly in the functioning of the Institute by establishing
their own projects.
To read the University's initial press release on the
creation of PIIRS, click
here.
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