International Studies Program at SIUE

Last night, I participated in "A Celebration of Student Excellence 2026", an event put together by the College of Arts and Sciences in recognition of the quality of the students who were awarded scholarships from their departments or programs. Coree Keagy is the recipient of INTS's Ambassador Hussein Moussawi International Travel Scholarship, in value of $500, which she can use to cover some of her costs for studying abroad.
We were joined in the celebration by Mrs. Moussawi and her daughter in law, Dr. Elza Ibroscheva, Associate Provost - Accreditation, Assessment, and Academic Planning and Professor of Mass Communications.
Congratulations to Coree!

Some photos from today's presentations in INTS 499, the capstone experience course of the International Studies Program at SIUE! Congratulations to the students who are graduating from the program this semester!

A new generation of the International Studies program's students are getting ready to graduate; this is the line up of their capstone presentations on Tuesday, April 28, between 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. in Peck Hall, room 3417!
Current or prospective students, mentors, professors, and any other parties interested, are invited to listen to them during their final presentations of the capstone course INTS 499. See the attached program!

The Spanish Club Festival and the International Studies Day got a mention in the Alestle, our campus newspaper!

Spanish Film Club Festival wraps up, brings attention to Hispanic films The International Studies Program, along with the Department of Languages and Literature, hosted the second Spanish Film Club Festival as part of a larger celebration of International Studies Day.

Final day of Spanish movies is this coming Wednesday in Morris University Center, Mississippi/Illinois rooms!

Hey Cougars 🐾🎬

Don’t miss the final films of the Spanish Film Club Festival this Wednesday at SIUE. Come out for a full day of powerful stories, culture, and community. It’s free, open to everyone, and the perfect way to close out the festival 🌎🍿

These are the links on our Youtube channel of the videos for the three panels and one keynote speaker lecture that were taken on April 9, 2026, during the 9th edition of International Studies Day at SIUE; each video has two parts!
For those who did not find the time to attend in person or for those who would like to revisit what was discussed, please enjoy these complimentary videos!
https://youtu.be/J3qcuuO1n44
https://youtu.be/1NqurGDDzYI
https://youtu.be/pcAVTrnVBvQ
https://youtu.be/RpntaYw5Xpc
https://youtu.be/5VRlVIak3-c
https://youtu.be/hNa6gw63LLw
https://youtu.be/Gd7z8RfsWe0
https://youtu.be/cgzv9GsNCDo

INTS Day 040926 panel 1 part 1 Panel discussion: The Challenges of Raising Bilingual Children in the U.S.

More photos from the diverse and interesting panels and presentations from the 9th edition of International Studies Day at SIUE!

On April 9, we organized the 9th edition of the International Studies Day in the Morris University Center at SIUE, Mississippi/Illinois rooms, from 9:15 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.!
I am including the pages of the program we followed, but also a first batch of photos!

Last Thursday, on April 9, we had fun watching the film "Monos" on the third day of SIUE's Spanish Film Festival, a collaboration between the International Studies program, the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, and the SIUE Hispanic/Latinx Faculty and Staff Association. The festival is done under the aegis of Pragda, Spain Arts and Culture, and the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain.
Students are starting to come in greater numbers at our weekly meetings! There are only two more days in which you can see Latin movies with us: April 9 and April 15. The next movie, "Zafari", will be shown in MUC, Mississippi/ Illinois rooms, on April 9, from 5pm, and on April 15, we will have 5 (five) movies shown in the same rooms, following this schedule:
9 am: From the land to your table - 2011 (1 h 47 mins)
11 am: Black Bread (Pa negre) - 2011 (1 h 48 mins)
1 pm: Everybody leaves (Todos se van) - 2015 (1 h 47 mins)
3 pm: I am from Chile - 2013 (1 h 48 mins)
5 pm: Finlandia - 2021 (1 h 57 mins)
A more detailed program for April 15 will come soon!

Psssst! We are watching the movie "Monos" tonight from 5 pm in the John C. Abbott Auditorium (room 0044 in the Lovejoy Library)! Will you join us?
This is the film synopsis: A crossroad between Apocalypse Now, Lord of the Flies, and Embrace of the Serpent, Alejandro Landes’ Monos tracks a young group of soldiers and rebels who run wild in the mountains of an unspecified South American country, while keeping watch over an American hostage, Doctora. The teenage commandos perform military training exercises by day and indulge in youthful hedonism by night, an unconventional family bound together under a shadowy force known only as The Organization. After an ambush drives the squadron into the jungle, both the mission and the intricate bonds between the group begin to disintegrate. Order descends into chaos and, within Monos, the strong begin to prey on the weak in this vivid, cautionary fever-dream.
In his awe-inspiring third feature, Landes examines the chaos and absurdity of war from the unique perspective of adolescence in a way that feels wholly original, thrusting his diverse young cast into an unforgiving, irrational, and often surreal environment where anything can happen — even peace. The film’s sense of surreal menace is amplified by Mica Levi’s discordant soundscape and Jasper Wolf’s
cinematography.