Penn International Relations Conference (PIRC)

04/19/2021

a sneak peek from our 2021 PIRC on Friday-- thanks to our guest speakers, Prof. Phillip Nichols and Prof. Jason Davis. Many thanks as well to our awesome students and teachers who participated!

03/30/2021

Registration for our 2021 virtual PIRC is up and open! Hope to see you there!

11/20/2019

This week in West Africa...
Nigeria's recent economic success has led them to close their borders, which may have significant impacts on ECOWAS and the rest of the West African states. Read about it here!:

The move is thought to be in retaliation for Nigeria shutting its borders. The country made the protectionist move to stop cheap imports damaging local markets.

11/14/2019

Read here about how Senegal is starting to tackle climate change:

Home to nearly 300,000 people, the West African city is already seeing houses destroyed, streets flooded, and crops killed by encroaching saltwater due to climate change.

11/11/2019

Fact day!!!

11/04/2019

10/28/2019

Happy Monday!

10/21/2019

Did you know?? Happy Monday!

10/18/2019

Want to learn more about what's going on in West Africa? Read here about Sir Dawda Jawara, The Gambia's first president, who recently passed away:

Regarded as a founding father of the west African nation, he maintained a democratic mandate for nearly 30 years

10/14/2019

Fact Day!!

10/10/2019

Did you know?! More fun facts!!

10/10/2019

Read testimonials of African American people rediscovering their connection to Ghana and the after-effects of slavery on identity:

African Americans find new home in Ghana - gateway of the brutal African slave trade to the US that began 400 years ago.