The Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics

This we’re highlighting Global Fellow Samwel Japhet.

We’re excited to share that Samwel has been appointed to the Salzburg Global Advisory Council on Culture and Arts (ACCA) for the 2026–2028 term! The Council brings together Salzburg Global Fellows and representatives of the Edward T. Cone Foundation to support the Salzburg Global Seminar in developing international programs in culture and the arts, while shaping long-term goals, leadership, and collaboration across the sector.

“Through this three-year appointment, I look forward to contributing to Salzburg Global’s initiatives, building meaningful creative collaborations, and connecting communities and countries worldwide.”

This we’re highlighting Global Fellow Samwel Japhet.

We’re excited to share that Samwel has been appointed to the Salzburg Global Advisory Council on Culture and Arts (ACCA) for the 2026–2028 term! The Council brings together Salzburg Global Fellows and representatives of the Edward T. Cone Foundation to support the Salzburg Global Seminar in developing international programs in culture and the arts, while shaping long-term goals, leadership, and collaboration across the sector.

“Through this three-year appointment, I look forward to contributing to Salzburg Global’s initiatives, building meaningful creative collaborations, and connecting communities and countries worldwide.”

This we’re highlighting Global Fellow Tanvi Hegade who was recently selected for the 2026 cohort of the Dalai Lama Fellowship, co-organised by the University of Virginia’s Contemplative Sciences Center and the University of Colorado Boulder’s Renée Crown Wellness Institute. The program brings together 19 young leaders from 12 countries working on a diverse array of social innovation projects to promote the flourishing of their communities.

This prestigious program for emerging changemakers aims to cultivate leadership practices rooted in awareness, compassion, and integrity. Through the program’s “Head, Heart & Hands” approach, Tanvi aims to cultivate and implement her learnings in her Dance for Parkinson’s program, to help make it more intentionally rooted in self-awareness, mindfulness, emotional intelligence, listening and communication, and systems-thinking.

This we’re highlighting Global Fellow Tanvi Hegade who was recently selected for the 2026 cohort of the Dalai Lama Fellowship.

Join us for GDISC XI: Rules in a Changing World! Hosted by the Georgetown International Relations Club, this year’s conference dives deep into the shifting landscape of global diplomacy and security. Ambassador Cynthia Schneider, Lab Co-Director and former Ambassador to the Netherlands, will be featured as a panelist on the Global Threats to Democracy panel (1:50 PM - 2:50 PM).

This we’re highlighting Global Fellow Yide Cai. Yide is a playwright, translator, and theater artist currently based in Boston. His work Made In America? was presented at the Asheville Fringe Festival last week (3/15-22), where it was featured in local press and nominated for work that pushed the boundaries of storytelling.

We are excited to announce over the next few days the cast and creative team for The Use of Stories, featuring Tony Award-nominated actors A***n Moayed and Omar Metwally. Conceived, Adapted, and Directed by Derek Goldman, from the work of Salman Rushdie.
The original work-in-progress will be performed March 31st and will be followed by a conversation with Salman Rushdie. RSVP here: https://events.georgetown.edu/lannan/event/37669-2026-lannan-literary-festival-day-3-rushdie

This we're highlighting Global Fellow Samwel Japhet. Samwel and Alawi Tadhi are currently performing the North American premiere of A MOMENT – WAKATI in Vancouver. A MOMENT — WAKATI explores shared experiences and the moments that change our lives through images, dance, and music. In April, Samwel will be traveling for the Tanzanian Premiere of BECOMING: From the Streets to Now. In BECOMING, Samwel revisits the layers of his past and the complex emotions, memories, and personal growth shaped by homelessness, abuse, survival, and the search for belonging. Through this performance, audiences are invited to witness a journey of overcoming adversity and reclaiming one’s story through an immersive combination of storytelling, movement, images, text, and music.

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This , we’re highlighting global fellow Ifrah Mansour and her essay published in Her essay describes her experience as a Somali-American artist based in Minnesota during the unprecedented levels of violence and racism rampaging her home city. Ifran, however, remains hopeful that “when tomorrow comes, kindness will too.”