• Shanghai Theater Academy

    The Shanghai Theater Academy performs at a Brown co-sponsored institute in China.  

  • Ghanaian drumming and dancing ensemble

    Brown students in the Ghanaian drumming and dancing ensemble perform for a campus audience.

  • Mid-Autumn Festival

    Students enjoy Year of China, Mid-Autumn festival.

  • Brown hosted the annual meeting of Ivy+ officers of international affairs.

    Brown hosted the 2011 meeting of Ivy+ officers of international affairs. In attendance were representatives from Chicago, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Pennsylvania, Stanford, and Yale.

  • Chinua Achebe addresses BIARI participants.

    Chinua Achebe addresses BIARI participants.

  • Wendy Jehlen '94 dances in India.

    Wendy Jehlen '94 dances in India with ANIKAI dance company. www.akhra.org/anikai

    Photo credit: Yi-Chun Wu

  • One third of Visiting ICERM Researchers are from outside of the United States.

    One third of visiting researchers at the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM) are from outside the United States.  http://icerm.brown.edu/

  • Visual Arts Assistant Professor Ed Osborn films in the Norwegian arctic.

    Visual Arts Assistant Professor Ed Osborn films in the Norwegian Arctic.

  • Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang visits Brown.

    Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang visits Brown.

The Office of International Affairs website functions as a gateway to internationalization at Brown University, made manifest each day in classrooms, labs and conference halls across campus, and around the world. This website captures faculty, students and staff as they link the University’s academic mission to addressing global challenges, and serves as a source of information about Brown’s global engagement in the 21st century.

Brown International News

A piece of history rediscovered — What began as an assignment for an English course has now captured international attention. Senior Malcolm Burnley shares details about a little known piece of Brown history: a 1961 visit to campus... (more)
Middle East Studies shifts toward the modern — With traditional scholarly strengths in the ancient Middle East, Brown is increasing the faculty and adding courses that focus on contemporary Middle Eastern and Islamic studies. Beshara Doumani, an... (more)

Brown in the World, the World at Brown

Year of China

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The Watson Institute for International Studies

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Recent Visits

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Global Environmental Change

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Global Health Initiative

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Brown International Scholars Program (BISP)

The Brown International Scholars Program (BISP) provides an opportunity for undergraduate...

Middle East Studies

As an area of strategic importance and vast complexity, the Middle East is integral to the...

Brown International Advanced Research Institutes (BIARI)

The objective of the Brown International Advanced Research Institutes program is...