OSU International Studies Program

OSU International Studies Program For World-Minded People
Established 1943

Registering for Fall 2026 classes and need to find another course? Check out all that IS has to offer next semester with...
04/23/2026

Registering for Fall 2026 classes and need to find another course? Check out all that IS has to offer next semester with some of our featured classes and more course offerings are available in the Course Gallery in the link in our bio. 📚🏫

Congrats to  on successfully defending her thesis this morning! Your hard work has paid off, and we hope you take some t...
04/15/2026

Congrats to on successfully defending her thesis this morning! Your hard work has paid off, and we hope you take some time to celebrate 🥳

Join us for the thesis defense of International Studies senior Vija Tessman. She will be presenting her original researc...
04/09/2026

Join us for the thesis defense of International Studies senior Vija Tessman. She will be presenting her original research project “Syncretic Sprits of Fire: Narratives of the jinn and related beings in Near Eastern religious corpora”, which recently received the 1st place award in the Arts, Culture, and Humanities category at the Denman Research Forum. Her presentation will be from 9-9:30am and open to the public. The actual defense will take place immediately afterwards and will be private.

Introducing our International Studies students who received the Cotner Study Abroad scholarships for their upcoming trav...
04/06/2026

Introducing our International Studies students who received the Cotner Study Abroad scholarships for their upcoming travels! Congratulations to all these amazing students and we can’t wait to hear about their experiences! 🛫

Calling all graduating IS seniors! Are you writing your thesis & need to schedule your thesis defense? Make sure to cont...
03/30/2026

Calling all graduating IS seniors! Are you writing your thesis & need to schedule your thesis defense? Make sure to contact our Program Director, Dr.Kendra McSweeney to get scheduled!

A reminder that our office will be CLOSED from March 16-20 for Spring Break. Faculty & Staff will be online during this ...
03/13/2026

A reminder that our office will be CLOSED from March 16-20 for Spring Break. Faculty & Staff will be online during this time if you have any questions or concerns. We hope you all have a restful spring break and we’ll be back Monday, March 23rd!

Introducing our 3rd Speaker Series event: Sharla Sorensen will be coming to speak with International Studies about Caree...
03/06/2026

Introducing our 3rd Speaker Series event: Sharla Sorensen will be coming to speak with International Studies about Careers in Intelligence & Security. She is an Air Force trained All-source intelligence analyst with 15 years experiences leading intelligence production and training teams. It’ll be a great event & we hope to see you there!

Introducing our 2nd event of the Speaker Series… retired Senior Foreign Officer & OSCE Ambassador to Moldova Jennifer Br...
02/04/2026

Introducing our 2nd event of the Speaker Series… retired Senior Foreign Officer & OSCE Ambassador to Moldova Jennifer Brush will be coming to OSU and give us a talk about Multilateralism & the Liberal World. This is on February 17th, 2026 in Thompson Library arm 165 and no registration is required.

SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT! 📣💰 Are you interested in studying abroad in the Middle East or Northern Africa? This scholarsh...
01/27/2026

SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT! 📣💰 Are you interested in studying abroad in the Middle East or Northern Africa? This scholarship supports undergraduate students majoring or minoring in International Studies a unique opportunity to immerse themselves in one of the world’s most culturally and historically rich regions. Apply by April 15th, 2026 by scanning the QR code or clicking the link in our bio!

Introducing the International Studies Speaker Series program for the Spring semester. We’ve made a few schedule changes ...
01/25/2026

Introducing the International Studies Speaker Series program for the Spring semester. We’ve made a few schedule changes to our schedule so please refer to this post for the speaker series! Here you will find our speakers, the dates, and times for the event. We hope to see you at the events!

The International Studies office will be closed tomorrow, January 19th, 2026 in honor of MLK Jr. Day. We will be back op...
01/18/2026

The International Studies office will be closed tomorrow, January 19th, 2026 in honor of MLK Jr. Day. We will be back open on Tuesday, January 20th!

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