International Relations

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  • Alexander Monahov ’10 researched corruption in 35 European countries. Anna Weissman ’10 examined issues of poverty and the education of young girls in Sub-Saharan Africa. Antti Isoaho ’11 compared indigenous populations in Peru and Bolivia. We may not have programs on all parts of the world, but that doesn’t mean you can’t study them.

At Lake Forest College, our students and faculty approach global issues like war and peace, development and underdevelopment, and imperialism and national self-determination with an interdisciplinary approach. Through study in politics, history, economics, sociology, psychology, and foreign languages, our students prepare for positions in U.S. national government and the national governments of other countries, and with inter-governmental institutions, non-governmental institutions, and business enterprises.

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    Ioana Sirca-Belintan 2011 Graduate
    January 25
    Ioana Sirca-Belintan graduated with a double major in international relations and politics in 2011 and earned honors in both majors with her two-credit senior thesis titled “The Development of Civil Society in Post-Communist Romania.”
  • Read students’ reflections from off-campus study
    February 6
    All students who study off campus write an essay upon their return. These reflections describe the students’ activities during their time away and, more importantly, how those experiences changed their perspective and what they learned about a new environment and about themselves.

    Each semester, all reflections are entered as contest submissions. The author of the winning essay receives a small cash prize. That essay and other selected entries are published on this page.
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