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USEFUL LINKS
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IU Links
Opportunities
for Students Organizations and resources at IU that support the
extracurricular life of of student interested in international studies.
Calendar of all Events on
Campus (Includes internationally related events)
Outreach Activities run by
the Center for the Study of Global Change (Includes International Studies summer institutes sponsored by
the
Center on 201 N. Indiana, and information about International Festival of Indiana, Capitol Forum Indiana and
the International History Special Award among other activities.)
The IU Mathers Museum of World
Cultures
The museum has exhibits, events, and educational programs that give you a chance to learn more about
objects from Australia to Zanzibar. Student volunteers and practica students also have the opportunity to research and
catalog artificats from around the world, and to develop exhibits and educational programs to help teach the public about the
artificats and the cultures they represent: 416 N. Indiana Avenue. Public hours: T-F, 9:a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Saturday-Sunday, 1 to
4:30 p.m. Admission is free. Phone 855-6873. mathers@indiana.edu.
International Resources at Indiana University, Bloomington
National and International Links
Institute for Cultural Diplomacy
With offices in New York, Los Angeles, Berlin and Paris, this institute's mission is to initiate a more sustained
dialogue between countries and, most importantly, between cultures to achieve cooperation at all levels. The
institute's primary interest is in the "informal cultural networks and exchanges that have characterized the
twentieth century together with new forms that can be fashioned for the twenty-first."
Links to International Resources
This
page, compiled by International Research and Development at IU, is a starting point for major internet resources in
20 categories with
international studies content; it contains more than 400 annotated hyperlinks.
United Nations Fact Sheet
As compiled by the U.S. Department of State: "To maintain international peace
and security; to achieve international cooperation in solving economic, social,
cultural, and humanitarian problems and in promoting respect for human rights
and fundamental freedoms; to be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations
in attaining these common ends. Official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English,
French, Russian, and Spanish.
A World Directory of Development Organizations and Programs
The directory contains basic information on known organizations - mainly NGOs - and their activities for
development.
International Newspapers (Onlinenewspapers.com)
BBC World Service
Provides international news, analysis and
information in English and 42 other languages) + Deutsche
Welle
Germany's International Broadcaster; choose from 31 languages + The International
Broadcasting Bureau (Supports U.S. government-funded
non-military international broadcast services that include the Voice of America (VOA), Radio Sawa,
Radio and TV Martí (Office of Cuba Broadcasting), and WORLDNET Television and Film Service as well as
Radio Free
Europe/Radio Liberty and Radio Free Asia. You will find links to all these broadcasting elements on this
site.)
On-line Dictionaries
CountryWatch
Country specific
geopolitical intelligence on each of the 192 countries of the world; the CIA for Everyman according to Forbes.com
Country Locator
The United States Agency for International Development; information about the
Agency's efforts in developing countries and a synopsis of each country's
development challenges
Global Nomads Group
Using a combination of live satellite broadcasting and videoconferencing, this
Group, which is based in New York, brings youth together face-to-face to meet
across cultural and national boundaries to discuss world issues that affect and
unite us all
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