Welcome to Crossing Borders (CB) at the University of Iowa!
CB is an interdisciplinary graduate training and fellowship program that prepares Ph.D. students for in-depth study of complex transnational or global phenomena and processes. Piloted in 1997 under the auspices of a Ford Foundation grant to rethink area studies after the Cold War, CB was institutionalized as a graduate program at the University of Iowa in 1999. Over 100 fellows from twelve departments participated in the program in its first decade, creating a unique intellectual community that bridges geographical and disciplinary boundaries both on campus and abroad. We are excited to see what new borders CB fellows will cross in the coming decade.
Mission Statement
Crossing Borders is:
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A two-year graduate teaching and fellowship program that seeks to foster understanding of global and transnational processes and to develop models, frameworks, and tools for ambitious, creative, and innovative approaches to such phenomena.
