Taiwanese Arts Week will be held from Sept. 10-18 to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the founding of Taiwan.
Titled “Bring the Tradition and Innovation of Taiwanese Arts to Madison,” this celebration intends to promote intercultural understanding through artistic exchange.
Organized by UW-Madison dance professor Jin-Wen Yu in collaboration with the Taipei Cultural Center/Economic and Cultural Office in New York along with numerous UW and local Madison organizations, this series of exhibits, screenings, lectures and performances will showcase the liveliness of Taiwanese arts with the Madison public.
Yu expects the celebration to be accessible and enlightening to the public.
“Taiwanese Arts Week already has brought together lots of different communities … all have been very supportive,” he says. “I am hopeful that the upcoming events will continue to bring people together through arts and educational experiences.”
August 16, 2011Division of International StudiesNo comments
Mr. Ling Li, the program director for the Luce Scholars Program and program officer for Asia of the Henry Luce Foundation, will be on campus on Friday, August 26 to discuss the Luce Scholars Program. There will be two meeting: one is for potential applicants (open to students, alumni, junior faculty) and the other is for faculty and administrators who are interested in learning more about promoting and recruiting applicants to the Luce Scholars competition.
The Henry Luce Foundation created the year-long Luce Scholars Program to increase awareness about Asia among potential leaders in American society who have had limited experience in the region and who might not otherwise have an opportunity to come to know Asia. The program is nationally competitive, with only 15 to 18 recipients chosen each year. Luce Scholars receive a stipend, language training, and individualized professional placement in Asia.
UW-Madison can nominate two candidates (and in some years three) to the competition.
There are two separate meetings scheduled with Ling Li:
Friday, August 26:
For faculty and administrators:
10:00 a.m. in 336 Ingraham Hall
For potential applicants:
11:30 a.m. in 336 Ingraham Hall
If you are interested in attending one of the meetings, please send an email to Erin Crawley, fellowships adviser, fellow@intl-institute.wisc.edu. Registration is not required.
Read about our very own 2010-2011 Luce Scholar
UW–Madison alum Paul Kellner (M.S. ‘07, Life Sciences Communication) recently completed a year working in Jakarta, Indonesia, as a 2010-11 Luce Scholar.
Kellner spent his Luce year in Jakarta as a researcher for the Indonesian Center for the Study of Law and Policy (PSHK), where, he says, “I have supported the drafting, implementation, and mapping of national laws and policies, including: a public health law concerning breast-feeding and milk formula advertising; an immigration bill that will redefine the concept of permanent residency; and the mapping of the national legal framework for child protection services.”
July 19, 2011Division of International Studies1 Comment
Countries around the world are ramping up investments in higher education in a push to create world-class research institutions. At the same time, the top research universities in the United States are confronting the challenges of dwindling resources and support.
Interim Chancellor David Ward will welcome a group of education leaders from around the world to the University of Wisconsin–Madison on Tuesday, July 26 for a panel discussion on these trends and what they mean for the U.S. pre-eminence in higher education.
“Education and Competitiveness: The End of an American Century?” will be held July 26, 3:30-5:30 p.m., in the Wisconsin Idea Room (Room 159) of the Education Building on Bascom Hill. Sponsored by the UW–Madison Division of International Studies and School of Education, the program is free and open to the public.
“This is an important topic, not just for higher education, but for the future of the U.S. economy and the U.S. role in the world,” says Gilles Bousquet, dean of UW–Madison’s Division of International Studies and vice provost for globalization.
Bousquet, whose recent commentary on this subject was featured on the Chronicle of Higher Education’s WorldWise blog, adds, “The distinguished speakers on this panel can offer a range of perspectives on current trends and what it means for American institutions.”
Chancellor Ward will deliver the opening remarks, followed by the panelists:
Abdul Waheed Khan, former assistant director general of communication and information at UNESCO and current president of Talal Abu Ghazaleh University of Business, Bahrain, speaking on “India’s Five-Year Higher Education Investment Plan and Its Promises for the Future.”
Aman Wirakartakusumah, Indonesian ambassador for UNESCO and former Rector of Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia, speaking on “The Global Higher Education Landscape as Seen from Southeast Asia.”
Xiaozhou Xu, dean of the School of Education, Zhejiang University, China, speaking on “Towards Tri-Axis in Global Higher Education: The Rising of Asian Universities?”
Julie Underwood, dean of UW–Madison School of Education, speaking on “America’s Role in International Consortia: Who is Leading the Conversation?”
Amy Stambach, UW–Madison professor of educational policy studies in the School of Education, and associate dean in the Division of International Studies, will serve as moderator.
The following is a guest post by Gilles Bousquet, dean of the Division of International Studies and the vice provost for globalization at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
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Beijing–“We will be hiring dozens of new faculty across disciplines. Would you have some Ph.D.s ready?”
I was asked this question during a recent meeting with representatives of a top-ranked Hong Kong university. I soon learned that Hong Kong’s eight major universities are seeking to hire about 1,000 new faculty as quickly as possible!
When educators in Hong Kong and China talk about their plans for growth, it’s hard not to appear dumbfounded. Thinking of the sudden, massive retirements at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the struggling U.S. economy, the deteriorating public support for higher education across the United States, and unyielding demands that we must do more with less, I could only blink and nod my head. But I needed an answer for my Hong Kong friends: Yes, we have Ph.D.s available.
At the end of a two-week trip to China and Hong Kong to attend conferences and foster relationships, two themes stand out. First, all major universities in China are building or have just built grand, well-financed campuses to handle an influx of students, both domestic and international. Second, China has embraced the conviction that education is the key to everything. Both of these themes contrast starkly with the reality in America, where universities are facing cutbacks of hundreds of millions of dollars and higher education increasingly is taken for granted.
June 01, 2011Division of International StudiesNo comments
Dr. Nathan Wolfe
Recently named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People, virus hunter Nathan Wolfe is the science expert behind many recent news stories on human health and virus transfer, such as swine flu, monkey pox, West Nile, SARS, and Ebola. He works to forecast and contain new plagues before they kill millions. Wolfe is the Lorry I. Lokey visiting professor in Human Biology at Stanford University and director of the Global Viral Forecasting Initiative (GVFI).
He will be giving a lecture entitled “Virus Hunting: Identifying Tomorrow’s Pandemic Today” on Wednesday, June 8 from 8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery (WID), Town Center Forum. This is a free event, but registration is appreciated. Please reply here.
