The University of Wisconsin-Madison has been under intense scrutiny for its decision to allow part-time lecturer Kevin Barrett to teach an introductory course on Islam history and culture. More than 1,000 e-mails and calls from …
Year: 2006
East Asian Studies Aids in Global Study Tour
University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for East Asian Studies helped make possible a three week field trip in China for Madison Memorial High School students. The Center helped pay most costs for the accompanying teachers. For …
Fall Borders Book Series
Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: August 1, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communication, Division of International Studies. University of Wisconsin-Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu For poster, and more information click here. NEXT “WORLD BEYOND …
Summer Arabic Program Featured
UW-Madison’s Summer Arabic & Persian Immersion Programs were featured on WKBT television. To see both a video and print report, go to http://www.wkbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=5167169 For more information on the program, a joint project of the Department …
Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney on BBC
UW-Madison professor Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney is interviewed on the BBC’s “Thinking Allowed.” She discusses her recent books on Japan’s tokkotai pilots during World War II and counters the misleading parallels which have been drawn between them …
Portraits of Compassion
Portraits of Compassion in On Wisconsin, Summer 2006 After volunteering at an orphanage in Central America, Ben Schumaker ’03 wanted to help give the children a sense of identity. Now his initiative to recruit high …
Provost review clears Barrett to teach class on Islam
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Taking a Stand For Rule of Law
Untitled Document By Tamir Moustafa Originally published July 9, 2006 in the Baltimore Sun It is conventional wisdom these days that the Arab world has a thing or two to learn from the United States …
FIGS Go Global
IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, July 10 Contact: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, UW-Madison Division of International Studies. (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu FIGS GO GLOBAL Madison, WI – There’s something new about FIGS, those First -Year …
Archeaologist Uncovers Rare Prize
For nearly 30 years, Wisconsin archaeologist T. Douglas Price has tramped the damp fields and coastal meadows of Denmark looking to put flesh on the bones of prehistory. In the Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age, …