“Thailand” Thongchai Winichakul, Professor – Department of History 1:30-2:30 p.m. Friday, February 13, 2009 Pyle Center For information, visit the Web site, e-mail, or call 608-262-5699. The Global Hot Spots Lecture Series is co-sponsored by …
Month: February 2009
Renewed Attention to Social Sciences in China Leads to New Partnerships With American Universities [The Chronicle]
By Mara Hvistendahl, The Chronicle of Higher Education Rising up from the eastern edge of Peking University’s campus, the sleek, U-shaped Leo KoGuan Building wraps around a red Qing-dynasty edifice. The result of a record-breaking …
Social and Business Etiquette of China: Preparing for Your China Experience
Tuesday, February 17 4:30 – 6:00 pm Grainger Hall (see TIGH for room location) Interested in visiting China? Join Professor Wang Xiaojun (Helen) , of the South-Central University for Nationalities in Wuhan, China, for an …
Global Legal Studies Visiting Scholars Announced
The Institute for Legal Studies and the Global Legal Studies Center announce the visiting scholars who will be working at the the Law School in room 6210. Please join us in welcoming the following people …
The Transformation of the Legal Profession in Contemporary China
You are cordially invited to a lecture on: The Transformation of the Legal Profession in Contemporary China by Sida Liu Research Associate at the American Bar Foundation & Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, University of Chicago …
Students Help Students Study Abroad [Inside Higher Education]
By Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Education Ask study abroad professionals what their challenges are, and the increasing cost for students – followed by the rising cost of program administration and insufficient institutional scholarship support – …
War and Human Rights in Africa: Insights from Darfur/Chad, DRC, and Liberia
The Human Rights Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Presents: “War and Human Rights in Africa: Insights from Darfur/Chad, DRC, and Liberia” Professor Jennifer Leaning Monday February 9, 4-5:30pm 206 Ingraham Hall Professor Leaning is …
Collaboration Among Research Universities: A model from the US Midwest [Global Higher Ed]
By Barbara McFadden Allen for Global Higher Ed Throughout its 50-year history, the consortium of prominent research universities in the American Midwest known as the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) has sought to create a …