Many analysts have argued that a rapidly changing global context has created new challenges for developing countries and for developmental states. Especially since the formation of the WTO, many of the strategies formerly used to …
Year: 2010
Call for Proposals: 2010 WAGE Individual Faculty Research Awards – Applications Due April 6
The Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) announces an individual grant competition to support research projects on globalization and the international economy. All University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty are encouraged to apply. There …
Chilean Student Association Hosts Fundraising Event to Support People in Chile
The Chilean Student Association (CSA) is sponsoring a Chile Earthquake Relief fundraising event on Sunday, March 7 at 4:30 p.m. to support people affected by the devastating earthquake that hit Chile on February 27, 2010. …
Annual Lecture Invites Yakin Ertürk, Former UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women – March 18
Yakin Ertürk, former UN special rapporteur on violence against women, will speak at the annual J. Jobe Soffa and Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa Distinguished International Visitor Fund lecture series on March 18, 2010, in the AT&T …
Doug Moe: A Chance Lunch, a Diary and a Spot on ‘Antiques Roadshow’
Wisconsin State Journal (February 25, 2010) — This is a story that begins with a lunch engagement between strangers and ends with a friendship and the publication of a remarkable book. The strangers in question …
Earthquake in Chile Shakes Families in Madison (WKOW)
CH. 27 – WKOW (March 1, 2010) — Madison residents with family in Chile are glad their family members are safe. EXCERPT: Also relieved, many UW students with family in Chile. UW–Madison students Patricio Mendoza …
Peace Corps Week: March 1-5, 2010 – What’s in it for You?
To celebrate National Peace Corps Week, the University of Wisconsin–Madison invites you to engage in a series of activities to honor the work of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCV) and to learn more about the …
Hip-Hop Theater Ensemble: Only U.S. Group Invited to Participate in Award-winning, International Theater Project
UW–Madison News — The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s First Wave hip-hop theater ensemble has been selected to participate in Contacting the World 2010, an international theater project linking young people’s theater groups from around the world …
What Links Human Health and Well-Being to Environmental Sustainability? – March 4
Please join the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the Global Health Initiative for the Gaylord Nelson Lecture Series event, “Environmental Sustainability: Foundational Links to Human Health and Well-Being” with Dr. Howard Frumkin, former director …
Symposium on Globalization and the Humanities: Then and Now, Here and There – Feb. 25-27
The Institute for Research in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is celebrating its 50th Anniversary by sponsoring a Symposium on Globalization and the Humanities: Then and Now, Here and There. Natalie Zemon Davis, …