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UW-Madison Looks at Partnership with Iraq’s Tikrit University [Wisconsin State Journal]

Deborah Ziff, February 12 2009, The Wisconsin State Journal Iraqi students and faculty could begin studying and conducting research at UW–Madison if a burgeoning partnership with Tikrit University is formalized. Sending UW–Madison students to study in Iraq is not in the immediate plans but could happen in the future if the country stabilizes, said Gilles …

UW-Madison Explores Partnership with Iraqi University

UW–Madison News Release Contact: Masarah Van Eyck, mvaneyck2@international.wisc.edu, (608) 262-5590 Feb. 11, 2009 by John Lucas The University of Wisconsin–Madison is taking the first steps toward a formal partnership with a university in Iraq. University officials will hold a teleconference with U.S. Embassy officials associated with the Salah ad Din Provincial Reconstruction Team based in …

Gender and International Policy Research Circle

The Gender and International Policy Research Circle will hold an organizational meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, February 11th starting at noon in 105 Ingraham. The Gender and International Policy Research Circle is research circle on the UW–Madison campus supported by Global Studies, the International Institute, and the Division of International Studies. The circle seeks to bring together …

Global Climate Change and Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities for International Law

The Wisconsin International Law Journal 27th Annual Symposium Global Climate Change and Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities for International Law Friday, March 6, 2009 8:15 AM – 5:15 PM Room 2260, Law Building CLE Credits for Wisconsin attorneys pending. Registration for this event is required by February 24, 2009. Please email Ana A. Machado to …

Global Hot Spots: Thailand

“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 the Division of International Studies and the Wisconsin Alumni Association .

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 donation from a Singaporean tycoon, this merger of old and new marks a departure from the drab socialist architecture so …

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 overview of Chinese social and business etiquette. Her presentation will help U.S. students prepare to interact with Chinese professors and …

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 to our community of scholars: Spring 2009: Anna Jaron Visiting Scholar Spring 2009 PhD Candidate in Law European University Institute, …

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 Tuesday, February 10, 2009 8:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Lubar Commons (Law School room 7200) For additional information, please contact …

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 – top the list (according to a 2008 survey from the Forum on Education Abroad). A handful of colleges across the …