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CONTACT: B. Venkat Mani, bvmani@global.wisc.edu, 608-265-2631 UW–Madison’s nine area and international studies programs, in partnership with Wisconsin Public Radio, and the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) have received a generous grant from the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) for an interactive program that will support public dissemination of scholarship on the topic of Islam. The …
Johanna Waters, Global Higher Ed. Both China (PRC) and the Hong Kong SAR offer an expanding and highly competitive market opportunity for overseas higher education institutions (HEIs). As noted in a recent report commissioned by the British Council (UK-China-Hong Kong Transnational Education Project), a number of UK HEIs are providing hundreds of new ‘international’ degree …
The Human Rights Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Presents: The Migration and Human Rights Workshop with Professor Zolberg and Mr. Ndjankou Thursday April 24, 2-4pm 206 Ingraham Hall Professor Zolberg presentation will be entitled: “Moving Beyond Nation-Based Human Rights” Professor Zolberg is Walter A. Eberstadt Professor of Political Science at the Graduate Faculty of …
Shihoko Fujiwara, of Tokyo, Japan, is among seven alumni of the University of Wisconsin–Madison who will be honored next month with the 2008 Distinguished Alumni Awards, presented by the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA). A 2003 graduate of UW–Madison with a degree in International Studies, Fujiwara is a coordinator with the Polaris Project, a nonprofit organization …
Globalization, outsourcing, new industry, migration. Is Wisconsin prepared for the 21st century? Tuesday, April 22 8-10:30 5120 Grainger Hall, 975 University Ave Richard C. Longworth Senior writer, Chicago Tribune Author: Caught in the Middle: America’s Heartland in the Age of Globalism (Bloomsbury, 2007) Randall B. Dunham Chairperson, Department of Management & Human Resources Keenan A. …
The European Union Center of Excellence (EUCE) and the Transnational Applied Research in Gender Equity Training Research Circle (TARGET) are pleased to present Sylvia Walby Department of Sociology, Lancaster, UK & UNESCO Chair of Gender Studies Monday, April 21 Complexity Theory and Intersectionality 10am 8417 Sewell Social Sciences Gender Mainstreaming and Feminist Knowledge Transfer Noon-1:30pm …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Masarah Van Eyck, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, 608 262-5590 Pierre Sauvage, award-winning filmmaker, producer and screenwriter, will deliver the Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Sauvage will give a lecture titled “Did Americans Fight the Holocaust” on Tuesday, April 15 at …
by Susan Robertson at Global Higher Ed A US Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) survey out this week paints what must be a worrying picture for all countries dependent on income generated by transborder higher education, whether dependent directly on the fees income, or on the brain-power that these students contribute to R&D in the …
By Paula Wasley, The Chronicle of Higher Education A professor of German took one more step in bringing experts together to work on developing a national language policy on Wednesday. An invitation-only conference held at Georgetown University here drew representatives from academe, the federal government, and nongovernmental agencies who share concerns that the country needs …
by Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Ed The growth in international graduate student applications at American colleges and universities has slowed considerably, according to new survey results released today by the Council of Graduate Schools. The council found that the number of international applicants grew only 3 percent in 2008, after gains of 9 and 12 …