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UW–Madison’s Jennifer Otting is the author of a new study examining education reform in Kosovo that was published in the journal, Compare: Journal of Comparative & International Education. UW–Madison’s Jennifer Otting is the author of a new study examining education reform in Kosovo that was published in the journal, Compare: Journal of Comparative & International …
Several weeks ago, Kenyan women’s rights campaigner Dr. Josephine Kulea visited SoHE as part of a partnership initiated by Design Studies instructor Lesley Sager. In 2012, Kulea founded the Samburu Girls Foundation, an organization dedicated to rescuing young girls from child marriages, female genital mutilation, and beading. With help from a community of informants, the group removes children from these …
The African Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will host its annual spring symposium on the topic of honoring the departed in Africa and beyond. The African Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will host its annual spring symposium on the topic of honoring the departed in Africa and beyond.
Visiting international scholars are an important part of the intellectual and artistic community within UW–Madison’s School of Education. Visiting international scholars are an important part of the intellectual and artistic community within UW–Madison’s School of Education.
Walk by the large window displays on the first floor or Nancy Nicholas Hall, and you’ll see the current exhibit of large-print British textiles from the late 60s and early 70s. According to Natasha Thoreson, Curator and Collections Manager at SoHE, the bold prints represent the Avant Garde style popular at the time in London. …
Studying abroad in the US might seem like a strange notion for many of the UW–Madison students who were born and raised in the US. But for the over 4,000 international students from over 130 countries currently enrolled in classes at the UW, it’s not such a strange idea. Before they attend an American university, …
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Two months spent learning Thai through the Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute laid the foundation for a UW–Madison alumnus’ decade long career countering terrorism finance and other national security concerns in the South and Southeast Asia. Two months spent learning Thai through the Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute laid the foundation for a UW–Madison alumnus’ …
In 2006, musician and music teacher Tara Linhardt ’94 was traveling around Nepal with her partner, Danny Knicely, hoping to renew old ties from a UW study-abroad program some 14 years earlier. While the pair were ambling along a street in Kathmandu, their instruments strapped on their backs, they encountered a young man playing a …
In a statement released Monday morning, African Studies Program certificate student Hiwot Adilow was announced as one of eight poets shortlisted for the 6th Brunel International African Poetry Prize. In a statement released Monday morning, African Studies Program certificate student Hiwot Adilow was announced as one of eight poets shortlisted for the 6th Brunel International …