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The Country’s Military Might Obscure Its Other Difficulties, A Speaker Contends. SCOTT CARNEY For the Wisconsin State Journal Nuclear weapons in North Korea aren’t the biggest problem there. The biggest problem is the regime, said a Washington pundit at UW–Madison on Thursday. Gordon Flake, executive director of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation in Washington, …
Interested in globalization and international studies? Looking for one more course to complete your Spring 2006 schedule? 1. Topics in Global Security: Introduction to Global Studies Instructor: Michael Curtin (Comm Arts) International Studies 601 section 001; 3 cr; call number: 69257 Class meets: M 3:30 – 6:00 There is a required discussion section. This course …
by Rob Zaleski, The Capital Times Unless people have actually visited a Third World country such as Cameroon, they can’t possibly appreciate how primitive the health care is. Nobody realizes that more than Emilie Ngo Nguidjol, a 42-year-old Cameroonian native and mother of three who moved to Madison 15 years ago. Read the full story… …
Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 11/28/05 Contact: Alisha Kirchoff, CREECA events coordinator, at 608-262-3379 or events@creeca.wisc.edu Madison, WI- Jerry Huffman will speak about “The Gucci Revolution” in Kazhakstan at 4 p.m. on Monday, December 5 in room 5055 Vilas Hall, 821 University Avenue. Huffman, an Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist, was based in Kazakhstan from 1998 …
The Ludvig Holberg Memorial Fund has the pleasure to call for nominations for the Holberg International Memorial Prize for outstanding scholarly work in the fields of the arts and humanities, social science, law and theology 2006. The price has a value of NOK 4.5 million, approx. € 575,000/US$ 700.000. The prize was established by the …
In a recent chilling assessment, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that human-induced changes in the Earth’s climate now lead to at least 5 million cases of illness and more than 150,000 deaths every year. Temperature fluctuations may sway human health in a surprising number of ways, scientists have learned, from influencing the spread of …
Untitled Document by Brian Mattmiller, UW Communications When Jeremi Suri received an email in February 2004 with the imposing subject line, “A Message from Dr. Henry Kissinger,” his first thought was: “Which colleague is pulling my leg?” It turned out to be the real deal – a message from the statesman’s assistant, indicating Kissinger would …
Untitled Document by Ronnie Hess UW–Madison students continue to study abroad in record numbers, according to figures released by the UW–Madison Division of International Studies. According to International Studies, the number of students studying abroad in 2003-04 increased 11.7 percent from the previous year, above the national figure of 9.6 percent cited in “Open Doors …
Untitled Document by John Potratz, The Badger Herald Monday, November 14, 2005 All University of Wisconsin students traveling to Spain next spring will soon be receiving their visas. Concluding weeks of tenuous uncertainty, Division of International Studies officials reached an agreement Friday with the Spanish consulate in Chicago to ensure all students will be able …
Joy Cardin and her guest, Laird Boswell, explore the culture, politics, and history that have led up to the riots in France. Laird Boswell is a professor of History at UW–Madison. He specializes in French history and politics. Click here to listen to the show.