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Gary Garrison, senior program officer for Asia and the Pacific at the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES), will offer a workshop on the Fulbright Program for faculty and professionals. Learn about lecturing and research opportunities in more than 130 countries. Get advice on which country to apply to and how to make contacts …
Last week, Ahmed Mohammad Salih, instructor of English and linguistics at Tikrit University and a staff member in its Office of Cultural Relations, visited UW–Madison to explore potential avenues of collaboration in the fields of second language acquisition, applied linguistics, leadership, and more. In addition to meeting with staff and faculty, Mr. Salih presented the …
Daniel W. Bromley, Anderson-Bascom professor emeritus of applied economics at UW–Madison, will present “Bismarck, the Scramble for Africa, and the Destructive Residue of Colonialism,” Friday, February 19 from 1:30-2:30 p.m., at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street. Bromley has published extensively on the institutional foundations of the economy; legal and philosophical dimensions of property rights; …
Today, Thursday, February 12, tune into WPR’s Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders to hear Jean Feraca discuss the relatively new phenomenon of Valentine’s Day in Ghana with Jo Ellen Fair, professor of Journalism & Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The live show, which aired at 3 p.m., will be rebroadcast from 9-10 …
The Division of International Studies, Wisconsin School of Business, International Institute, and Tinker Committee are pleased to announce two funding opportunities to invite international business faculty and executives to UW–Madison. These opportunities are part of an initiative on Wisconsin and the emerging regional powers of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS). Invited professors …
Think science is a universal language? Think again. In 2005 Caitilyn Allen and Don Waller, faculty in the Department of Plant Pathology and the Department of Botany respectively, created a graduate exchange program between the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Ecole Nationale Superieure Agronomique de Montpellier (Sup Agro) in Montpellier, France. Their aim was to …
Last week’s Global Hot Spots lecture by Jonathan Patz drew a full audience eager to understand the financial and human benefits to addressing climate change. Jonathan Patz, MD, MPP, directs Global Environmental Health at UW–Madison and is president of the International Association of Ecology and Health. He spoke about “Climate Change and Health: Avoiding Crises …
The International Institute, with generous support from the Division of International Studies and Global Studies, announces a competition for funding to support Seminar Series in International Studies. $5,000 will be granted to one or more applicants seeking to establish year-long, faculty/graduate seminar on global, comparative, or trans-area themes. This is a cross-campus opportunity; we welcome …
On January 28, 2010, panelists gathered to discuss, “HAITI: Perspectives on Crisis” in the Red Gym’s On Wisconsin room. Gergens Polynice, an M.A. candidate in Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies (LACIS), who was in his home country of Haiti until just a few hours before the earthquake, spoke to the full audience. “A practical …
As part of the Year of the Humanities series, free, public lectures, panels, performances, and a film screening will explore the latest in what is new and exciting in humanities thought, teaching, and research. International events include: “Language as Homeland,” 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St. Linguists estimate that by …