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The UW–Madison Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) is pleased to announce the winners of our 2008 Individual Research Award competition. WAGE will provide $10,000 to support each of three research projects that explore the consequences of and challenges posed by economic globalization and its governance. Four faculty, Allison Christians (Law), Zhongdang …
On June 18, the ResearchChannel began airing “The Storyteller with Professor Harold Scheub,” the story of Sheub’s remarkable experience with African storytellers. Forty years ago, Scheub, a professor of African languages and literature at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, walked thousands of miles along the southeastern coast of Africa recording native storytellers of the Xhosa, Swati, …
Susan Troller — 6/12/2008 for The Capital Times Joan Peterson is the author of the Eat Smart series of travel guides for food lovers, which helps people discover the culture of a country through its cuisine. She hopes to give travelers the knowledge — and confidence — to find authentic dining experiences, even in places …
The recent disasters in China and Myanmar underline the network aspects of the crisis response, says emergency management expert Donald Moynihan, associate professor at the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Organizations from all over the world are trying to work together to provide basic services. Their capacity …
Contact: Elizabeth Covington, Executive Director, European Studies Alliance, (608) 265-4778, eecovington@wisc.edu The Center for German and European Studies (CGES) at University of Wisconsin–Madison has received a grant for $530,000 from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) renewing the center’s funding through 2012. “Writing a successful grant this time was a terrific challenge because DAAD had …
Chenoweth Inspires UW Students from Channel 3000 WISC-TV MADISON, Wis. — Florence Chenoweth, who has been a Badger alum for nearly four decades, is the focus of WISC-TV’s Inspiring Women series. After getting her Masters in agricultural economics In 1970, Chenoweth went back home to Liberia to serve as the country’s Minister of Agriculture. Civil …
(Media-Newswire.com) – As China prepares to welcome athletes from around the globe for the Summer Olympics in Beijing, interest in the games and the world’s most populous country is reaching new heights. From China’s rapidly growing economy to its national identity to what effect the Olympics have on host cities, several University of Wisconsin–Madison scholars …
We are delighted to announce that Channel 3 (WISC-TV) news will run a feature this evening on our distinguished international visitor and UW–Madison alum Florence Chenoweth. The feature, which is part of WISC-TV’s “Inspiring Women” series, will appear during tonight’s 10 o’clock news. The clip will later be posted on the Channel 3000 Web site. …
The International Institute’s International Faculty Book Series (formerly the World Beyond Our Borders Book Series) on Human Rights around the World presents Leigh Payne (UW–Madison, Political Science) discussing her new book Unsettling Accounts: The Politics and Performance of Confessions by Perpetrators of Authoritarian State Violence (Duke University Press, 2007) Tuesday, May 6 at 7pm University …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Wendy Christensen, Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, communication@international.wisc.edu, 608 262-5590 UW–Madison’s International Institute Faculty Book Series Features Human Rights Around the World Celebrating the contributions that UW–Madison faculty bring to the study of human rights, this semester’s book series offers diverse perspectives and voices to shed light on these complex …