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 …
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Aili Tripp and Ruth Ojiambo Ochieng on Wisconsin Public Radio
Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Here on Earth” with Jean Feraca In war-torn areas throughout the world, women’s bodies often become sites of violence at the hands of enemies and government soldiers. After three, on Here on …
UW-Madison establishes center for global health
UW-Madison has established a Center for Global Health, a joint initiative of the UW schools of medicine, nursing, pharmacy and veterinary medicine, and the Division of International Studies. The center’s mission is to develop and …
Jeremi Suri on the Legacy of Korean War
In an op. ed. in the October 18, 2005 edition of Chosun Ibo, the leading Korean newspaper, UW-Madison professor Jeremi Suri writes about “the real history of the Korean War.” Professor Suri argues that “high-level …
Jeremi Suri: Nuclear Threat Seen as Rising
Speaking at the Rotary Club of Madison on August 10, 2005, UW-Madison history professor Jeremi Suri, who is affiliated with the International Institute, marked the 60th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with …
Professor takes grass roots health care to the world
Nursing professor Linda Baumann, whose interests range from sailing to nurses’ training in developing countries to her neighborhood’s exercise group, says she has learned to “do what you love to do until the end of …
New Analysis of Pottery Stirs Olmec Trade Controversy
Clearing — or perhaps roiling — the murky and often contentious waters of Mesoamerican archeology, a study of 3,000-year-old pottery provides new evidence that the Olmec may not have been the mother culture after all. …
UW-Madison Sociology Professor Stephen Bunker Dies
Stephen Bunker, University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of Sociology and a well-known Latin Americanist, died in July 2005 after a long battle against cancer. The university community will feel the loss of this remarkable individual. http://www.intlstudies.wisc.edu/news/Bunker.asp
Program immerses students into Middle Eastern languages, culture
From the La Crosse Tribune By Kate Schott Hala Ghoneim is never off duty this summer. An instructor for the Summer Arabic and Persian Immersion Program at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, she doesn’t just …
Japan Honors UW- Madison Professor
‘A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor will be honored with one of the most prestigious decorations bestowed by the Japanese government. The government of Japan announced that the emperor has selected Akira Miura to receive the …