Category: Faculty & Staff

Ambassador Campbell to be UW-Madison Diplomat-in-Residence

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, April 30, 2007 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu Madison, WI – John Campbell, U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria since May, 2004, will be Diplomat-in-Residence at the University of Wisconsin–Madison next fall, the Division of International Studies announced today. “We are tremendously pleased …

2007 Teaching Awards Announced

Teaching faculty provide a laboratory for the Wisconsin Idea and a conduit for the knowledge, experiences and skills produced on campus to reach the rest of Wisconsin, the nation and the world. Whatever paths they employ, teaching faculty are instrumental in spreading knowledge to their students at the university, as well as around Wisconsin and …

News Reports: UW Professor Attacked by Pakistan Police

“UW prof beaten by Pakistan elite police” – The Capital Times by Doug Moe “Professor reports Pakistani assault” – The Badger Herald by Nick Penzenstadler “UW Professor attacked in Pakistan” – The Daily Cardinal by Heather Gjerde

Call for Proposals Announced for Faculty Research Grants

NEWS ADVISORY DATE: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 CONTACT: For the International Institute: Aili Mari Tripp, Associate Dean, Division of International Studies, 262-5805 or tripp@bascom.wisc.edu; for Worldwide Universities Network, Kris Olds, Associate Professor and WUN Faculty Coordinator, 262-2138 or kolds@wisc.edu Madison, WI – The Division of International Studies has announced a call for proposals for a …

How do you view “best practices”?

Click here to view International Studies’ Showcase 2007 WUN PowerPoint presentation! See our WUN website for more information.

UW-Madison Scholar at Risk

Theoneste Rutagengwa, a highly experienced Rwandan human rights activist and journalist, is on campus this semester as a visiting scholar. His visit here is being sponsored by the Division of International Studies, the African Studies Program of the International Institute, in conjunction with the Scholars at Risk Program and the Institute for International Education’s Scholar …

Spring World Beyond Our Borders Book Series

Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: 12/29/2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, www.international.wisc.edu, UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu BOOKS ON GLOBAL FEMINISM, PINOCHET’S CHILE HEADLINE 2007 “WORLD BEYOND OUR BORDERS” SERIES Madison, WI – Books on global feminism and Pinochet’s Chile will lead off the University of Wisconsin–Madison International Institute and …

Here on Earth: Kamikaze Diaries

On Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders, Jean Feraca and her guest Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney, anthropology professor, University of Wisconsin–Madison and author of “Kamikaze Diaries: Reflections of Japanese Student Soldiers” examine the diaries of Japanese Kamakaze Pilots during World War II, smashing through stereotypes. http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archives.cfm

Bousquet Responds to Daily Cardinal Op Ed

http://www.dailycardinal.com/opinion/language-vital-to-education.html

Training Students for the Global Stage

by Sharyn Alden For the Wisconsin State Journal Gilles Bousquet, dean of International Studies at UW–Madison, develops partnerships to help students become more competent in international business. . . http://www.madison.com/wsj/mad/business/index.php?ntid=106462#