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Untitled Document By Tamir Moustafa Originally published July 9, 2006 in the Baltimore Sun It is conventional wisdom these days that the Arab world has a thing or two to learn from the United States when it comes to democracy. After all, the region is plagued by recalcitrant regimes willing to sacrifice most everything to …
Untitled Document Summertime Reading is a World Beyond Our Borders Just in time for summer are several new books written by some of UW–Madison’s top scholars affiliated with the International Institute. The books are worth traveling with, wherever your vacation plans take you, and provide important perspectives on world history and current events. Edward Friedman’s …
North Korea says it has a right to carry out nuclear missile tests, but now is willing to talk with the U.S.. After four, Ben Merens and his guest take a look at the latest on the situation. Guest: Jeremy Suri, Associate Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is the author of …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: May 09, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu HOWELL NAMED NEW DIRECTOR OF UW-MADISON INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC PROGRAMS Madison, WI – Robert B. Howell, UW–Madison professor of German, has been named director of International Academic Programs, within the Division of International Studies. “Rob …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Monday, May 1, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu UW-MADISON’S SCHLEICHER RECEIVES PRESIDENT’S VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD Madison, WI – Antonia Folarin Schleicher, UW–Madison professor of African Languages and Literature, has been awarded the President’s Volunteer Service Award. The Award was presented Friday, April …
Aili Tripp, UW–Madison professor of political science and associate dean of International Studies, spent last summer in the midst of civil war in northern Uganda. In an op-ed. in the Wisconsin State Journal she writes that the conflict is extremely grave and what she saw and learned shook her to the core. http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/wsj/2006/04/29/0604280410.php
Students and members of organized labor have been demonstrating across France recently against a new labor law. Jonathan Zeitlin, director of the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy and professor of Sociology, Public Affairs and Political Science, UW–Madison, recently discussed the demonstrations with Wisconsin Public Radio’s Joy Cardin. http://clipcast.wpr.org:8080/ramgen/wpr/jca/jca060330c.rm
Scott Straus, a UW–Madison political science professor, recently received an “Award for Excellence” in political science and government by the Professional and Scholarly Publishing division of the Association of American Publishers. Straus received the award for his book, “The Order of Genocide: Race, Power and War in Rwanda.” The book was featured in the Division …
NEWS ADVISORY DATE: 2/20/2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590 or rlhess@wisc.edu AUTHORS OF A CASTLE IN THE BACKYARD: THE DREAM OF A HOUSE IN FRANCE TO SPEAK AT PARIS BOOKSTORE Madison, WI — Michael Hinden and Betsy Draine, authors of A Castle in the Backyard: The …
In the early European histories of the New World, there are numerous accounts of African slaves accompanying explorers and colonists. Now, digging in a colonial era graveyard in one of the oldest European cities in Mexico, archaeologists have found what they believe are the oldest remains of slaves brought from Africa to the New World. …