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 …
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Summertime Reading Beyond Our Borders
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 …
Jeremi Suri on North Korea
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 …
Howell Named New IAP Director
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. …
Schleicher Gets Presidential Award
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 …
On Supporting Citizens Of War-torn Uganda
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 …
Professor Jonathan Zeitlin on WPR on French Protests
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 …
Scott Straus wins book award
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 …
Authors of a Castle in the Backyard: The Dream of a House in France to Speak at Paris Bookstore
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 …
UW Madison Scholars Clarify Slavery’s Timelines
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 …