University of Wisconsin–Madison
In conjunction with the second annual Madison World Music Festival (WMF), the festival, the UW–Madison Division of International Studies and International Institute are co-sponsoring a series of talks about world music and musicians. http://www.intlstudies.wisc.edu/news/WorldMusicFestival.asp
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Friday, September 23 Contact: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu Leading German Jurist to Give Human Rights, Democracy Talk Madison, WI – Brun-Otto Bryde, judge of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, will deliver the Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture at …
From Colonial Landscapes to Cannibalism to Italian Culinary Rituals: World Beyond Our Borders Series Features New UW–Madison Faculty Books The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s International Institute and Borders Books announce the fall 2005 series of the partners’ highly popular and long-running faculty book series, “World Beyond Our Borders.” The series, which began in 2003 and has …
Madison will get a vivid impression of the quilts by Africans of India — the Siddis — in an exhibition in the Gallery of Design at the university’s School of Human Ecology. http://www.news.wisc.edu/11407.html
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 9, 2005 CONTACT: Alisha Kirchoff, CREECA Events Coordinator 608-262-3379 or events@creeca.wisc.edu Madison, WI – Renowned Russian poet Sergey Gandlevsky will visit the UW–Madison campus, the Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia announced today. Gandlevsky, who is considered by many as the most important poet living in Russia today, will …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: Friday, September 9, 2005 Contact: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu UGANDAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEADER TO DELIVER SOFFA LECTURE Madison, WI – Ruth Ojiambo Ochieng, a human rights leader, peace activist and director of Isis-Women’s International Cross-Cultural Exchange (Isis -WICCE), will be this year’s J. …
Madison, WI – A distinguished UW–Madison alumnus who until recently was secretary-general of the World Federation of United Nations Associations will be on campus at the end of September to meet with faculty and students, and give a public talk on international law. James Baker Sitrick, chairman of the executive committee of the international law …
Through a unique partnership, UW–Madison has helped South Africa build and fund SALT, the Southern African Large Telescope, the largest telescope in the hemisphere. The partnership is featured in WisBusiness.com http://www.wisbusiness.com/index.iml?Article=41914
Five years after breaking ground on a South African mountain top near the edge of the Kalahari desert, astronmers released the first images captured by SALT.
Following the success of last year’s World Music Festival, this year’s festival will be held on campus from Thursday, Sept. 15-Saturday, Sept. 17. http://www.union.wisc.edu/worldmusicfest/