University of Wisconsin–Madison
Tuesday, February 17 4:30 – 6:00 pm Grainger Hall (see TIGH for room location) Interested in visiting China? Join Professor Wang Xiaojun (Helen) , of the South-Central University for Nationalities in Wuhan, China, for an overview of Chinese social and business etiquette. Her presentation will help U.S. students prepare to interact with Chinese professors and …
You are cordially invited to a lecture on: The Transformation of the Legal Profession in Contemporary China by Sida Liu Research Associate at the American Bar Foundation & Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, University of Chicago Tuesday, February 10, 2009 8:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Lubar Commons (Law School room 7200) For additional information, please contact …
The Human Rights Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Presents: “War and Human Rights in Africa: Insights from Darfur/Chad, DRC, and Liberia” Professor Jennifer Leaning Monday February 9, 4-5:30pm 206 Ingraham Hall Professor Leaning is Professor of the Practice of International Health at the Harvard School of Public Health and Associate Professor of Medicine at …
Thursday, February 5, 2009 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM Grainger Hall Executive Dining Room 975 University Avenue Registration Required Speaker: Paul Blustein, journalist in residence in the Global Economy and Development Program at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., and former staff writer for the Washington Post About the event: The global trading system erected …
The Office of the Senior Vice President for Research and the Office of International Programs are initiating a new program to enhance Penn State’s involvement in WUN. Under this program, the two offices will support one or more workshops aimed at developing large-scale research efforts in collaboration with our WUN partner universities. The two offices …
The Center for the Humanities proudly presents: Human Subjects: Bioethical Boundaries and Global Health Claire Wendland Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology; Obstetrics & Gynecology; Medical History and Bioethics; African Studies Program; Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies; Center for Global Health January 30, 2009 @ 12:00 pm Banquet Room, University Club Reservation Deadline is …
Co-sponsored by the new Center for Translation Studies and the Program in Medieval Studies, this international conference brought together at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, on October 28 and 29, 2008, medievalists whose scholarship focuses on translation in the Middle Ages or on the cultural transfer of medieval ideas, images, and ideologies. View video …
“In Search of Stability: The Politics and Economics of the Global Financial Crisis” Professor Mark Copelovitch (Political Science) will discuss the causes and consequences of the ongoing global crisis, as well as the key issues facing domestic and international policymakers in the coming year. 1:30-2:30 p.m. Friday, January 23, 2009 Pyle Center For information, visit …
Adjusting to Hollywood Style: International trends in the 1910s and 1920s Professor David Bordwell (UW–Madison) Within a very few years — approximately 1910-1917 — Hollywood filmmakers developed a distinctive approach to visual storytelling. Within a few more years, most filmmakers in the major producing countries of Europe and Asia had accepted the premises of this …
February 2008 features the eighth annual International Opportunities Month (IOM) on the UW–Madison campus, organized by a campus-wide committee of globally focused organizations, chaired by CIBER. Throughout the month, students of all majors can attend IOM events to learn about global issues and to hear about ways to travel, work, study and volunteer abroad. UW–Madison …