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Gudrun Bühnemann, a scholar of Buddhism and Hinduism, first visited Nepal in 1979 and has returned regularly to the Kathmandu Valley, home to an array of historic temples and monuments, to continue her study of Sanskrit texts and manuscripts. Several cultures and religions intersect in the small Himalayan nation, which is nestled between India and …
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded grants totaling $223,397 to eight doctoral students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, through the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) program. UW–Madison’s total is the highest among all institutions. Nationally, the Education Department awarded $3 million to 42 institutions of higher education in 22 states and the District …
The Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has announced the opening of 2016 competitions for the IRIS Fieldwork Award and the Scott Kloeck-Jenson Fellowship Awards. IRIS Fieldwork Award: IRIS, part of the UW–Madison International Division, is offering Graduate Student Summer Fieldwork Awards of $3,000 to support students planning to …
Those who knew Scott Kloeck-Jenson appreciate his firm commitment to international understanding and research that serves social justice concerns around the globe. After graduating from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, Kloeck-Jenson joined the Peace Corps, spent two years in Lesotho (where his met his wife Barbara), and then came to the University of Wisconsin–Madison …
The International Division at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has put together two sessions for the upcoming Wisconsin Science Festival to showcase UW–Madison’s expertise on some of the most pressing global issues. Global Wisconsin Idea, Thursday, October 22, from 2:30 to 3:45 p.m.: Seven scientists, with expertise ranging from geography to genetics, will share their groundbreaking …
Created two decades ago as an umbrella for the area studies centers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the International Institute is undergoing a reorganization and, as of July 1, will take a new name, the Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS). In addition to the name change, the institute and its member centers are …
The Center for German and European Studies (CGES) at University of Wisconsin–Madison has received a fifth major grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), renewing the center’s funding through December 2016. “The competition for funding this time around was more intense than in the past, and we are extremely grateful to DAAD and the …
Twelve University of Wisconsin–Madison students have been offered 2015-16 Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants, the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced recently. These students are among more than 1,900 U.S. citizens offered the opportunity to travel abroad for the 2015-16 academic year through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, …
Contrary to high hopes at the time, the peace process at the end of the so-called “War to End All Wars” a century ago laid the groundwork for many current global conflicts. Today’s tensions between NATO and Russia, ongoing turmoil in the Middle East, the as-yet unfinished reconciliation between France and Germany, and the ever-fragile …
Formal efforts to establish study abroad programs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison began in the early 1960s. Leading the way, Henry B. Hill, the first coordinator and then dean of the university’s newly established Office of International Studies and Programs, developed the Junior Year Abroad, with a program at the University of Provence in Aix-en-Provence, …