Human Rights International Book Series features Leigh Payne

The International Institute’s International Faculty Book Series (formerly the World Beyond Our Borders Book Series) on Human Rights around the World presents Leigh Payne (UW–Madison, Political Science) discussing her new book Unsettling Accounts: The Politics and Performance of Confessions by Perpetrators of Authoritarian State Violence (Duke University Press, 2007) Tuesday, May 6 at 7pm University …

2008 Study Abroad Photo Contest Winners Announced

CONTACT: Katie Saur, 608-890-0939, kbsaur@bascom.wisc.edu Madison, WI – International Academic Programs (IAP) in the Division of International Studies has announced the winners of the 2008 Study Abroad Photo Contest. A reception to honor the winners and have them discuss their photos will take place on Thursday, May 1st from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in …

Students embrace Arabic in new International Learning Community

By Dana Bedessem, Division of International Studies Arabic script runs along the dormitory hall of the third floor in Adams Hall. To an outsider it looks like an intricate design flowing among the plaster, but to the residents it provides direction and introductions to their fellow floormates. This is Baytunaa, the Arabic floor in the …

UW to Launch Interactive Radio Show and Web Site on Islam and Muslims in the World

CONTACT: B. Venkat Mani, bvmani@global.wisc.edu, 608-265-2631 UW–Madison’s nine area and international studies programs, in partnership with Wisconsin Public Radio, and the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) have received a generous grant from the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) for an interactive program that will support public dissemination of scholarship on the topic of Islam. The …

UK-China partnerships and collaborations in higher education [Global Higher Ed]

Johanna Waters, Global Higher Ed. Both China (PRC) and the Hong Kong SAR offer an expanding and highly competitive market opportunity for overseas higher education institutions (HEIs). As noted in a recent report commissioned by the British Council (UK-China-Hong Kong Transnational Education Project), a number of UK HEIs are providing hundreds of new ‘international’ degree …

Migration and Human Rights Workshop

The Human Rights Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Presents: The Migration and Human Rights Workshop with Professor Zolberg and Mr. Ndjankou Thursday April 24, 2-4pm 206 Ingraham Hall Professor Zolberg presentation will be entitled: “Moving Beyond Nation-Based Human Rights” Professor Zolberg is Walter A. Eberstadt Professor of Political Science at the Graduate Faculty of …

Shihoko Fujiwara Honored With 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award

Shihoko Fujiwara, of Tokyo, Japan, is among seven alumni of the University of Wisconsin–Madison who will be honored next month with the 2008 Distinguished Alumni Awards, presented by the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA). A 2003 graduate of UW–Madison with a degree in International Studies, Fujiwara is a coordinator with the Polaris Project, a nonprofit organization …

The Global Public University: Advancing Wisconsin in the World

Globalization, outsourcing, new industry, migration. Is Wisconsin prepared for the 21st century? Tuesday, April 22 8-10:30 5120 Grainger Hall, 975 University Ave Richard C. Longworth Senior writer, Chicago Tribune Author: Caught in the Middle: America’s Heartland in the Age of Globalism (Bloomsbury, 2007) Randall B. Dunham Chairperson, Department of Management & Human Resources Keenan A. …

Sylvia Walby: Gender Mainstreaming and Feminist Knowledge Transfer

The European Union Center of Excellence (EUCE) and the Transnational Applied Research in Gender Equity Training Research Circle (TARGET) are pleased to present Sylvia Walby Department of Sociology, Lancaster, UK & UNESCO Chair of Gender Studies Monday, April 21 Complexity Theory and Intersectionality 10am 8417 Sewell Social Sciences Gender Mainstreaming and Feminist Knowledge Transfer Noon-1:30pm …

Award-winning Filmmaker Pierre Sauvage to Give the Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Masarah Van Eyck, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW­­­–Madison, 608 262-5590 Pierre Sauvage, award-winning filmmaker, producer and screenwriter, will deliver the Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Sauvage will give a lecture titled “Did Americans Fight the Holocaust” on Tuesday, April 15 at …