University of Wisconsin–Madison
The Center for Southeast Asian Studies and the University of Wisconsin Press announce two new publications in their New Perspectives in Southeast Asian Studies, edited by Professors Alfred W. McCoy, Kris Olds (Managing Editor), R. Anderson Sutton, and Thongchai Winichakul. The books are: Viet Nam: Borderless Histories, edited by Nhung Tuyet Tran and Anthony …
The Wisconsin Film Festival opens Thursday, April 12, 2007. The four-day annual festival presents new independent films, including world cinema. See special “streams” such as “Contemporary European Cinema,” “African Action”, “Diaspora Melancholy: Asian-American,” and “the World of Jewish Film” at the festival’s Website.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: April 4, 2007 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590 Madison, WI — UW–Madison students took top honors last month at the third Midwest Chinese Speech Contest, sponsored at Northwestern University by the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Chicago. According to Hongming Zhang, associate …
International human rights will be the focus of a series of important campus events this April featuring prominent scholars, government officials, journalists, and human rights activists. April 17, 2007 Amnesty International’s executive director Larry Cox April 20, 2007 International conference on judicial responses to atrocity April 27-28 International conference on Darfur
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Thursday, March 29, 2007 CONTACT: Sharon E. Hutchinson, Professor of Anthropology and African Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 608-262-2866 or 262-7381; or James Delehanty, Faculty Associate, African Studies Program, UW–Madison, (608) 262-4458; or e-mail symposium@africa.wisc.edu Website: www.africa.wisc.edu Click here to download the conference program. Madison, WI — The African Studies Program, the …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Thursday, March 29, 2007 CONTACT: Sumudu Atapattu, Associate Director, Global Legal Studies Center, UW Law School, Phone:(608) 890 1395, saatapattu@wisc.edu Madison, WI — The University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of International Studies announces an all-day conference, “Responses to Atrocity: International and Domestic Judicial Mechanisms,” Friday, April 20, 2007. The conference will be …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: Thursday, March 29, 2007 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu Madison, WI –Larry Cox, the executive director of Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) will deliver the Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Mr. Cox will speak on “The …
From The Badger Herald by Peter Sielski, The Badger Herald A large audience was treated to an array of cultural skits and dances Tuesday night as part of a Languages and Cultures of Asia Department program to educate students about a lesser-known part of the world. The program — called “LCA Cultural Night” and held …
From University of Wisconsin–Madison News by Liz Beyler, UW Communications University of Wisconsin–Madison juniors Adam Schmidt and Max Bruner are among 65 students from 56 colleges and universities nationwide who have been selected as 2007 Truman Scholars. They were chosen from among 585 candidates nominated by 280 public and private institutions. “It is a great …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: March 28, 2007 CONTACT: Mary DeNiro, WAA Vice-President for Marketing and Communications, mdeniro@uwalumni.com Madison, WI – The Wisconsin Alumni Association has announced its 2007 Distinguished Alumni Awards. The awards are the highest honor bestowed by the Wisconsin Alumni Association. Since 1936, WAA has been presenting the awards to the most prestigious …