University of Wisconsin–Madison
By Dennis Chaptman, UW–Madison University Communications Legal scholar and attorney Sumudu Atapattu has been named Associate Director of the Global Legal Studies Initiative (GLSI), a joint program of the University of Wisconsin Law School and UW–Madison Division of International Studies. Professor Heinz Klug, Director of the GLSI, comments, “The Law School and the GLSI are …
A summer exchange program brings South African science teachers to UW–Madison. For more, see the Capital Times article at the URL below. http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/tct/2006/08/12/0608120104.php
UW–Madison professor of Sociology Joe Elder commented on U.S. policy on Israel/Lebanon in a recent Milwaukee Journal Sentinel op-ed. To read the article, visit the link below. http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=480144
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has been under intense scrutiny for its decision to allow part-time lecturer Kevin Barrett to teach an introductory course on Islam history and culture. More than 1,000 e-mails and calls from citizens, and countless news reports and editorials have been issued related to the university’s difficult decision. For information on the …
University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Center for East Asian Studies helped make possible a three week field trip in China for Madison Memorial High School students. The Center helped pay most costs for the accompanying teachers. For more on the trip, see the Wisconsin State Journal article written by Anita Clark at the link below. http://www.madison.com/wsj/mad/top/index.php?ntid=93520&ntpid=1
Untitled Document FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: August 1, 2006 CONTACT: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communication, Division of International Studies. University of Wisconsin–Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu For poster, and more information click here. NEXT “WORLD BEYOND OUR BORDERS” SERIES EXAMINES REVOLUTION AND REFORM IN CHINA, CONTEMPORARY JAPAN, KAMIKAZE PILOTS, RWANDAN GENOCIDE Madison, WI – Edward Friedman’s …
UW–Madison’s Summer Arabic & Persian Immersion Programs were featured on WKBT television. To see both a video and print report, go to http://www.wkbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=5167169 For more information on the program, a joint project of the Department of African Languages and Literature and the Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia, and coordinated by Global Studies with …
UW–Madison professor Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney is interviewed on the BBC’s “Thinking Allowed.” She discusses her recent books on Japan’s tokkotai pilots during World War II and counters the misleading parallels which have been drawn between them and those responsible for the 9/11 attacks on the US mainland. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/thinkingallowed/thinkingallowed_20060607.shtml
Portraits of Compassion in On Wisconsin, Summer 2006 After volunteering at an orphanage in Central America, Ben Schumaker ’03 wanted to help give the children a sense of identity. Now his initiative to recruit high school students to paint the children’s portraits has achieved a success that he never dreamed of. http://www.uwalumni.com/home/onwisconsin/archives/summer2006/portraits-compassion.aspx
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