University of Wisconsin–Madison
Over a thousand UW–Madison students have participated in the International Academic Program in Florence since it began in 1982, making the study-abroad program one of the Division of International Studies’ most renowned. Since 1986, students have studied and lived at the Villa Corsi-Salviati, a historic monument located in the village of Sesto Fiorentino, six miles, …
by Barbara Wolff, UW–Madison Communications A professor of history at UW–Madison has authored a book available this month that explores evidence of a 50-year legacy of U.S. government-sponsored forms of psychological torture. Alfred McCoy, author of the new book “A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, From the Cold War to the War on Terror,” which …
by Paroma Basu, UW–Madison Communications Scientists have long known that chronic deforestation can spawn a jungle of environmental woes. But now, a study confirms that vanishing forests inflict more than environmental damage: they may cause human diseases, too. Working in the Peruvian Amazon, a team of researchers from UW–Madison and Johns Hopkins University found that …
Untitled Document December 15, 2006 Contact: Ronnie Hess, Director of Communications, Division of International Studies, UW–Madison, (608) 262-5590, rlhess@wisc.edu NEW INTERNATIONAL COURSES ATTRACT NEW STUDENTS Madison, WI – Several new international studies courses will be offered at UW–Madison in spring 2006. The courses reflect new faculty scholarship and research at the University as well as …
by Paroma Basu, UW–Madison Communications The president of India, APJ Abdul Kalam, announced today an unprecedented research and education collaboration between the Indian government, several Indian universities, three international corporations and 15 U.S. universities, including UW–Madison. The cross-continental initiative aims to boost interdisciplinary collaborations between U.S. and Indian researchers, particularly in the realms of science …
by Paroma Basu, UW–Madison Communications The politics of subversion, and the people who risk everything to shake up the status quo, fascinate Teju Olaniyan. Olaniyan, professor of English and African languages and literature and a fellow this semester at the Institute for Research in the Humanities, is working on a book about a particular form …
Untitled Document Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Graduate Fellowships Funding is available from UW–Madison Area and International Studies Programs for Summer Intensive Language Study (2006) and Academic Year Language/Area Studies (2006-07) FLAS Fellowships are funded by the U.S. Department of Education to encourage area and international studies and to stimulate foreign language acquisition and …
by Paroma Basu, UW–Madison Communications As global populations swell, farmers are cultivating more and more land in a desperate bid to keep pace with the ever-intensifying needs of humans. As a result, agricultural activity now dominates more than a third of the Earth’s landscape and has emerged as one of the central forces of global …
The Country’s Military Might Obscure Its Other Difficulties, A Speaker Contends. SCOTT CARNEY For the Wisconsin State Journal Nuclear weapons in North Korea aren’t the biggest problem there. The biggest problem is the regime, said a Washington pundit at UW–Madison on Thursday. Gordon Flake, executive director of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation in Washington, …
Interested in globalization and international studies? Looking for one more course to complete your Spring 2006 schedule? 1. Topics in Global Security: Introduction to Global Studies Instructor: Michael Curtin (Comm Arts) International Studies 601 section 001; 3 cr; call number: 69257 Class meets: M 3:30 – 6:00 There is a required discussion section. This course …