Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

IRIS is a National Resource Center for International Studies funded by the U.S. Department of Education. IRIS also comprises and provides coordination and administrative support for Wisconsin’s eight area studies centers, six of which are area National Resource Centers, and for the undergraduate International Studies Major of the College of Letters and Science. IRIS is one the four pillars of the UW-Madison’s International Division, along with International Academic Programs (IAP or Study Abroad), the International Projects Office (IPO), and the International Internship Program (IIP).

Use this site to connect with the many programs of IRIS and those of its REGIONAL CENTERS:

African Studies Program / Center for East Asian Studies / European Studies / International Studies Major / Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program / Middle East Studies Program / Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia / Center for South Asia / Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Community College Master Teacher Institute: Teaching International Studies Through Film, Nov. 12-24

In celebration of International Education Week 2020, the IRIS International Film Club is sponsoring four talks for community college instructors on teaching international studies through film. This is a 4 part event series, and we …

Human Rights Speaker Series: Refugee Youth, Citizenship Education and Exclusion from Public Schooling

Part of the Fall 2020 IRIS NRC Human Rights Speaker Series, with Professor Sally Bonet About this Event In this talk, which draws on a three year, multi-sited, multilingual ethnographic study with recently resettled Iraqi …

From Local to Global: Promoting Community Immunity in the Time of COVID

Offered as part of the IRIS International Film Club. Join the Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) as we meet for the December Film Club. Prior to the event, participants will watch two Frontline videos: The Vaccine …

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