University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jacob Kushner, B.A. Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies and Journalism (2010), will be visiting campus March 29-31 to give a public lecture, engage in classroom visits, and in two career-related events. His visit will include the following public and free events: Wednesday, March 29th, 12-1 p.m, 336 Ingraham Hall: “Haiti: the Promised Land” (accompanied by …
Have you ever wanted to learn a new language and study a foreign culture? Are you still deciding what to do this summer? Consider a summer language institute! Four centers are offering language institutes for 28 different languages and multiple levels of study. All institutes run from June 19th to August 11th. Applications are still …
Scott Straus, Professor of Political Science and International Studies at UW-Madison, was appointed as a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council by President Barack Obama at the end of December. The Council, which established and serves as the Board of Trustees for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, plays an important role in …
There will be an information session for students interested in applying for the IRIS Graduate Student Summer Fieldwork Award and/or the Scott Kloeck-Jenson Fellowship for Summer 2017 on Wednesday, February 8 @ 3pm in 206 Ingraham Hall. If you’re a continuing graduate student at UW-Madison planning on conducting fieldwork abroad during the summer field season …
We have opened the online application for the 2017 competitions for both the IRIS Graduate Student Summer Fieldwork Award and the Scott Kloeck-Jenson Fellowship. These awards are for graduate students (in any department) planning on conducting research outside the United States during the summer 2017 field season. The deadline to submit applications is March 3, …
The 2017 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) competition is open. The deadline for submission of a complete application, including all supporting documents, is 9:00 am, Monday, March 13, 2017. The campus deadline is the final deadline for student applicants. Go to https://iris.wisc.edu/funding/students/ddra/ for information on the application process & campus documents. The Fulbright-Hays DDRA …
The Center for South Asia and the South Asia Summer Language Institute is pleased to announce that our project was selected for a UW-Madison Educational Innovations grant of $10,000! This support will supplement costs associated with designing an Elementary Hindi blended course in Canvas and PressBooks. The development of these blended course materials, led by …
On December 5, 2016 in Keshena, WI, members of the UW academic community and the Menominee Nation came together for the final meeting of a sustainable development and indigeneity seminar that ran last fall. The seminar was presented by the College of Menominee Nation (CMN) and the Sustainable Development Institute in collaboration with the University …
The purpose of the International Research and Training Grants for Incoming Graduate Students is to assist campus units recruit strong incoming internationally- or area-studies-oriented graduate students in all fields. Grants of $5k are offered to prospective graduate students as an inducement to study at Wisconsin. Any UW-Madison unit that admits graduate students may nominate prospective students that …
The UW-Madison’s International Division, working through its Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS), announces a competition for small grants designed to facilitate interdisciplinary research in international or regional studies by UW-Madison faculty members across the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Awards will be $10-50k & all UW-Madison faculty & academic staff with permanent PI …