We will be hosting 4 information sessions about the Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) awards for the study of less commonly taught languages at the UW-Madison for summer 2021 and academic year 2021-2022! Open to US citizens & permanent residents, FLAS awards support students – both undergraduate & graduate students – in acquiring foreign …
Congratulations to the Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institutes (WISLI) and the Language Institute for securing a grant for the study of language proficiency gains in less commonly taught languages (LCTLs). Covid-19 presents many challenges, and for those able to adapt quickly, opportunities for success. This past summer WISLI pivoted their summer language instruction to be …
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 hope to see you at some or all of these events. The first 30 community college instructors to register and …
Join Esha Bera and Jay Forrester from the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) – https://clscholarship.org/ – to discuss the programs available for summer 2021 and the application process! Thursday, October 29, 2020 6:30 – 7:30pm CDT https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/97219181750?pwd=dTVlT2IvVnd5MEF3TERoUmg3RjUrZz09 Passcode: 157334 (you will be prompted to enter this on joining the meeting) Zoom information session for UW-Madison students …
The IRIS Awards office is sponsoring an information session for UW-Madison graduate students interested in learning more the Boren Fellowship program: Boren Graduate Fellowship Online Information Session Thursday, October 29, 2020 3:00 – 4:00pm, via Zoom You can view the recorded sessi0n @ https://go.wisc.edu/BorenFellowInfoSession Jeff Cary, the Boren Awards Outreach & Recruitment Manager, will lead …
IRIS is pleased to share that two UW-Madison undergraduate students affiliated with our international & regional studies programs have been awarded the 2019-2020 Tommy G. Thompson Leadership Scholarship: Tierney Hall and Michael Sauer. Tierney Hall is an International Studies Major also pursuing a Middle East Studies Certificate and Michael Sauer, a Political Science & Economics …
IRIS International Film Club: Sept. 30, 2020 Join the Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) as we meet for the September Film Club. Participants will watch a film about Toussaint Louverture and then meet with Professor Brenda Gayle Plummer to discuss it. Participants will also receive lesson plans they can implement in the classroom. …
IRIS International Book Club: Sept. 24, 2020 Join us for a discussion of The Best We Could Do, a graphic novel portraying a family’s journey from armed conflict in South Vietnam to the U.S. The story focuses on the anguish of forced migration and the lasting effects of displacement on a young person and her family. …
IRIS – with partners on campus & beyond – is co-sponsoring The Growing Crisis of Refugees and Statelessness: A Practical, Pedagogical Workshop for Community-College Educators, an online program geared to our colleagues at 2-year institutions and which runs over the first 4 Wednesdays in October. Learn more about the program and register (it’s free!!) at …
Global Girlhood: Wisconsin to the World – Sept. 26, 2020 Co-sponsored by the Institute for Regional and International Studies at UW-Madison and the Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies and Institute of World Affairs at UW-Milwaukee. Join us for an exploration and celebration of Global Girlhood. Despite the progress on gender equality that has …