IRIS awarded Katya Garza and Emily Janicik with its 2020 Area and International Studies Undergraduate Paper Awards. Garza was awarded for her paper, “Ni de aquí, ni de allá” – Transnational Latinx Communities: Roots and …
Year: 2020
Fall 2020 course: International Organizations
Are you a graduate student looking for an internationally-focused seminar for Fall 2020? Tana Johnson, a new faculty member in the La Follette School and Department of Political Science, will lead a graduate seminar on …
Celebrate the 2020 International Studies Major graduates with us!
SASLI’s Laura Hammond receives Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Leadership
Congratulations to Laura Hammond, director of UW-Madison’s South Asian Summer Language Institute (SASLI) for receiving the 2020 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Leadership at the School, College or Community Level – a well-deserved honor and …
Two more Fulbright information sessions scheduled
The application for the 2021-2022 Fulbright US Student Program (FUSP) competition opened on March 31 and we have added two more online information sessions for students & alumni to learn more about all that the …
Schwarzman Scholars Program application open for AY 2021-2022
Interested in China’s role in the 21st century? The Schwarzman Scholars Program – a highly-selective, fully-funded scholarship program designed to ensure that the next generation of business, political, and civil society leaders can effectively serve …
Undergraduate Paper Award competition for AY 2019-2020 open!
Participating area and international studies centers of the Institute for Regional and International Studies are each awarding up to $1,000 (actual award amounts vary) to the best paper/s and projects written by an undergraduate and …
UPDATED: Upcoming Fulbright information sessions announced!!
The application for the 2021-2022 Fulbright US Student Program (FUSP) competition opens on March 31 and we have a number of opportunities for students & alumni to learn more about all that the FUSP award …
UPDATED: New international reporting fellowship available
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is partnering with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting to support one student journalist in covering an international story. The fellowship amount is $5,000. The student can use this money to pay …
UW-Madison awarded 3 Flagship Language Initiatives
The University of Wisconsin-Madison was recently awarded three summer language programs: SAFLI (South Asian Flagship Languages Initiative), IFLI (Indonesian Flagship Language Initiative), and TURFLI (Turkish Flagship Language Initiative). These programs will bring approximately 40 students …