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 …
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WISLI secures 3-year grant to study language proficiency gains
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 …
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 …
Critical Language Scholarship information session – October 29 @ 6:30pm
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 …
Boren Fellowship information session: October 29, 2020
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 …
Two winners of the 2019-2020 Tommy G. Thompson Leadership Scholarship announced
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 …
September IRIS International Film Club: Haitian Revolution
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 …
September IRIS International Book Club: The Best We Could Do
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 …
Online workshop for community college educators, October 2020
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 …
Global Girlhood Workshop, Saturday September 26
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 …