The Institute for Regional and International Studies is made up of area studies centers and the International Studies Major at UW–Madison. IRIS offers a host of opportunities to engage with international issues and research frontiers on campus and beyond.
featured events
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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CENTER CALENDARS
To learn more about programming in any region, visit the following online calendars:
- African Studies
- Center for East Asian Studies
- Center for European Studies
- International Studies Major
- Institute for Regional & International Studies NRC
- Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies
- Middle East Studies
- Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia
- Center for South Asia
- Center for Southeast Asian Studies
UPCOMING international division EVENTS
- September
- September 21
- September 21
- September 22Study Abroad Virtual Open House 12:00 PM
- September 22Lecture: "Desentrañando los Empeños. La subversión de un esfuerzo colectivo / Unraveling the Trials"LACIS Lunchtime "Virtual" Lecture Series12:30 PM, Online
- September 22