When: Friday, September 28th, 3018, 3:00-6:00 p.m.
Where: University Club, 803 State Street, Madison
Who: All Faculty, Staff, Undergraduate and Graduate Students affiliated with any of the Regional Centers AND those who would like to get to know us are cordially invited to attend!
Are you an undergraduate or graduate student interested in learning more about foreign languages, study abroad, and academic programming focused on other parts of the world? Are you a graduate student looking for possible research/travel funding? Are you a faculty or staff member affiliated with one of the regional/area studies centers? Please stop by our open house and join us for complimentary appetizers and beverages!
Please RSVP HERE.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE:
3:00: Mingling w/ appetizers and beverages
3:45: Welcome and Remarks
4:00: Keynote address:
“Methods and Applications of Comparative Area Studies”
Presented by Ariel Ahram, Associate Professor of Government and International Affairs, Virginia Tech School of Public and International Affairs and author of “Comparative Area Studies: Methodological Rationales and Cross-Regional Applications”
IRIS BLOG
SPRING 2021 WEBINAR SERIES: Supporting Higher Education and Career Success for Refugees in Wisconsin
This webinar series brings together educators, refugee resettlement service providers, college students with refugee background, scholars, employers, and community members to learn about the barriers and supports that impact the college and career success of …
Upcoming FLAS information sessions for Summer 2021 & AY 2021-2022
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 …
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 …
- More News