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Join the inaugural cohort of Global Education Fellows at the Institute for Regional and International Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison! Participants will earn a $1,000 honorarium by: 1) meeting for five one-hour sessions (once a month over a period of five months) with two UW–Madison faculty members to discuss efforts to develop international and …
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, on behalf of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), will be accepting applications for the 2021 cohort of Jefferson Science Fellows (JSF). The JSF program is open to tenured, or similarly ranked, faculty from U.S. institutions of higher learning who …
Lawrence Andrea, a 2020 UW–Madison graduate, has been named one of 40 Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellows this year. Andrea is currently working as a freelance reporter in Madison; his Pulitzer Center project will focus on post-asylum life for refugees in Greece and the absence of integration plans for asylees. Congratulations to Lawrence as UW–Madison’s inaugural …
The Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institutes (WISLI) invites the UW community and broader public to join the Less Commonly Taught Languages virtual career fair on Friday, July 17, 2020 from 1:30-4:45 p.m. Central Daylight Time. The purpose of the fair is to promote career and professional development opportunities for speakers and learners of less commonly …
On June 24, IRIS outreach convened the third meeting of the IRIS Virtual Film Club, a group that consists of educators from around Wisconsin, as well as outreach staff from UW–Madison’s federally-funded area-studies centers. Prior to the on-line gathering, participants watched the short documentary, “The Lethal Soviet Legacy in Kazakhstan.” This film documents the extensive …
On July 14 from 10-11 AM Central Time, Megan Schliesman and Madeline Tyner from the University of Wisconsin’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center will talk with K-5 teachers about recently published children’s books with a focus on the theme of migration. The first 40 participating Wisconsin teachers who RSVP to outreach@iris.wisc.edu with their name and the …
On Friday, June 12 at 11am CDT, join UW-Madson experts discussing how COVID-19 has impacted international research, research funding, how the landscape might develop in the short and long terms, and exploring resources to help keep your research on track while you’re not able to reach the field. Join us on Friday @ https://us.bbcollab.com/collab/ui/session/guest/59d020c3a4eb4534900277830eabb12a Details …
Tana Johnson, a new faculty member of the La Follette School of Public Affairs and the Department of Political Science, spoke with IRIS’s project assistant, Elizabeth, about Prof Johnson’s background and what she’s looking forward to… Experience Before Joining UW–Madison After completing a post-doctoral fellowship at the Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at …
The application for the 2021-2022 Fulbright US Student Program (FUSP) competition opened on March 31 and we have added a Fulbright-led information session for UW–Madison students & alumni to learn more about all that the FUSP award offers!! Join Grant Stream-Gonzalez (Fulbright-IIE Outreach Officer) and Jenné Nurse (Fulbright Alumni Ambassador, ETA to South Africa) on …
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 Migrations, and Janicik for her work, Xenophobic Policies in the Name of Gratitude: Refugee Experiences with the Conservative Austrian Government. …