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On October 21, European Studies hosted a reading and discussion with acclaimed author Fatma Aydemir and her translator, Jon Cho-Polizzi. The event, sponsored by European Studies and co-sponsored by the Center for German and European Studies and GNS+, offered attendees the chance to dive into the world of Aydemir’s novel Djinns and explore the intricacies …
The Institute for Regional and International Studies is pleased to announce the six newest recipients of the IRIS Area and International Studies Awards for Incoming Graduate Students. Each recipient receives $5,000 to support international fieldwork or development of language or cultural competence off the UW–Madison campus. The newest awardees are: Rohini Dasgupta, Izabela de Souza, …
The discussion of Soviet literature, woven with history, ideology, and human experience, was the focus of a new lecture delivered by Irina Shevelenko on September 5. As the faculty director of the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) and professor of Russian, Shevelenko offered a deep dive into the world of writing …
The Institute for Regional and International Studies and the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s National Resource Centers (NRCs) congratulate our Academic Year 2024-2025 Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellows! FLAS fellowships, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, are administered by UW–Madison’s NRCs. They assist students in acquiring foreign language and area or international studies competencies and …
Through our FLAS Fellow Features, get to know some of the students who have recently received awards from UW–Madison’s FLAS-granting centers. Read about their experiences on the fellowship, their diverse areas of study, and how the fellowship helped them achieve their language and cultural competency goals. Ashley Whitaker is an ESL educator with over 25 …
Through our FLAS Fellow Features, get to know some of the students who have recently received awards from UW–Madison’s FLAS-granting centers. Read about their experiences on the fellowship, their diverse areas of study, and how the fellowship helped them achieve their language and cultural competency goals. Katie Gabrick recently received a Master of International Public …
Through our FLAS Fellow Features, get to know some of the students who have recently received awards from UW–Madison’s FLAS-granting centers. Read about their experiences on the fellowship, their diverse areas of study, and how the fellowship helped them achieve their language and cultural competency goals. Lucas Wirick received a Summer 2024 FLAS Fellowship from …
B. Venkat Mani, Professor of German and World Literatures at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been awarded the Humboldt Research Prize/Reimar Lüst Prize for International Scholarly and Cultural Exchange by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany. Endowed with 60,000 euros, the award recognizes Mani’s outstanding achievements in research and teaching. Mani’s research, which focuses …
Through our FLAS Fellow Features, get to know some of the students who have recently received awards from UW–Madison’s FLAS-granting centers. Read about their experiences on the fellowship, their diverse areas of study, and how the fellowship helped them achieve their language and cultural competency goals. Chelsea Kuiper is a PhD student in Public Health …
3 students from University of Wisconsin–Madison will participate in the U.S. Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program during the summer of 2024. They are among approximately 500 American students at U.S. colleges and universities who were selected from over 5,000 applicants to study over a dozen languages overseas or virtually in the summer …