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Information Sessions: Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships. FLAS Fellowships are funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education to encourage area and international studies and to stimulate foreign language acquisition and fluency. Sponsored by African Studies, the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA), European Studies, Center for South Asia, Southeast Asian Studies, Global Studies, and Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies (LACIS). Thursday, January 24, 2013, 2:00 - 3:00 pm (undergraduate applicants), 3:30 - 4:30 pm (graduate applicants), 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Dr. For information, visit the website.
Declare Me! Drop-in Session Declaring the IS Major and Global Culture Certificate. Session only for students who have completed or are enrolled in the prerequisites to the major and are ready to declare. Sponsored by International Studies Major. 12:30-1:30 pm, 301 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Dr. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-265-2631.
A.W. Mellon World Literature/s Research Workshop: Distance and Prejudice in Reading (World Literature). Nirvana Tanoukhi, English. Open to faculty, staff, and graduate students. See Workshop website provided below for advance readings. Sponsored by Center for the Humanities, Institute for Research in the Humanities (IRH), and Global Studies. 3:00-5:00 pm, 212 University Club, 432 E. Campus Mall. For information, visit the website or email.
Introduction to the International Studies Major. Sponsored by International Studies Major.
Declare Me! Declaring the IS Major and Global Culture Certificate. Sponsored by International Studies Major. 1:00-2:00 pm, 301 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Dr. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-265-2631.
Where International Business and Government Meet: Career Tips and Tales. Trevor Gunn, International Relations, Medtronic. Sponsored by Center for International Business Education & Research (CIBER), Global Studies, Russian Flagship Center, Language Institute, and AIESEC-Madison. 12:30-2:00 pm, 4151 Grainger Hall, 975 University Ave. For information, email or call 608-265-4938.
Witchcraft, Intimacy and Trust: Africa in Comparison. Peter Geschiere, Anthropology, Amsterdam School for Social Research, the Netherlands. Sponsored by African Studies, Global Studies, Anthropology, and University Lectures Committee. 4:00-5:30 pm, 313 University Club, 803 State St. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-262-2380.
Introduction to the International Studies Major. Sponsored by International Studies Major.
Belonging in Africa: A Roundtable Discussion on African Citizenship, Modern Identities, Territorial Legitimacy, and the Issue of 'Autochthony'. Luise White, African History, University of Florida, Peter Geschiere, Anthropology, Amsterdam School for Social Research, the Netherlands, and Claire Wendland, Anthropology. Sponsored by African Studies, Global Studies, Anthropology, and University Lectures Committee. 1:00 pm, Agriculture Room AB, Union South, 1308 W. Dayton St. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-262-2380.
Education and Urban Crises: Coercive Neoliberalism and the Politics of Disposability. Pauline Lipman, Educational Policy Studies, University of Illinois, Chicago. Part of 'Urban Education, Neoliberal Responses to Crisis, and Their Contradictions' series of events. Sponsored by the Havens Center and Global Studies. 4:00 pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Dr. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-262-1420. Translation and Transformation: Transfer Processes Across Languages, Media, and Culture. Lecture-Performance: Speaking in Tongues. Yōko Tawada, Japanese-German writer. Sponsored by Center for the Humanities, the 'Translation and Transformation' and 'World Literature/s' Workshops, German, East Asian Languages & Literature, Global Studies, English, Comparative Literature, Folklore Studies, Language Institute, and German & European Studies. 5:00 pm, Vandeberg Auditorium, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St. For information, visit the website or email.
Dimensions of an Emergent Counter-Hegemony in Education: Reflections on Chicago. Pauline Lipman, Educational Policy Studies, University of Illinois, Chicago. Part of 'Urban Education, Neoliberal Responses to Crisis, and Their Contradictions' series of events. Sponsored by the Havens Center and Global Studies. 4:00 pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Dr. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-262-1420. Translation and Transformation: Transfer Processes Across Languages, Media, and Culture. The Translator's Gate. Yōko Tawada, Japanese-German writer. A.W. Mellon Workshop. Advance readings. Open to all members of UW's research community. Sponsored by Center for the Humanities, the 'Translation and Transformation' and 'World Literature/s' Workshops, and Global Studies. 4:00-6:00 pm, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St. For information, visit the website or email.
Declare Me! Declaring the IS Major and Global Culture Certificate. Sponsored by International Studies Major. 11:00 am-12:00 pm, 301 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Dr. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-265-2631. Open Seminar: Urban Education, Neoliberal Responses to Crisis, and Their Contradictions. Pauline Lipman, Educational Policy Studies, University of Illinois, Chicago. Sponsored by the Havens Center and Global Studies. 12:20 pm, 8108 Social Sciences, 1180 Observatory Dr. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-262-1420. Exploring Employment and Internship Opportunities with the United Nations. Shams Banihani, Policy Analyst, United Nations Development Programme. Sponsored by Agricultural & Life Sciences International Programs, International Studies, Global Health, GlobeMed, Global Studies, International Student Services and the Millennium Development Goals Awareness Project, Model UN, Business International Programs, and others. 4:00-5:30 pm, Tripp Commons, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-262-2044. MDG Progress and Scaling up Innovations at the Local Level. Shams Banihani, Policy Analyst, United Nations Development Programme. Sponsored by Agricultural & Life Sciences International Programs, International Studies, Global Health, GlobeMed, Global Studies, International Student Services and the Millennium Development Goals Awareness Project, Model UN, Business International Programs, and others. 7:00-8:00 pm, Tripp Commons, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-262-2044.
Global Hot Spots Lecture. The Importance of Green Job Creation for Women and Youth. What Can Local Governments Do? Shams Banihani, Policy Analyst, United Nations Development Programme. Registration requested. Sponsored by Wisconsin Alumni Association, International Studies, Agricultural & Life Sciences International Programs, Global Health, GlobeMed, Global Studies, International Student Services and the Millennium Development Goals Awareness Project, Model UN, Business International Programs, and others. 1:00-2:00 pm, Auditorium, 121 Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-263-4508. Kaleidoscope: Imagined Spaces. Keynote Speaker: Sibylle Fischer, New York University. Conference of the graduate students of Spanish & Portuguese. Examining identities and imaginaries through the real, fictional, and theoretical places of Iberian and Latin American literatures. Sponsored by Spanish & Portuguese, Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies (LACIS), Global Studies, and others. For information, visit the website or email.
Kaleidoscope: Imagined Spaces. Visiting Author: Horacio Castellanos Moya, Salvadoran novelist. Conference of the graduate students of Spanish & Portuguese. Examining identities and imaginaries through the real, fictional, and theoretical places of Iberian and Latin American literatures. Sponsored by Spanish & Portuguese, Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies (LACIS), Global Studies, and others. For information, visit the website or email.
Kaleidoscope: Imagined Spaces. Keynote Speaker: Sibylle Fischer, New York University. Conference of the graduate students of Spanish & Portuguese. Examining identities and imaginaries through the real, fictional, and theoretical places of Iberian and Latin American literatures. Sponsored by Spanish & Portuguese, Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies (LACIS), Global Studies, and others. For information, visit the website or email.
Open Sounds, Hidden Spaces: Listening, Wandering, and Spatial Formation in Sufi Iran. Seema Golestaneh, Columbia University. Sponsored by Anthropology, Middle East Studies, Global Studies, Religious Studies, Lubar Institute for the Study of Abrahamic Religions, and Global Legal Studies. 12:00 pm, 8417 Social Sciences, 1180 Observatory Dr. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-262-2869.
Introduction to the International Studies Major. Sponsored by International Studies Major. 1:00-2:00 pm, 336 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Dr. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-265-2631.
Mellon Foundation New International Studies Lecture: Producing 'Bollywood': The Social and Institutional Transformations of the Hindi Film Industry. Tejaswini Ganti, Anthropology, New York University. Part of the New Media and the Global South series. Sponsored by Global Studies and South Asia. 12:00 pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Dr. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-262-3651. Theorizing Freedom Cross-culturally: Al-Azhar and the Arab Spring. Aria Nakissa, Brandeis University. Sponsored by Anthropology, Middle East Studies, Global Studies, Religious Studies, Lubar Institute for the Study of Abrahamic Religions, and Global Legal Studies. 12:00-1:15 pm, Lubar Commons, 7200 Law Bldg., 975 Bascom Mall. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-262-2869.
Declare Me! Declaring the IS Major and Global Culture Certificate. Sponsored by International Studies Major. 12:30-1:30 pm, 301 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Dr. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-265-2631.
Reign of le Terroir: French Gastronomy in the Age of Neo-Liberalism. Rick Fantasia, Sociology, Smith College. Part of 'At Work with Bourdieu' series of events. Sponsored by the Havens Center and Global Studies. 4:00 pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Dr. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-262-1420.
Labor Solidarity from Social Drama to Practical Myth. Rick Fantasia, Sociology, Smith College. Part of 'At Work with Bourdieu' series of events. Sponsored by the Havens Center and Global Studies. 4:00 pm, 8417 Social Sciences, 1180 Observatory Dr. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-262-1420.
'At Work with Bourdieu' Seminar. Rick Fantasia, Sociology, Smith College. Readings available online. Sponsored by the Havens Center and Global Studies. 12:20 pm, 8108 Social Sciences, 1180 Observatory Dr. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-262-1420.
Declare Me! Declaring the IS Major and Global Culture Certificate. Sponsored by International Studies Major. 10:30-11:30 am, 301 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Dr. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-265-2631. Film Screening: The Story of Por Por (2013). A film by Nii Yemo Nunu, photographer and local historian, La Accra, Ghana, and Steven Feld, filmmaker and anthropologist. In Ga w/ English/French/Italian subtitles. Chronicling Ghana's intertwining histories of colonial-era lorry driving and the invention of Por Por, a music for squeeze-bulb truck horns played uniquely for union driver funerals. Featuring musical performances by the La Por Por Group and drawing from in-depth interviews with 25 elder musicians, drivers, mechanics, and transport workers. Q&A w/ filmmaker Steven Feld follows screening. Sponsored by the Music-Race-Empire Research Circle, Global Studies, Center for the Humanities, and African Studies. 12:00-2:00 pm, 126 Memorial Library, 728 State St. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-262-2380. Faculty Development Seminar: Global Pop: Music, Race, Capital, History. A Transnational Racial Feeling. Steven Feld, filmmaker and anthropologist, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Advance readings and listenings. Sponsored by Center for the Humanities and Global Studies. 5:30-7:30 pm, 212 University Club, 432 E. Campus Mall. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-263-3412.
Social Class, Economic Policy Preferences, and Self-Interest: Competing Pathways to Class Inconsistent Partisanship and Voting. Gary Segura, Political Science, Stanford University. Part of 'Dimensions of Disadvantage: News from the Front in Both the Class and Culture Wars' series of events. Sponsored by the Havens Center and Global Studies. 4:00 pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Dr. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-262-1420.
What Is a Latino? A Multifaceted Theory of Latino Identity and Its Political Effects. Gary Segura, Political Science, Stanford University. Part of 'Dimensions of Disadvantage: News from the Front in Both the Class and Culture Wars' series of events. Sponsored by the Havens Center and Global Studies. 4:00 pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Dr. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-262-1420.
World Cinema Day 2013: 'Le tableau' ('The Painting'). France, 2011. Directed by Jean-Francois Laguionie. In French w/ English subtitles. Introduction and post-film discussion led by Kelley Conway, Communication Arts and French cinema expert. Annual event bringing high school students and teachers to UW-Madison for the screening of a high-quality international film. Held in conjunction with the Wisconsin Film Festival. Registration required; seating limited. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Film Festival and the Wisconsin International Outreach Consortium (WIOC). April 11, 2013 (10:00 am-12:45 pm), Marquee Theatre, Union South, 1308 W. Dayton St, For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-262-4461. Open Seminar: Dimensions of Disadvantage: News from the Front in Both the Class and Culture Wars. Gary Segura, Political Science, Stanford University. Sponsored by the Havens Center and Global Studies. 12:20 pm, 8108 Social Sciences, 1180 Observatory Dr. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-262-1420. Style and Global Modernism. Judith Brown, Indiana University, Bloomington. Sponsored by the Americanist Grad Colloquium, the Modernisms and Modernites Grad Colloquium, English, World Literature/s Research Workshop, Global Studies, University Lectures Committee, and the Anonymous Fund. 4:00 pm, 6191 Helen C. White, 600 N. Park St. For information, visit the website or email.
A.W. Mellon World Literature/s Research Workshop: Dissidence, Hegemony, Ambivalence. The Global Trajectory of Swedish Proletarian Fiction. Paul Tenngart, Comparative Literature, Swedish Literature, and Children's Literature, Lund University, Sweden. Open to faculty, staff, and graduate students. Advanced readings available at website below. Sponsored by European Studies, German, Scandinavian Studies, Global Studies, Center for the Humanities, and Institute for Research in the Humanities (IRH). 3:00-5:00 pm, 313 University Club, 432 E. Campus Mall. For information, visit the website or email.
Application Deadline: Raymond J. Penn Scholarship for 2013-2014 Academic Year. Graduate student scholarship support for dissertators whose research relates to institutional and policy aspects of development, resource conservation, and environmental protection. Must be in a social science or interdisciplinary field and have official dissertator status by the application deadline. Awards typically range from $1000-$3000. Sponsored by Agricultural & Applied Economics, Soil Science, Land Tenure Center, Global Studies, Development Studies, and others. For information, email or call 608-262-3412.
What Then Must We Do?: Is There an America Beyond Capitalism? Gar Alperovitz, Government and Political Science, University of Maryland. Sponsored by the Havens Center and Global Studies.
The International Experience: Student Panel Come listen to UW students talk about their international experiences and how they got involved. Sponsored by the Wisconsin International Students Major Association. 5:00-6:30 pm, Memorial Union (TITU), 800 Langdon St. For information, email or call 608-265-2631.
Introduction to the International Studies Major. Sponsored by International Studies Major. 12:00-1:00 pm, 336 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Dr. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-265-2631.
Re-creating Race in the Genomic Age. Dorothy Roberts, Africana Studies, Sociology, and Law, University of Pennsylvania. Part of 'Fatal Invention: The New Biopolitics of Race' series of events. A.W. Mellon Workshop: Accessing the Intersections: Disability, Race, + Gender. Sponsored by the Havens Center, Global Studies, Science & Technology Studies, Race & Ethnicity, Sociology, and Center for the Humanities. 4:00 pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Dr. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-262-0854.
Declare Me! Declaring the IS Major and Global Culture Certificate. Sponsored by International Studies Major. 10:00-11:00 am, 301 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Dr. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-265-2631. Study Abroad Orientation for IS Majors. Sponsored by International Studies Major. 1:00-2:00 pm, 336 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Dr. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-265-2631. Open Seminar: Fatal Invention: The New Biopolitics of Race. Dorothy Roberts, Africana Studies, Sociology, and Law, University of Pennsylvania. A.W. Mellon Workshop: Accessing the Intersections: Disability, Race, + Gender. Sponsored by the Havens Center, Global Studies, Science & Technology Studies, Race & Ethnicity, Sociology, and Center for the Humanities. 10:00 am, 8108 Social Sciences, 1180 Observatory Dr. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-262-0854. The New Biopolitics of Race: Why Care? Dorothy Roberts, Africana Studies, Sociology, and Law, University of Pennsylvania. Part of 'Fatal Invention: The New Biopolitics of Race' series of events. A.W. Mellon Workshop: Accessing the Intersections: Disability, Race, + Gender. Sponsored by the Havens Center, Global Studies, Science & Technology Studies, Race & Ethnicity, Sociology, and Center for the Humanities. 4:00 pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Dr. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-262-0854.
Study Abroad Orientation for IS Majors. Sponsored by International Studies Major. 10:00-11:00 am, 336 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Dr. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-265-2631.
Study Abroad Orientation for IS Majors. Sponsored by International Studies Major. 11:00 am-12:00 pm, 336 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Dr. For information, visit the website, email, or call 608-265-2631. A.W. Mellon World Literature/s Research Workshop: Carioca Orientalism: Morocco in the Imaginary of a Brazilian Telenovela. Waïl S. Hassan, Comparative Literature, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Open to faculty, staff, and graduate students. See Workshop website provided below for advance readings. Sponsored by Center for the Humanities, Institute for Research in the Humanities (IRH), Global Studies, European Studies, African Languages & Literature, and the African Diaspora and the Atlantic World Research Circle. 3:00-5:00 pm, 212 University Club, 432 E. Campus Mall. For information, visit the website or email.
Issues on Disaster Relief and Humanitarian Aid Conference. Focusing on issues, perspectives, and cases in disaster relief and humanitarian assistance from a cooperative perspective. No-cost registration. On-site registration available. Sponsored by Dialogue International, Middle East Studies, the Niagara Foundation, African Studies, Latin American, Caribbean, & Iberian Studies, Global Studies, and International Studies. May 10, 2013, 9:00 am-5:00 pm, 326 Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St. For information, visit the website or email. |
