Global Studies Events Calendar
Spring 2008 - with Fall 2007 below

Monday, January 28

Storytelling and Human Rights. Testimony's Futures Lecture Series. James Dawes, Macalester College. Recent author of That the World May Know: Bearing Witness to Atrocity (Harvard). Sponsored by the Center for the Humanities, the WI Human Rights Initiative, Global Studies, The Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies, English, and the Institute for Research in the Humanities. 4:00pm, Pyle Center Auditorium, 702 Langdon Street. For information, email.

Monday, January 28

Kick-off Meeting: Transnational Applied Research in Gender Equity Training (TARGET) Research Circle. Sponsored by the International Institute, the Division of International Studies, Global Studies, and Women's Studies, among others. 9-10:00am, 105 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information, email or call 263-2053.

Thursday, January 31 - Saturday, February 2

The Privatization of Security and Human Rights in the Americas: Perspectives from the Global South. Sponsored by the Havens Center, Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE), Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program (LACIS), Global Studies, Global Legal Studies Initiative, and the Community Action on Latin America (CALA). The Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street. For information, visit the website or call 262-7315.

Thursday, February 7

Faith in Schools: Religion and Education in Comparative and International Perspective. Sponsored by the Department of Educational Policy Studies (EPS), Global Studies, The International Institute, and the Division of International Studies, among many others. Through February 8, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street. For information, visit the website.

Energy from the Caspian: A New Great Game for Russia, Central Asia, and the World. David Knuti, CIA Analyst of Russia, the former Soviet Union and international energy issues. Sponsored by the Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia (CREECA), the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) and Global Studies. 4-5:30pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information, visit the website or email.

Does Religion have a Place in the French Republican School? Educational Policy Studies Conference Address. John Bowen, Washington University in St. Louis. Republican and Islamic schools in France. Talk is based on his book Why the French Don't Like Headscarves. Sponsored by Educational Policy Studies, Global Studies, and others. 7:00pm, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street. For information, visit the website, email or call 262-1760.

Monday, February 11

Global Dialogue. Forgiveness: The Missing Piece in the Peace Puzzle. Robert Enright, Educational Psychology. Sponsored by International Student Services (ISS) and Global Studies. Registration required. 6-9:00pm, Chadbourne Hall Lounge, 420 N. Park Street. For information or to register and access the readings, visit the website, email or call 262-2044.

Tuesday, February 12

Toward an Intellectual History of 'Ordinary Americans'. Citizens and Social Knowledge. Sarah Igo, History, University of Pennsylvania. Sponsored by the Havens Center and Global Studies. 4:00pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information, visit the website, email or call 262-0068.

Wednesday, February 13

Toward an Intellectual History of 'Ordinary Americans'. Privacy As a Political Value. Sarah Igo, History, University of Pennsylvania. Sponsored by the Havens Center and Global Studies. 4:00pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information, visit the website, email or call 262-0068.

Introduction of German Law and Legislation in the German Protectorate Cameroon. David Simo, Modern Languages, Literatures and Civilizations, University of Yaoundé, Cameroon. David Simo was born in Baham, Cameroon and educated in Côte d' Ivoire, France and Germany. His work focuses on questions of coloniality and postcoloniality in German and African writings. His publications include Interkulturalität und ästhetische Erfahrung: Untersuchungen zum Werk Hubert Fichtes (1993) and numerous articles on German literature and culture. He is the editor of La politique de développement à la croisée des chemins: Le facteur culturel (1998); and Constructions identitaires en Afrique (2006). Sponsored by Global Studies, German, African Diaspora and the Atlantic World Research Circle, and the Division of International Studies (DIS). 6:30pm, 1418 Van Hise Hall. For information, visit the website, email or call 265-2631.

Thursday, February 14

Toward an Intellectual History of 'Ordinary Americans'. Public Seminar. Sarah Igo, History, University of Pennsylvania. Sponsored by the Havens Center and Global Studies. 12:20, 8108 Social Sciences, 1180 Observatory Drive. For information, visit the website, email or call 262-0068.

Film Screening & Discussion: Le Malentendu colonial. (Jean-Marie Téno, 2005). David Simo, Modern Languages, Literatures and Civilizations, University of Yaoundé, Cameroon. Sponsored by Global Studies, German, African Diaspora and the Atlantic World Research Circle, and DIS. 4-6:30pm, 104 Van Hise Hall. For information, visit the website, email or call 265-2631.

Monday, February 18

Are China's and India's Growth Miracles Built to Last? Eswar Prasad, Cornell. Prasad is the Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy in the Department of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University. He was previously Chief of the Financial Studies Division in the IMF’s Research Department and, before that, was the head of the IMF's China division. He has been a Research Fellow of IZA (Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn) since 2002. His research has spanned a number of areas including labor economics, business cycles, and open economy macroeconomics. His extensive publication record includes articles in numerous collective volumes as well as top academic journals such as The American Economic Review, The Economic Journal, Review of Economics and Statistics, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Development Economics etc. He is one of the lead authors of a recent IMF study on Financial Globalization and has edited IMF books and monographs on China, Hong Kong and India. Sponsored by the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE), La Follette School of Public Affairs, the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), Global Studies, WI Department of Agriculture, and Trade and Consumer Protection.Sponsored by the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE). 7:30-9:00pm, ATT Lounge, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street. For event information, visit the website, email or call 265-9719.

Thursday, February 21

Border Studies' Knowledge and Empire Reading Group. Sponsored by Border Studies and Global Studies. Registration required. 5-6:00pm, 322 Bradley Memorial, 1225 Linden Drive. For information or to register and receive the readings, email.

Friday, February 22

'You are ina place that is out of the world...' Music in the Detention Camps of the 'Global War on Terror'. Suzanne Cusick, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Music, New York University. Sponsored by the Midwest Graduate Music Consortium, theSchool of Music, the Department of History, and Global Studies. 4:00pm, 5120 Grainger Hall.

Monday, February 25 - Monday, March 24

Wind Chill Factor: Translations of Wisconsin Winter by UW-Madison International Students. Sponsored by Memorial Library and Global Studies. Memorial Library Lobby..

Wednesday, February 27

Crossing Boundaries: Religion and Schools in Africa from American Perspectives. Global Studies Graduate Workshop. Andrew Clement & Kristen Molyneaux, Curriculum & Instruction. Open to all UW-Madison graduate students. RSVP required. Sponsored by Global Studies. 12 noon, location given upon registration. For information, visit the website or email.

Beautiful island: Dutch Taiwan as a strategic link between Japan and Asia in the Seventeenth Century. Michael Laver, Professor of History, UW-Stevens Point. Sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies and Global Studies. 12:00 noon - 1:15pm, Location TBA. For information, email or call 262-3643.

Thursday, February 28

Making Good: Testimony and Reparation in South Africa and Australia. Mark Sanders, NYU, Comparative Literature. Sponsored by the Center for the Humanities Workshop on The Ethics, Poetics, and Time of Testimony, the Human Rights Initiative, African Studies, Jewish Studies, Global Studies, and The Institute for Research in the Humanities. 4:00pm, 7191 Helen C. White Hall, 600 N. Park Street. For information, email.

Friday, February 29

Empire, Ethics, and the Calling of History. Dipesh Chakrabarty, Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor of History, South Asian Languages and Civilizations and the College, University of Chicago. Sponsored by the Border and Transcultural Studies Research Circle, Global Studies and CSA. 7:30pm, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street. For information, visit the website or email.

Friday, February 29 - Saturday, March 1

Border and Transcultural Studies Research Circle Conference: Knowledge and Empire. Sponsored by Global Studies, Center for the Humanities, Anonymous Fund, and others.  Through Saturday, March 1, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Drive. For information, visit the website or email.

Monday, March 3

Kafka, Blade Runner and the Global Condition: Anthropology and the Demystification of the Global System. Jonathan Friedman, Anthropology, University of Lund; Directeur d'études, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. Beginning with a short survey of the failure of globalization discourse to deal comprehensively with the real world, Friedman will show that this discourse is or should be part of the object of our investigation and part of a transformation of real world processes that require a clearer understanding of what has happened to states and their components in this period that is all to simply glossed as the era of globalization. The analysis seeks to link new forms of class stratification not least global-cosmopolitan elite formation, cultural politics, economic, political and cultural fragmentation, the transformations of violence in a coherent understanding of the contemporary world order. The issue of method, of the centrality of ethnography combined with global analysis shall be insisted upon and the question of the kinds and nature of fieldwork that can and must be carried out in the global context will also be discussed.Sponsored by the University Lectures, Anthropology, Global Studies, and the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE). 3:00pm, 8417 Social Science, 1180 Observatory Drive. For information, visit the website, email or call 265-2631.

Thursday, March 6

"In the past people called me a Turk. Now they call me a Muslim". Dietrich Thränhardt, Political Science, University of Münster. Sponsored by the Center for German and European Studies, the American Council on Germany Warburg Chapter, Global Studies, and the Center for European Studies. 4:30-6:00pm. 122 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive.

Friday, March 7

Medical Tourism Meets Health Law: US-EU Dialogue. The WI International Law Journal's 26th Annual Symposium. Law School, Global Legal Studies Center (GLSC), European Union Center of Excellence (EUCE), Center for European Studies (CES), School of Medicine and Public Health, Global Studies, and WAGE, among others. 8:30am-5:45pm, 1335 Health Sciences Learning Center, 750 Highland Avenue. For information, visit the website or email.

Anamorphosis: Changes in Perspective/Changes in Meaning. Kaleidoscope 2008. Sponsored by Spanish and Portuguese, LACIS and Global Studies. March 7 & 8, 9am-5:30pm, 260 and 270 Union South, 227 N. Randall Avenue. For information, visit the website.

Latin America in a Multipolar World: Be Careful What You Wish For. Leslie Elliott Armijo, Visiting Scholar, Portland State University. Sponsored by Global Studies, the Center for Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia (CREECA), the International Institute, Center for South Asia (CSA), LACIS, WAGE, and the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER). 3:30pm, 422 North Hall, Ogg Room, 835 W. Dayton Street. For information, visit the website or email.

Saturday, March 8

Emerging Powers in the Global System. Sponsored by Global Studies, DIS, The International Institute, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA), the Center for South Asia (CSA), Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies (LACIS), WAGE, and the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER). 8:45am-9:00pm, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street. For information, email or call 890-1395.

Anamorphosis: Changes in Perspective/Changes in Meaning. Kaleidoscope 2008. Sponsored by Spanish and Portuguese, LACIS and Global Studies. March 7 & 8, 8:30am-5:30pm, 260 and 270 Union South, 227 N. Randall Avenue. For information, visit the website.

Tuesday, March 11

Colliding Writing. Cristina Rivera Garza, Author, Felice Massie Distinguished Visiting Professor in Spanish, Washington University in St. Louis. Cristina Rivera Garza (Mexico, 1964) received her B.A in Sociology at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and her Ph.D. in Latin American History at the University of Houston-Texas. Rivera Garza’s work, written in English and Spanish, has received the most important literary awards in Mexico. Her most prestigious novel, Nadie me verá llorar (No One Will See Me Cry, 1999), won the Premio Nacional de Novela José Rubén Romero and the Premio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Rivera Garza teaches Literature at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Campus Toluca and is currently the Felice Massie Distinguished Visiting Professor in Spanish at Washington University in St. Louis. Among her other books are: Ningún reloj cuenta esto (short-story, 2002), La cresta de Ilión (novel, 2002), Lo anterior (novel, 2004) and La muerte me da (novel, 2007). Sponsored by Global Studies, Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies, The World Literature/s Research Group and Memorial Library. 3:30 - 4:30 pm, 336 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information, email.

Reading & Reception – Wind Chill Factor: Translations of Wisconsin Winter by UW-Madison International Students. 7:00 to 9:00 pm. Tripp Commons, Memorial Union. For information, visit the website.

Thursday, March 13

Claiming Rights and Courting Justice: The Politics of Regional Human Rights Courts. Global Studies Graduate Workshop. Courtney Hillebrecht, Political Science. Open to all UW-Madison graduate students. RSVP required. Sponsored by Global Studies. 12 noon, location given upon registration. For information, visit the website or email.

Monday, March 24

Gender and Truth Commissions: The Peruvian Case. Julissa Mantilla: Gender Expert of the Peruvian Truth Commission. Sponsored by Transnational Applied Research in Gender Equity Training (TARGET), Global Studies, Global Legal Studies Center (GLSC), the Human Rights Initiative, Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies (LACIS), Gender & Women’s Studies, and others. 12 noon-1:30pm, Lubar Commons, 7200 Law, 975 Bascom Mall. For information, visit the website or email.

Tuesday, March 25

Gender Training  and Expertise in the Field of Human Rights. Julissa Mantilla: Gender Expert of the Peruvian Truth Commission. Sponsored by TARGET, Global Studies, GLSC, the Human Rights Initiative, LACIS, Gender & Women's Studies, and others. 9:00am, 336 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information, email.

Latin American Organizations Round Table. Local, Latin-America-affiliated volunteer, intern, and membership opportunities in the Madison area. Attending organizations include: Community Action on Latin America (CALA), Centro Hispano of Dane County, WI Coordinating Council on Nicaragua (WCCN), Planned Parenthood of WI, and Go Global! Sponsored by LACIS. 12 noon, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information, email.

Monday, March 31 - Tuesday, April 1

Planning for Our World: Our Dreams and Our Actions. WI Council for the Social Studies and International Education Conference. Wisconsin International Outreach Consortium (WIOC) and many others. Registration required. 12:30-1:45pm, Keynote, Greg Mortenson, Pennies for Peace and author, Three Cups of Tea, Madison Marriott West Hotel, 1313 John Q. Hammonds Drive. For information, visit the website or email.

Friday, April 4

Trauma Tourism and Genocide. Sponsored by the Trauma Tourism Study Group, Global Studies, DIS, the International Institute, and the Center for the Humanities A.W. Mellon Interdisciplinary Workshops. 9:00am, Rwanda's Bones. Sara Guyer, English. An analysis of genocide memorials in Rwanda that preserve and expose the bones of the dead. 10:00am, Between the Object and the Subject: Experience and Memory in Cambodian Trauma Tourism. Paul Williams, Museum Studies, NYU. The problematic issues that surround the mushrooming industry of Cambodian genocide tourism. 11am-12 noon, Discussion. 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information, visit the website or email.

Saturday, April 5

UW International Experiment. An interactive role-playing game designed to simulate international relations and development around the world. All students are eligible to apply; ultimately, 130 will participate. Sponsored by Global Studies, International Learning Community, International Student Services, Model UN, School of Business International Programs, CIBER, and WUD-Global Connections. 9-3:00pm, Great Hall, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon Street. For information or to apply, visit the website or email.

Monday, April 7

Global Dialogue: Social Justice around the World. How does social injustice manifest itself in the world today – and what can be done to address it? Sarah Napoli, Social Justice Education Specialist. Sponsored by AIESEC, Chadbourne Residential College, Global Studies, ILC, International Student Services, Multicultural Student Center, University Health Services, and WUD Global Connections. 6-8:00pm, Chadbourne Hall Lounge, 420 North Park Street. For information, visit the website, email or call 262-9716.

Wednesday, April 9

Africa Encounters Global China. African Studies 2008 Spring Symposium. Howard French, New York Times Shanghai Bureau Chief; Adama Gaye, Senegalese journalist. China's role in African development, labor and technology transfers, and the new colonialism. Sponsored by Center for East Asia Studies (CEAS), Global Studies, and Journalism and Mass Communication. 3-7:00pm, AT&T Lounge, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street. For information, email.

Thursday, April 10

In Search of Good News: A Contextual Analysis of Bethlehem's Ma'an Network. Global Studies Graduate Workshop. Matt Sienkiewicz, Communication Arts. Open to all UW-Madison graduate students. Sponsored by Global Studies. 12 noon, 336 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information or to access the paper, visit the website, email or call 265-2631.

Holocaust Testimony in a Genocidal Era. Geoffrey Hartman, English, Yale. Author of over a dozen books on romanticism, the Holocaust, literary criticism and theory. Sponsored by the Center for the Humanities, the WI Human Rights Initiative, Global Studies, The Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies, English, and the Institute for Research in the Humanities. 7:00pm, Chazen Museum of Art, 800 University Avenue. For information, email.

Monday, April 14

Europa, Europeanisation, and Europe: Constituting New Europeans. Michael A. Peters, Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sponsored by CES, Global Studies, and Curriculum and Instruction (C&I). 3:00pm, Room 220, Teacher Education, 225 North Mills Street. For information, visit the website, email or call  265-8040.

Wednesday, April 16 - Saturday, April 19

Overt and Covert Wars: Iraq, Iran, and the US. A Series of Events with Scott Ritter, Former UN Weapons Inspector. These events are sponsored in full or part by the UW-Madison Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE), Middle Eastern Studies Program (MESP), Global Studies, Division of International Studies, The Madison Institute and the Madison Committee on Foreign Relations (MCFR). For more information, visit the website or email.

The Reality of Arms Control: From the Trenches
Madison Committee on Foreign Relations (MCFR) Monthly Meeting
Wednesday, April 16, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Rigadoon Room, Edgewater Hotel (666 Wisconsin Avenue)
Registration and fee required for this event only. See website for more information.

Intelligence Failure: Why Did So Many People Think There Were Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq?
Thursday, April 17, 12 noon - 1:30 pm
Director's Room, 4151 Grainger Hall (975 University Avenue)
Free and open to the public.

Overt and Covert Wars: From Iraq to Iran in US Foreign Policy
Thursday, April 17, 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Wisconsin State Historical Society Auditorium (816 State Street, UW Campus)
Free and open to the public.

Waging Peace: Citizenship in a Time of Unjust War
The Madison Institute Forum
Saturday, April 19, 9:00 am - 12 noon
Wisconsin State Historical Society Auditorium (816 State Street, UW Campus)
Free and open to the public.

Friday, April 18

Latin American Institutions and Development: A Comparative Study. Alejandro Portes, Director, Center for Migration and Development; Sociology, Princeton University. Sponsored by LACIS, the Nave Fund, Rural Sociology, Sociology, Development Studies, Global Studies, and the Kemper K. Knapp Bequest. 1:30pm, 6201 Microbial Science Building, 1550 Linden Drive. For information, visit the website, email or call 262-2811.

Monday, April 21

Gender Mainstreaming and Feminist Knowledge Transfer. Sylvia Walby, Sociology, Lancaster University, UK. Sponsored by the European Union Center of Excellence (EUCE) and the Transnational Applied Research in Gender Equity Training Research Circle (TARGET), Global Studies, the Division of International Studies (DIS), and the International Institute. 12 noon-1:30pm, 8411 Sewell Social Sciences, 1180 Observatory Drive. For information, visit the website, email or call 265-6295.

Thursday, April 24

The Myth of Brasilia As a Literary Source. João Almino, Consul General of Brazil in Chicago. Sponsored by LACIS, Global Studies, the International Institute, and Spanish & Portuguese. 3:30pm, 1820 Van Hise, 1220 Linden Drive. For information, email.

Friday, April 25

Trauma Tourism Symposium. Sponsored by the Trauma Tourism Study Group, Global Studies, DIS, the International Institute, and the Center for the Humanities A.W. Mellon Interdisciplinary Workshops. Featuring Brigitte Sion (Performance Studies, NYU) "Marketing Memorials in Berlin and Buenos Aires" & Christina Schwenkel (Anthropology, UC Riverside) "Takes of Salvation: Healing and Moral Journeys of US Veterans in Vietnam". The symposium will also feature presentations by UW faculty and graduate students. 9:00am-2:00pm. 8417 Social Science, 1180 Observatory Drive. For information, visit the website or email.

Monday, April 28

Infrastructure Change, Human Agency, and Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems: The Case of the Southwestern Amazonia. Biocultural Diversity and Socio-Ecological Resilience Colloquium Series. Stephen Perz, Sociology, University of Florida. Sponsored by Anthropology, Global Studies, the International Institute, the Division of International Studies (DIS), and the Center for Culture, History, and Environment. 3:30-4:30pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information, email or call 262-0616.

Tuesday, April 29

Workshop on Enlightenment in the Colony: The Jewish Question and the Crisis of Postcolonial Culture (Princeton UP, 2007). Aamir Mufti, Comparative Literature, UCLA. Sponsored by Global Studies, German, English, Scandinavian Studies, the Center for European Studies (CES), Institute for Research in the Humanities, and the World Literature/s Research Workshop. 2:00-3:15 pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive.

Lecture on Orientalism and the Institution of World Literature. Aamir Mufti, Comparative Literature, UCLA. Sponsored by Global Studies, German, English, Scandinavian Studies, the Center for European Studies (CES), Institute for Research in the Humanities, and the World Literature/s Research Workshop. 7:00-9:00 pm, 19 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive.

Monday, May 5

Torture Was the Essence of National Socialism: Reading Jean Améry Today. Elizabeth Weber, German and Philosophy, UC Santa Barbara. Sponsored the Center for the Humanities Global Studies, and the Human Rights Initiative. 4:00pm, 6191 Helen C. White, 600 North Park Street. For information, visit the website or call 263-3412.

Friday, May 9

The 1918 Influenza Pandemic in the Philippines: A Social and Demographic History. Francis Gealogo, History, Ateneo de Manila University. Sponsored by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), the Trauma Tourism Study Group, Global Studies, DIS, and the International Institute. 12 noon, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information, visit the website, email or call 263-1755.

2007

Friday, December 14

Legitimating Gender: Dilemmas of Feminist Expert Authority in the New Europe. Karen Kapusta-Pofahl, Anthropology, University of Minnesota. Sponsored by Transnational Applied Research in Gender Equity Training (TARGET), Women’s Studies, Global Studies, Division of International Studies (DIS), the International Institute, among others. 2:00pm, 105 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information, email or call 263-2053.

Friday, December 7

A workshop with Professor Richards. Please email for supplemental, but not required, workshop readings. This event is sponsored by the Trauma Tourism Study Group, the Division of International Studies, International Institute, Global Studies, and the Center for Humanities A.W. Mellon Interdisciplinary Workshops. 9-11:00am, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information, email.

Thursday, December 6

"Wade in the Water": Performing Memories of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Sandra L. Richards, Professor of Theatre, Northwestern University. This event is sponsored by the Trauma Tourism Study Group, the Division of International Studies, International Institute, Global Studies, and the Center for Humanities A.W. Mellon Interdisciplinary Workshops. 5:30 pm, Chazen L140, 800 University Avenue. For information, email.

Friday, November 30

The Bananas of Modernity: Global Commodities and Modernism's World Exchange. World Literature/s Research Workshop. Jennifer Wicke, English, University of Virginia; author of 'Born to Shop: Modernism, Modernity, and Consumption' (Harvard UP). The banana-the first 'modern' fruit to be marketed and represented globally--serves as a material metaphor elucidating a frictional model of modern cultural creation, consumption, and circulation. Sponsored by Global Studies. For information, visit the website, email or call 265-2631.

Wednesday, November 28

Food Security and Human Rights: A Human Rights Initiative Workshop. Florence Chenoweth, former United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) representative and Honorary Associate Fellow, Division of International Studies. Sponsored by College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the African Studies Program and Global Studies. 3-5:00pm, 6201 Microbial Sciences, 1550 Linden Drive. For information, email or call 262-3929.

Wednesday, November 14

Global Studies Graduate Workshop. Paying By the Word: Funding Travelogue and Ernest Hemingway's 'Death in the Afternoon.' Ray Hsu, English. An informal, interdisciplinary, stress-free environment where graduate students of all levels can meet to discuss their work. Open to all UW graduate students. Sponsored by Global Studies. RSVP required. 12 noon, location and paper access given upon RSVP. For information, visit the website, email or call 265-2631.

Beyond Kyoto: Panel Discussion. Tracey Holloway, Environmental Studies and Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences; Greg Nemet, Public Affairs and Environmental Studies; Jonathan Patz, Environmental Studies and Population Health. Sponsored by WAGE, SAGE, Global Studies, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, DIS, Energy Institute, and La Follette School of Public Affairs. 7-8:30pm, 2120 Grainger Hall, 975 University Avenue. For information, visit the website, email or call 265-8038.

Monday, November 12

Global Dialogue. Ripple Effects: The Impact of Globalization on Higher Education. Sponsored by Global Studies, International Learning Community, WUD Global Connections, and International Student Services (ISS), among others. 6-8:00pm,  Chadbourne Hall Lounge, 420 N Park Street. For information, visit the website or email.

Thursday, November 8

Putting Television Production Studies 'On the Line': Global Electronics Assemblers as Creatives in the New Economy. Vicki Mayer, Chair, Communication, Tulane University. Sponsored by the Media and Cultural Studies Colloquium Series in the Communication Arts Department and Global Studies. 4:00pm, 4028 Vilas Hall, 821 University Avenue. For information, email.

Wednesday, November 7

Does Anyone Really Want Peace in the Middle East? Boycott? Comparative Views from Israel/Palestine, Myanmar/Burma, South Africa/Azania, the US/Atzlan. Joan Mandell, Filmmaker, Olive Branch Productions. Sponsored by the Havens Center and Global Studies. 4:00pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information, visit the website or email.

Tuesday, November 6

Part 2: Islam, Religion and Visual Culture. New Directions in Visual Culture. Films, readings and talks. Sponsored by The Visual Culture Center, Middle East Studies, Art, Art History, Global Studies, Languages and Cultures of Asia, and many others. Through November 9, various times and locations. For information, visit the website or email.

Does Anyone Really Want Peace in the Middle East? Whose Story Do We Hear, Whose Story Do We Tell?: Choosing Narratives for Activism on Israel-Palestine. Joan Mandell, Filmmaker, Olive Branch Productions. Sponsored by the Havens Center Global Studies. 4:00pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information, visit the website or email.

Monday, October 29

Workshop with Marianne Hirsch. Sponsored by the Trauma Tourism Study Group, DIS, the International Institute, Global Studies, the Center for Humanities, English, and Art, among others. 9-11:00am, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information, email.

"This Is It, This Is It. Only It's Completely Different." Narratives of Return. Marianne Hirsch, English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University. Sponsored by the Trauma Tourism Study Group, DIS, the International Institute, Global Studies, the Center for Humanities, English, and Art, among others. 5:30pm, L140 Chazen Museum, 800 University Avenue. For information, email.

Friday, October 26

Sexuality, Violence and Erotic Fantasy. 10:00am, Manliness and Cruelty: Kutlug Ataman's Lola and Bilidikid. B Venkat Mani, German. 11:15am, The Body Electric in Performance: Michel Melamed's Trilogy. Severino Albuquerque, Spanish & Portuguese. Dark Dreaming: Fantasy and Desire in Vampire Role-playing. Chris Butler, Anthropology. 1:00pm, S/M, Torture and Abu Ghraib, Anne McClintock, English. 2:15pm, Sex Tourism as Cultural Quest: Fantasies and Enactments of Desire in Brazil. Erika Robb, Sexuality & Violence in “Gangsta” Fantasy. Claudia Catota, UW-Madison. What Do Men want? 'The Perfect Woman' and D. H. Hwang's M.Butterfly. Claudio Luis, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. 3:30pm, Tortured by Fashion: Diesel and Ripley Ads as Accidental and Arrogant Memory Makers in Argentina and Chile. Ksenija Bilbija, Spanish & Portuguese. Sponsored by the Sexuality & Violence Research Circle (SVRC), the International Institute, Division of International Studies (DIS) and Global Studies. 8417 Social Science, 1180 Observatory Drive. For information, email.

The World Literature/s Research Workshop. Open to all interested faculty, students, and staff. Sponsored by Global Studies. 3:00 - 5:00 pm, Institute for Research in the Humanities IRH Conference Room (2nd Floor, Bradley Memorial Building) 1225 Linden Drive, Madison WI 53706. For information, visit the website, email, or call 265.2631.

Thursday, October 25

Sexuality, Violence and Erotic Fantasy. Strip Clubs, Fantasy, and the Dark Side of Erotics. Katherine Frank, College of the Atlantic. Sponsored by the Sexuality & Violence Research Circle (SVRC), the International Institute, Division of International Studies (DIS) and Global Studies. 7:00pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information, email.

Is a US Military Strike on Iran Inevitable? Gary Sick, Middle East Studies (MESP), former National Security Council staff under Presidents Ford, Carter, and Reagan. Sponsored by MESP, WAGE, Global Studies, Languages & Cultures of Asia (LCA), and Havens Center. 8-10:00pm, Morgridge Auditorium, 1100 Grainger Hall, 975 University Avenue. For information, visit the website, email or call 265-6583.

Friday, October 19

Cultures of Democracy? Germany and the USA at Home and Abroad. 10th Anniversary Conference.Sponsored by CGES, the European Union Center of Excellence, Global Studies, German, DIS, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), and many others. 9am-6:00pm, Red Gym, 716 Langdon Street. 4-6:00pm, Keynote: The German Problem and the Atlantic Future. Ronald Steel, International Relations and History, University of Southern California. For information, visit the website or email.

Wednesday, October 17

Al Andalus: Islam, Judaism and the West. The effects of the Diaspora of expelled Jews and Muslims on the three communities, and will explore the influence this has had on the cultures and the kinds of interactions between these groups today. Sponsored by Spanish & Portuguese, MESP, Medieval Studies, the Center for the Humanities, Global Studies, and others. From Baghdad to Montreal: Crossing Cultures. Naim Kattan, Novelist. 4:00-5:30 pm, L150 Chazen. For information, visit the website or email.

CGES Film Series: Selling Democracy - Films of the Marshall Plan, 1948-1953. Strength for the Free World. Featuring the following films: The Hour of Choice (1951); Without Fear (1951); Struggle for Men’s Minds (1952); Whitsun Holiday (1953); Do Not Disturb! Meeting in Progress (1950); The Shoemaker and the Hatter (1950). Sponsored by Global Studies, CGES and Cinematheque. 7:30pm, WI Historical Society, 816 State Street. For information, visit the website, email or call 265-8032.

Tuesday, October 16

CGES Film Series: Selling Democracy - Films of the Marshall Plan, 1948-1953. True Fiction. Featuring the following films: The Story of Koula (1951); Aquila (1950); The Promise of Barty O’Brien (1952); The Smiths and the Robinsons (1952); Let's Be Childish! (1950). Sponsored by Global Studies, CGES and Cinematheque. 7:30pm, WI Historical Society, 816 State Street. For information, visit the website, email or call 265-8032.

Sunday, October 14

CGES Film Series: Selling Democracy - Films of the Marshall Plan, 1948-1953.Help Is on the Way. Featuring the following films: The Extraordinary Adventures of a Quart of Milk (1951); The Home We Love (1950); Rice and Bulls (1950); Island of Faith (1950); Town Without Water (1949); Hansl and the 200,000 Chicks (1952). Sponsored by Global Studies, CGES and Cinematheque. 4:00pm, 4070 Vilas Hall, 821 University Avenue. For information, visit the website, email or call 265-8032.

Saturday, October 13

CGES Film Series: Selling Democracy - Films of the Marshall Plan, 1948-1953. Out of the Ruins. Featuring the following films: Hunger (1948); It's Up to You! (1948); Between East and West (1949); The Bridge (1949); Me and Mr. Marshall (1949); Speak Up/Houen Zo! (1952). Sponsored by Global Studies, CGES and Cinematheque. 7:30pm, 4070 Vilas Hall, 821 University Avenue. For information, visit the website, email or call 265-8032.

Thursday, October 11

Russian Politics in Historic Context. Russia’s Autocracy & Democratic Tradition: Western Myths & Historic Reality. Boris Kagarlitsky, Director, Institute of Globalization and Social Movements, Moscow, Russia. Sponsored by The Havens Center, Global Studies and CREECA. 4:00pm, 8417 Social Sciences, 1180 Observatory Drive. For information, email or call 262-0068.

Wednesday, October 10

Russian Politics in Historic Context. Second Edition of Russian Capitalism: Economic Structures & Political Perspectives. Boris Kagarlitsky, Director, Institute of Globalization and Social Movements, Moscow, Russia. Sponsored by The Havens Center, Global Studies and the Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia (CREECA). 4:00pm, 8417 Social Sciences, 1180 Observatory Drive. For information, email or call 262-0068.

Monday, October 8

Global Dialogue: Feeding the World- A Question of Production or Politics? Sponsored by International Student Services (ISS) and Global Studies. 6-8:00pm, Chadbourne Hall Lounge, 420 N. Park Street. For information, visit the website, email or call 262-2044.

Friday, September 28

The World Literature/s Research Workshop. Open to all interested faculty, students, and staff. Sponsored by Global Studies. 3:00 - 5:00 pm, Institute for Research in the Humanities IRH Conference Room (2nd Floor, Bradley Memorial Building) 1225 Linden Drive, Madison WI 53706. For information, visit the website, email, or call 265.2631.

Wednesday, September 26

Domingos Alvares and the Politics of Public Healing in Dahomey, Brazil, and Portugal, 1710-1750. James H. Sweet, History. Sponsored by African Studies and Global Studies. 12 noon-1:00pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information, visit the website, email or call 262-2380.

Thursday, September 20

From Gnosticism to Globalization: Trans-Atlantic Curriculum Discourse and the Conceptualization of Rationality. Tero Autio, University of Tampere, Finland. Sponsored by the School of Education International Committee, Center for European Studies (CES), Curriculum & Instruction, Global Studies, IAP, and Scandinavian Studies. 11:35am-1:00pm, 267 Teacher Education, 225 N. Mills Street. For information, email.

Shanghai and the Global Imagination, 1850-2010. Jeffrey Wasserstrom, History, University of CA-Irvine; Future Editor of the Journal of East Asian Studies. Sponsored by Global Studies, the Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) and the Journal of Asian Studies. 4:00pm, 260 Bascom Hall, 500 Lincoln Drive. For information, email or call 262-3643.

The United States and Poland: A New Special Relationship? Bart Putney, US State Department Foreign Service Poland Desk Officer. Sponsored by the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE), Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA), Center for European Studies (CES), Global Studies, Go Global!, and Slavic Languages & Literature. 4-5:30pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information, visit the website, email or call 265-8038.

Monday, September 17

Repatriating Stories: Catharine McClellan's Ongoing Legacy in Subarctic Anthropology. Julie Cruikshank, Anthropology, University of British Columbia. Sponsored by Geography and Global Studies. 3:30-5:00pm, 8417 Sewell Social Science, 1180 Observatory Drive. For information, email.

Thursday, September 13

Transnational Applied Research in Gender Equity Training (TARGET): A New Research Circle on Gender Equity and International Policy.Planning the Fall Semester of Meetings & Speakers. Sponsored by Women's Studies, the International Institute, Global Studies, Northeastern University, and the QUING network of the European Union, among others. 12:20pm, Women's Studies Research Center, 107 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information, email.

Tuesday, September 11

World Beyond Our Borders Book Series. Cosmopolitical Claims: Turkish-German Literatures From Nadolny to Pamuk (University of Iowa Press, 2007). B. Venkat Mani, German & Global Studies. An exploration of literary claims of cosmopolitanism and German and Turkish national identities in four “Turkish-German” novels. Sponsored by the Division of International Studies (DIS), the International Institute and Borders Books. 7:00pm, Borders Books West, 3750 University Avenue. For information, visit the website or call 262-2851.

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