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Global
Studies Events Archive
2006 June 18 - August 10 UW-Madison Summer Arabic & Persian Immersion Program. 1st and 2nd Year Persian and Arabic will be taught in a controlled language environment. As students live and breathe their language of study, they will find that they are learning in a way that is impossible in courses that devote only a few hours per week to speaking and listening drills. Students live in a dormitory and sign a contract that they will use the language throughout the program. UW-La Crosse. Saturday June 11 - Saturday, August 6. For information: http://global.wisc.edu/apip/. Tuesday, May 8 The National Endowment for Democracy: US Tax Dollars and Regime Change in Venezuela. Eva Golinger, author of The Chavez Code. Sponsored by Community Action on Latin America (CALA), LACIS, Global Studies, Rainbow Bookstore, and Hands Off Venezuela. 7:00pm, Memorial Union (TITU), 800 Langdon Street. For information, visit the website or email. Friday, May 4 Critiques of Western Modernities: Migration, Exile, Scholarship. Workshop. Azade Seyhan, Fairbank Professor in the Humanities, Bryn Mawr College. Sponsored by BTSC, the Division of International Studies, Global Studies, and the International Institute. 11:00am, 6125 Social Sciences Building, 1180 Observatory Drive. For information, visit the website. Thursday, May 3 Tales of Crossed Destinies: The Modern Turkish Novel Between Tradition and Innovation. Azade Seyhan, Fairbank Professor in the Humanities, Bryn Mawr College. Sponsored by the Border and Transcultural Studies Research Circle (BTSC), the Division of International Studies, Global Studies, and the International Institute. 4:00pm, 114 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive. For information, visit the website. Tuesday, May 1 International Human Rights Law. When Global Society Meets Local Society: The Impact of Globalization on National Law. Sponsored by the Center for World Affairs and Global Economy (WAGE), the Global Legal Studies Center (GLSC), Law School, the Humanitarianism and World Order Research Circle, the Division of International Studies, Global Studies, and the International Institute, among others. Registration required. 2:45pm-5:30pm, 7200 Law, 975 Bascom Mall. For information, visit the website or email. Thursday, April 26 - Saturday, April 28 Disaster in Darfur: Sudan's Defiance of International Human Rights. Two-day Symposium. Conference will specifically address the role of the International Criminal Court, the United Nations' lack of success in deploying a peace-keeping force, the role of oil wealth in the conflict, and the State of WI's responses. Sponsored by African Studies, the International Institute, the Division of International Studies, Global Studies, and the Humanitarianism and World Order Research Circle. For information, visit the website, email or call 262-4458. A more complete program of events and speakers is available here (pdf). Thursday, April 26 Global Studies Graduate Workshop. Political Economy and Its Uses in Mexico After Independence. Jesús Alvarado, History of Science. Sponsored by Global Studies. 12 noon, location given upon RSVP. For information, visit the website, email or call 262-0646. Friday, April 20 - Saturday, April 21 EU Governance: Towards a New Architecture? Sponsored by EUCE, WAGE, the Governance Research Circle, DIS, the International Institute and Global Studies, among others. For information, including meeting locations and how to register, visit the website or email. Friday, April 20 Responses to Atrocity: International and Domestic Judicial Mechanisms. All-day Conference. Sponsored by GLSC, the Humanitarianism and World Order Research Circle, DIS, the International Institute and Global Studies. For information, including the various locations, visit the website, email or call 890-1395. Globalizing Teacher Learning. Niels Brouwer, ILS Graduate School of Education, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Sponsored by Global Studies, CES, and Curriculum & Instruction. 12 noon, 220 Teacher Education Building, 225 N. Mills Street. For information, visit the website or email. Wednesday, April 18
Lobbying the EU. Dr. David Coen, Reader in Public Policy and Director of the MSc in Public Policy and PhD program in the School of Public Policy at University College London. Sponsored by WAGE, EUCE, the Governance Research Circle, DIS, International Institute, and Global Studies. 4:00pm, 8411 Social Science, 1180 Observatory Drive. For information, visit the website or email. Disciplinarity and Internationalism in US Curriculum Studies. William F. Pinar, Canada Research Chair at UBC. Sponsored by the School of Education, the Division of International Studies (DIS), and Global Studies. 11:00am, Teacher Education Building, 225 N. Mills Street. For information, email. European Models for the Prevention of Social and School Exclusion. Colloquium on Minority Languages & the Prevention of School & Social Exclusion. Danielle Zay, Educational Sciences, Charles de Gaulle University, Lille, France. Sponsored by The WI Center for Education Research, Curriculum and Instruction, LACIS and Global Studies, among others. 4:00pm, WI Room, Red Gym, 716 Langdon Street. For information, visit the website. Monday, April 16 - Tuesday, April 17 Colloquium on Minority Languages and the Prevention of Social Exclusion. Sponsored by Curriculum & Instruction, Global Studies, LACIS, European Studies, and the WI Center for Education Research, among others. For information, visit the website. Bamako. Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako. As part of the 9th Annual Wisconsin Film Festival, April 12-15 (visit the WFF website here) The African Studies Program and Global Studies are sponsoring a screening of this film about a trial of the World Bank and the IMF, with African society represented by the many citizens who come to passionately speak about how international financial institutions have caused great harm to Africa. 11 am, Overture Center Capitol Theater. Visit the film guide for additional information and to purchase tickets. Friday,
April 13 Thursday, March 29 On Intersectionalities, Diasporas and Inequalities. State Policies and the U. S. Racial Wealth Divide: African Americans, Native Americans, Latinos and Asians. Rose Brewer, African American & African Studies, University of Minnesota. Sponsored by the Havens Center and Global Studies. 12:20pm, 8146 Social Science, 1180 Observatory Drive. For information, visit the website or email. Wednesday, March 28 On Intersectionalities, Diasporas and Inequalities. African Diasporas: Shifting Class, Nation, Gender, and Race Realities in the "New Global Order." Rose Brewer, African American & African Studies, University of Minnesota. Sponsored by the Havens Center and Global Studies. 4:00pm, 8417 Social Science, 1180 Observatory Drive. For information, visit the website or email. Tuesday, March 27 On Intersectionalities, Diasporas and Inequalities. Theory and Practice Binds in Intersectional Analyses: Race, Class, and Gender. Rose Brewer, African American & African Studies, University of Minnesota. Sponsored by the Havens Center and Global Studies. 4:00pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information, visit the website or email. Languages and Cultures of Asia Cultural Night: A Multicultural Extravaganza Celebrating Central, Southwest, South and Southeast Asia. An evening dance, drama, exhibition, fashion, music and more. Sponsored by Languages and Cultures of Asia (LCA), Global Studies, Global Connections, Center for South Asia, Center for Southeast Asia, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA), and the LCA Graduate Student Association. 4:00pm, Exhibition; 5:00pm, Performances, 240 Union South, 227 North Randall Avenue. For information, visit the website, email or call 262-3012. Monday, March 26 Globalization and International Labor Standards. Jean-François Trémeaud, Executive Director of the International Labor Organization. Sponsored by WAGE, the Governance Research Circle with support from the Division of International Studies, the International Institute and Global Studies, and the LaFollette School of Public Affairs. 12 noon-1:30pm, 206 Ingraham, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information, visit the website, email or call 265-8038. Global Dialogue: Global Health Epidemics: Whose Responsibility? An open discussion with global health experts and the audience. Sponsored by International Student Services (ISS) and Global Studies. 6-8:00pm, Chadbourne Hall Lounge, 420 N. Park Street. For information, visit the website. Friday, March 23 - Saturday, March 24 Kaleidoscope: The 3rd Annual Graduate Student Conference at the University of WI-Madison. Constructing Images of Self and Other. The processes, efforts and results surrounding the construction of self and other. Sponsored by Global Studies, Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies (LACIS), and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. 260 and 270 Union South, 227 N. Randall Avenue. For information, visit the website. Friday, March 23 - Saturday, March 24
Jenseits von Worten?: Translation,
Transfer, Transformation. 9th
Annual Graduate Student Conference. Sponsored by Global
Studies and the German and Dutch Student Association and
the Department of German. Friday, March 23 Sexuality, Violence and Cultural Imagination. Participants and topics include: Carol Siegel, Washington State, Goth’s Dark Empire; Peter Sigal, Duke, The Aztecs: Sexuality and the Ritualized Violence of the State; Neil Whitehead, Wisconsin,We Vampyrs: The Death of Ethnography and the Resurrection of Desire; among others. Sponsored by the Legacies of Violence Research Circle, the Division of International Studies, Global Studies, and the International Institute. 9am-5:30pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information, email. Wednesday, March 21 Caveat Emptor: Nigerians, African Americans and Free Market Society. Brenda Plummer, Department of History. Sponsored by the African Diaspora Research Circle, Global Studies, the Division of International Studies, and the International Institute. 3-5:00pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information, including the paper to read before the colloquium, visit the website, email or call 265-5851. Monday, March 19 - Tuesday, March 20 2007 Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies and International Education Conference: The Challenges of Citizenship and Literacy in a Global Society. Sponsored by the Friends of International Education, the International Institute, Global Studies, UW-Milwaukee, among others. Madison Marriott West Hotel, 1313 John Q. Hammonds Drive, Middleton, WI. For information or to register, visit the website or email. Wednesday, March 7 Of Parasites, Mutations and Plagues: The Art of the Novel. Jorge Volpi, Writer, Mexico City. Sponsored by Desencuentros, Global Studies, Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies (LACIS), and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, among others. 2:30pm, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street. For information, visit the website. Tuesday, March 6 - Saturday, March 10 Ibero-American Writers in the Era of Globalization. Escritores iberoamericanos en la era de la globalización. Prominent literary voices from Spain and Ibero-America will debate such topics as Violence and Literature in Latin America, Literature and Cinema, and Writing and Publishing in the Era of Globalization. Sponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Global Studies, Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program (LACIS), and the Border and Transcultural Studies Research Circle (BTCS), among others. March 6-10, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street. For information or to register, visit the website or email. Monday, March 5 Social Europe and the Future of the Welfare State. Workshop with Jane Jenson, University of Montreal; Mary Daly, Queen’s University, Belfast; Tamara Hervey, University of Sheffield Law School; Jonathan Zeitlin, UW-Madison. Sponsored by WAGE, European Union Center of Excellence (EUCE), FEMSEM (Sociology of Gender Brownbag), the Governance Research Circle, the Division of International Studies, the International Institute, Global Studies, and La Follette School of Public Affairs. 12 noon-4:30pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information, visit the website, email or call 265-8040. Saturday, March 3 UW International Experiment. An interactive role-playing game designed to simulate international relations and development around the world. Sponsored by Global Studies, International Student Services, WUD, and International Agricultural Programs, among others. Saturday, March 3, 9-3:00pm, Great Hall, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon Street. For information or to apply, visit the website or email. Friday, March 2 Islamic Law Symposium. Sponsored by the Lubar Institute, Global Legal Studies Center, the East Asian Legal Studies Center, the Middle East Studies Program, Global Studies, and the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE), among others. For information, visit the website or email. Thursday, February 22 Canceled
Wednesday, February 21 Monument, British Colonial State Governmentality and State Fetishism in Nigeria: Benedicet (Ben) Enwonwu's Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. African Diaspora and the Atlantic World Research Circle Talk. Freida High W. Tesfagiorgis, Department of Afro-American Studies. Please register to access the paper prior to the talk. Sponsored by the African Diaspora, the Atlantic World Research Circle, the Division of International Studies and Global Studies. 3-5:00pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information or to register, visit the website or email. Tuesday, February 20 Tailoring Your Resume for the International Marketplace. Sponsored by The Writing Center and Go Global! International Careers Web site. 4-5:30pm, location to be announced. For information, visit the website, email or call 265-6070. Monday, February 19 Making a Career in the International Organization & NGO Sector. A conversation with Florence Chenoweth, Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Liaison Office, United Nations. Dr Chenoweth will discuss her experience working with NGOs and the United Nations as well as providing some insight on beginning a career in the field. Sponsored by the African Studies Program with assistance from Global Studies. 12 noon - 1pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For more information email or call 265.6070. Thursday, February 15 Writing and the Colonial Archive. Rachel Holmes, biographer and author of "African Queen. The Real Life of the Hottentot Venus"; Yvette Christianse, author of "Unconfessed". Techniques for converting scant archival materials into stories that can reach mainstream audiences. Sponsored by Border and Transcultural Studies, Global Studies and the International Institute. 4:00pm, Room 7191, Helen C. White Hall, 600 North Park Street. For information, visit the website, email or call 773-386-4867. Study, Work and Volunteer Abroad Fair. Over 50 information tables for UW-Madison and non-UW Madison international programs. Sponsored by WI Union Directorate (WUD) Global Connections Committee, WI Union Travel Center, IAP, and STA Travel. 2:30-6:30pm, Great Hall, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon Street. For information, visit the website, email or call 265-5236. International Academic Internships Initiative (IAII) Student Information Session. Find out about the opportunities available through the new campus International Academic Internships Initiative for summer 2007. Learn about the application process, available internships, and all about this exceptional work and learning experience. 7-8:00pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information, visit the website or email. Wednesday, February 14 Multicultural Career Fair 2007. Over 55 local and national organizations that are very interested in recruiting for a variety of internships and jobs that will benefit students of diverse majors and backgrounds on campus. Pre-fair workshops and events to help students prepare for the fair. Sponsored by the Letters and Sciences/Human Ecology Career Services, the Multicultural Student Center and the School of Business. 3-6:00pm, Great Hall, Memorial Union, 800 Langdon Street. For information, visit the website, email or call 262-3921. Monday, February 12 Global Dialogue: The Role of Religion in Shaping Culture. Charles Cohen, History & Religious Studies. Sponsored by Global Studies, International Learning Community, International Student Services, and Wisconsin Union Directorate. 6-8:00pm, Chadbourne Hall Lounge, 420 North Park Street. For information, visit the website, email or call 262-2044. International Academic Internships Initiative (IAII) Student Information Session.Find out about the opportunities available through the new campus International Academic Internships Initiative for summer 2007. Learn about the application process, available internships, and all about this exceptional work and learning experience. 7:30-8:30pm, 1025 Engineering Centers Building, 1550 Engineering Drive. For information, visit the website or email. Wednesday, January 31 Global Studies Graduate Workshop. Forensic Witnessing in Michael Ondaatje's Anil's Ghost. Kim Rostan, English Department. Sponsored by Global Studies. 12 noon, location given upon RSVP. For information, visit the website, email or call 262-0646. International Academic Internships Initiative Information Session. Opportunities available through the new campus International Academic Internships Initiative (IAII) for Summer 2007. Bring your laptop to complete the application following the information session. IAII staff will be on hand to assist. 7-8:00pm, 1100 Grainger Hall (Morgridge Auditorium). For information, visit the website or email. Thursday, January 25 International Academic Internships Initiative Information Session. Opportunities available through the new campus International Academic Internships Initiative (IAII) for Summer 2007. Bring your laptop to complete the application following the information session. IAII staff will be on hand to assist. 6-7:00pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information, visit the website or email. Wednesday, January 24 A People "Intrepid to the Last Degree," A People Who, "Glorify in a Certain Independence": Maroon Societies and the Kromanti and Kisama Nations, 1500-1800. Jessica A. Krug, Graduate Student, Department of History. Symposium of the African Diaspora and the Atlantic World Research Circle. Cosponsored by Global Studies and the International Institute. 3-5:00 pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information, visit the website or email. 2006 Wednesday, December 13 International Academic Internships Initiative Information Session. Opportunities available through the new campus International Academic Internships Initiative (IAII) for Summer 2007. Bring your laptop to complete the application following the information session. IAII staff will be on hand to assist. 6-7:00pm, 2080 Grainger Hall, 975 University Avenue. For information, visit the website or email. Friday, December 8 21st-Century Approaches to Literature: Middle English. Medieval Translation and Postcolonial Theory. Michelle Warren, Comparative Literature, Dartmouth University. Sponsored by Border and Transcultural Studies, Global Studies and the International Institute. 11:00am, 7101 Helen C. White Hall, 600 N. Park Street. For information, visit the website, email or call 286-6861. Thursday, December 7 Creole Travels between the Medieval and the Modern: Paris World Fairs, 1889 - 1937. Border Studies Lecture. Michelle Warren, Comparative Literature, Dartmouth College. Sponsored by the Border and Transcultural Studies Research Circle, the Department of Comparative Literature, Global Studies and the International Institute. 5:00pm, 7191, Helen C. White Hall, 600 N. Park Street. For information, visit the website, email or call 286-6861. International Academic Internships Initiative Information Session. Opportunities available through the new campus International Academic Internships Initiative (IAII) for Summer 2007. Bring your laptop to complete the application following the information session. IAII staff will be on hand to assist. 6-7:00pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information, visit the website or email. Friday, December 1 Modernism and Modernity: Singular, Plural, and Alternative. Jed Esty, Department of English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sponsored by the Contemporary Literature Colloquium, the Modernisms/Modernities Colloquium, the Border and Transcultural Studies Research Circle, Global Studies, and the Cosmopolitan Culture, Cosmopolitan Histories Mellon Workshop. 12:30pm, 7101 Helen C. White Hall, 600 N. Park Street. For information, visit the website or email. Thursday, November 30 What's Global about Modernist Interiority? Narratives of Colonialism and Consciousness. Modernisms/Modernities Colloquium. Jed Esty, Department of English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; author of "A Shrinking Island: Modernism and National Culture in England" (2004) and co-editor of "Postcolonial Studies and Beyond" (2005). Sponsored by the Contemporary Literature Colloquium, the Border and Transcultural Studies Research Circle, and Global Studies, among others. 4:00pm, 7191 Helen C. White, 600 N. Park Street. For information, visit the website or email. Tuesday, November 21 International Academic Internships Initiative Information Session. Opportunities available through the new campus International Academic Internships Initiative (IAII) for Summer 2007. 6-7:00pm, 2080 Grainger Hall, 975 University Avenue. For information, visit the website or email. Monday, November 20 Transnational
Environmental Injustice and Grassroots Organizing: Lessons from
the US-Mexico Border Region. Cultural
Pluralism in a Global Age Lecture Series: Day of Events. Domingo
Gonzalez, Organizer, The Border Campaign, Brownsville, TX. Sponsored
by Pathways to Excellence and Global Studies. Memories from the Italian Civil War: Partisans, Fascists, Survivors of Nazi Massacres and the Shoah. Giovanni Contini, Director of Audiovisual Archives for the Region of Tuscany, Italy. Sponsored by the Center for European Studies (CES), the Center for German and European Studies (CGES), The Legacies of Violence Research Circle, Global Studies, and the Division of International Studies. 4:00pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information, visit the website, email or call 265-6295. Saturday, November 18 5th Annual International Children's and Young Adult Literature Celebration. Open a Door. Open a Book. Open Your Mind... to the World. Sponsored by the WI International Outreach Consortium (WIOC). Memorial Union, 800 Langdon Street. For information or to register, visit the website or email. Thursday, November 16 How to Govern Backward People: International Law and Nation Building in Historical Perspective. Law, War and Human Security. Anthony Anghie, Professor of Law, SJ Quinney College of Law, University of Utah. Sponsored by the Global Legal Studies, the International Institute, Global Studes, the Transnational Feminism Research Circle and the Political Science Department. 3:30pm, Lubar Commons, 7200 Law, 975 Bascom Mall. For information, visit the website, email or call 890 1395. Perceptions
of Portuguese: Marketing Low-Budget Independents for International
Distribution. Film Screening of "Festa" and discussion with
the Producer. Joe Sousa, producer. A documentary on the largest
Portuguese religious feast annually celebrated by Portuguese immigrants
and their descendants in Massachusetts. Sponsored by Media &
Cultural Studies, LACIS and Global Studies. Monday, November 13 International Academic Internships Initiative Information Session. Opportunities available through the new campus International Academic Internships Initiative (IAII) for Summer 2007. 6-7:00pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information, visit the website or email. Friday, November 10 & Saturday, November 11 'Coming to Terms' with Reconciliation - Critical Perspectives on the Practice, Politics, and Ethics of Transitional Justice: An Interdisciplinary Symposium. Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street. Symposium Website. This event is free and open to the public. Generously sponsored by the Global Studies Program, The Humanitarianism and World Order Research Circle, The African Studies Program, and the Rhetoric Group in the Department of Communication Arts. Friday, November 10 Peacekeepers as Signals: The Demand for International Peacekeeping in Civil Wars. Lisa Martin, Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs at Harvard University. Sponsored by WAGE, the International Institute Governance Circle, the Division of International Studies, the International Institute and Global Studies. 1:30-2:45pm, 336 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information, email or call 265-8038. Thursday, November 9 Where are the Women in the US War in Iraq? Why Does it Matter? Cynthia Enloe, Clark University, author of "Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics (2001)," among other books. Sponsored by Global Studies, Center for German & European Studies (CGES), the Transnational Feminisms Research Circle, Women's Studies Program and Research Center, and FEMSEM. 12 noon, On Wisconsin Room, Red Gym, 716 Langdon Street. For information, visit the website. Monday, November 6 Linguistic Human Rights Conference. 12:00 noon, English: A Lingua Franca or an Anglo-American Frankenstein? Robert Phillipson, 4:00 pm, Prerequisites for Linguistic Human Rights: Intellectual Games versus Respect for Language Identities. Tove Skutnabb-Kangas. 4:00 pm, Colloquium on Linguistic Human Rights: Language, Human Rights and Global Studies. Sponsored by Curriculum and Instruction, Division of International Studies, Language Institute, Global Studies, and CES, among others. 10am-5:30pm, more speakers, Red Gym, 716 Langdon Street. For information, visit the website or email. Tuesday, October 31 Cultural Pluralism in a Global Age: Day of Events. Evelyn Hu-Dehart, Professor of History and Director, Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, Brown University. Sponsored by Pathways to Excellence and the College of Letters and Science. Breakfast with the Speaker, 7:45-9:45am, Memorial Union (TITU), 800 Langdon Street. Graduate School Opportunities: Discussion, 10am-12 noon, 301 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. Lunch with the Speaker, 12 noon-1:30pm, 341 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive. For information, email. Monday, October 30 Immigration and Cultural Pluralism in a Transnational and Global Age. Evelyn Hu-Dehart, Professor of History and Director, Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, Brown University. Sponsored by Pathways to Excellence and the College of Letters and Science. 7-8:30pm, 5106 Social Science Building, 1180 Observatory Drive. For information, email. Wednesday, October 25 Global Dialogue: A Workshop for Graduate Students. Formerly 'Global Studies Dissertators Workshop.' A low-pressure monthly forum for graduate students interested in global issues to discuss and refine their work. Registration required. Sponsored by Global Studies. 12 noon-1:00pm, location provided upon registration. For information or to register, visit the website or email. Saturday, October 21 The Art of Truth Telling About Authoritarian Rule. Wisconsin Book Festival. Ksenija Bilbija, Spanish and Portuguese; Jo Ellen Fair, Journalism and Mass Communication; Leigh Payne, Political Science. Editors discuss their book. 6-6:50pm, Wisconsin Studio/Overture, 501 State Street. For information, visit the website. Friday, October 20 & Saturday, October 21 The Politics of Consumption/The Consumption of Politics. The intersection of consumer and civic culture is not only an important issue in academic circles, but animates the conversations of politicians, social activists, and public-minded citizens. In response to these developments, the Consumer Culture and Civic Participation group is hosting a conference on October 19 - 21, 2006 entitled "The Politics of Consumption/The Consumption of Politics." This conference will be held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and will bring together scholars from around the world to share their research and discuss issues of media, consumption, politics, and civic life. The conference will be organized around common interests in the hope that the sharing of research insights and perspectives will encourage future scholarly collaborations. Organized by faculty and graduate students within the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Co-sponsored with support from the Department of Communication Arts; the Department of Marketing; the Department of Political Science; the Center for Communication and Democracy; the Center for European Studies; the Center for German and European Studies; the Center for International Business Education and Research; the Center for Politics; the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE); and the Global Studies Program. Underwritten by a grant from the Journal Foundation/Walter J. Clara Charlotte Damm Fund. For information visit the website. Friday, October 20 The Politics of Consumption/The Consumption of Politics. Media, consumption, politics, and civic life. Sponsored by European Studies, Global Studies, the Mass Communications Research Center, the Center for Communication and Democracy, the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE), and CES, among many others. 9:00am, through Oct. 21, Parliamentary Room (4070) & Room 4028, Vilas Hall, 821 University Avenue. For information, visit the website, email or call 265-6295. Thursday, October 19 Everyday Heroes and Heroines are the Common People: A look at the Wizard of the Crow. Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Kenyan novelist and Director of the International Center for Writing and Translation at UC-Irvine. Sponsored by AWB, African Studies, Global Studies, and ALL, among others. 7:30-9:00pm, Harambee Center, 2202 S. Park Street. For information, visit the website, email or call 226-0535. Wednesday, October 18 Ngugi wa
Thiong’o: Wizard of the Crow. Wisconsin
Book Festival. Sponsored by AWB, African Studies, Global Studies,
and ALL, among others. 3:30-4:30pm, Wisconsin Studio/Overture Center,
501 State Street. For information, visit
the website, email
or call 226-0535. Fighting Back: The Pen and the Gun. Wisconsin Book Festival. Panel discussion with Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Bill Ayers, and Bernardine Dohrn. Sponsored by AWB, African Studies, Global Studies, and ALL, among others. 5-6:30pm, Wisconsin Studio/ Overture Center, 501 State Street. For information, visit the website, email or call 226-0535. Tuesday, October 17 The African Writer and the Western Canon. Discussion with Prof. Tejumola Olaniyan, English Department. Sponsored by AWB, African Studies, Global Studies, and ALL, among others. 4-5:30pm, 6191 Helen C. White, 600 N. Park Street. For information, visit the website, email or call 226-0535. Monday, October 16 Theater, Nation, and Culture: A Conversation with Ngugi wa Thiong’o. Moderated by Aparna Dharwadker, Theater Department. Sponsored by Towards an Africa Without Borders (TAWB), African Studies, Global Studies, and African Languages and Literature (ALL), among others. 1:30-2:30pm, 4010 Vilas Hall, 821 University Avenue. For information, visit the website, email or call 226-0535. The Writing of Wizard of the Crow. Conversation between Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Prof. Dean Makuluni, English Department. Sponsored by AWB, African Studies, Global Studies, and ALL, among others. 5-6:30pm, 7191 Helen C. White, 600 N. Park Street. For information, visit the website, email or call 226-0535. Thursday, September 28 Local Democracy Convention: The Community Power Road to Democracy. Featuring presenters from around the US and the world, including Uruguay, Brazil, the UK, the Philippines, and the mayor of Caracas, Venezuela, Juan Barreto. Sponsored by The Havens Center and Global Studies. Through October 1. For information or to register, visit the website. Wednesday,
September 27 Monday, September 11 Perspectives
on a Post-9/11 World.
A Panel Discussion with UW faculty. Vicki
Bier, Industrial Engineering; Scott Mobley, Naval Science; Jon Pevehouse,
Political Science; Jeremi Suri, History. Moderated by Alison Alter,
Associate Director of the Center for World Affairs and the Global
Economy. Opening Remarks by Gilles Bousquet, Dean of International
Studies. Presentations will cover: How 9/11 has challenged our notions
of security, altered our foreign policy, affected the military;
limits on presidential power in a time of crisis; how the public
support for the War on Terror has evolved; how the risks of terrorism
compare to other threats. Sponsored by WAGE, Global Studies, the
Division of International Studies and the Global Security Initiative,
among others.
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