Institute for Regional and International Studies
Over 240 middle and high school students arrived at the Barrymore Theatre in Madison on Friday, April 5 for World Cinema Day, hosted by the Wisconsin International Resource Consortium (WIRC) and the Wisconsin Film Festival. World Cinema Day, held annually, brings middle and high school students and teachers to Madison for a free screening of …
The annual conference of the Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies (WCSS) was held at the Madison Concourse Hotel between March 15th and March 17th 2024. The theme of this year’s conference was “The Power of Social Studies” and brought over 200 social studies teachers from across Wisconsin to downtown Madison. Several IRIS NRC staff …
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The Center for European Studies at UW–Madison will be hosting Dr. Ana Catalano of the University of Bath on Friday, March 8th at 5:30PM in the Pyle Center for her lecture, “Lessons from the Fast Track to Women’s Inclusion in Europe: When and How Quotas Lead to Policy Change.” Dr. Catalano will present on her …
The Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellowship is open to undergraduate and graduate students in any discipline currently enrolled at UW–Madison, and provides up to $5,000 in funding for students to pursue an international reporting project. The reporting project is generally undertaken in the summer with an expectation that fellows spend at least two weeks in their …
Conflict & Peacebuilding in a World of Environmental Challenge Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies Annual Spring Conference Friday, April 5, 2024 | Edgewood College, Madison, WI Edgewood College and the Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies invite students, academics, and activists to the Edgewood College campus for a one-day conference on the …
IRIS NRC is partnering with Release Peace, an International Affairs Magazine and NGO, that works with organizations focusing in conflict and armed violence prevention. Most of Release Peace’s audience works at NGOs and organizations like the UN and EU. You can learn more about Release Peace’s work on their website. With IRIS NRC’s new partnership …
By Eleanor Conrad and Essie Lenchner Feb. 2, 2024 On January 8, staff from the UW Madison International Division and College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) visited Waterford Union High School to talk with the students about opportunities to study and work abroad. The team engaged high school students in a discussion on language …
The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) will be having their annual Global Day conference this year on Tuesday, February 27th from 11:30AM-4:30PM at Union South! Participants will have a chance to share posters highlighting their international research and international experience’s as a whole at a dedicated session during Tuesday’s event. You can submit …
On December 2, 2023, the Wisconsin International Resource Consortium (WIRC) hosted the International Children’s Literature Celebration: Folk and Fairy Tales. Over 30 Wisconsin preservice and current educators and librarians came to Madison to learn more about folklore and fairy tales from European, Lebanese, Mexican, and Hmong traditions. The daylong event featured a keynote lecture and …