Institute for Regional and International Studies
Last week, the 53rd Session of the Wisconsin High School Model United Nations Conference (WHSMUN) convened at UW–Madison for the annual two day event. Co-sponsored by the IRIS NRC, the conference featured newly introduced committees, including the Special Political and Decolonization Fourth Main Committee, the re-established Council of the European Union, and the inaugural Historic …
UW–Madison graduate Andrew Kline (Linguistics and Middle East Studies ’23) arrived in Timor-Leste in October 2023 to begin his Peace Corps service as an education volunteer. While at UW–Madison, Andy received a Foreign Language and Areas Studies (FLAS) Fellowship from IRIS NRC to study Arabic, which allowed him to study abroad in Amman, Jordan. Since arriving in …
The Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellowship is open to undergraduate and graduate degree-seeking 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 …
UW–Madison graduate Andrew Kline (Linguistics and Middle East Studies ’23) arrived in Timor-Leste in October 2023 to begin his Peace Corps service as an education volunteer. While at UW–Madison, Andy received a Foreign Language and Areas Studies (FLAS) Fellowship from IRIS NRC to study Arabic, which allowed him to study abroad in Amman, Jordan. Since …
The Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (WIPCS) is excited to announce the Call for Papers for its 2025 conference, hosted by Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.