Institute for Regional and International Studies
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 …
IRIS NRC wants to send educators to the 2024 Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies (WCSS) Conference! WCSS Annual Conference: The Power of Social Studies March 15-17, 2024 | Madison Concourse Educators attending WCSS for the first time will be given priority consideration. Applications close Sunday, February 11, 11:59pm (previously February 4). IRIS NRC is …
In memory of Scott Kloeck-Jenson, a scholar dedicated to global peace and justice, the Institute for Regional and International Studies annually offers two awards: the SKJ Pre-Dissertation Travel Fellowships to support overseas travel to potential field research sites for doctoral students and the SKJ International Internship Fellowships to support graduate students (working towards a doctorate) interested in undertaking practitioner internships.
The Institute for Regional and International Studies National Resource Center (IRIS NRC), a unit in the UW–Madison’s Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS), and part of the International Division, has an opening for a .5 FTE graduate student project assistant for the Spring Semester 2024. IRIS NRC will hire this 50% Project Assistant for …