Institute for Regional and International Studies
The Wisconsin Film Festival turns 25 this year! Presented over eight days, from Thursday April 13 through Thursday, April 20, 2023 IRIS NRC is excited to sponsor three different films over the course of the festival! Be sure to check out the festival’s full listings and tickets by visiting their ticketing website. Tickets are free …
UW–Madison’s Institute for Regional and International Studies National Resource Center is delighted to welcome Foreign Service Officer Lachlyn Soper to campus as its Spring 2023 International Visiting Practitioner in Residence. Lachlyn Soper is a diplomat with the U.S. Department of State, with nearly 20 years of experience in public service. She most recently served at …
IRIS NRC wants to send educators who have not previously attended WCSS to the Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies (WCSS) Conference: Many Voices, One Wisconsin (March 10-12, 2023). If you are an educator who has never attended the annual WCSS conference, please fill out the form below. Applications close Friday, January 27, 11:59pm. WCSS …
Join the Peace Corps Thursday, November 17, 2022 4:00-5:00pm as they discuss public health in foreign countries! Public health specialists are needed to address issues of global maternal and child health, nutrition and hygiene, infections and vaccine-preventable diseases, and more. Hear from Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCV) who served in the Health sector in different …
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UW–Madison’s Human Rights Program is delighted to welcome Ambassador Dessima Williams to campus as its inaugural Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Human Rights. Ambassador Williams has served as Permanent Representative of Grenada to the United Nations, 2009-2013 and as the Chair of the Alliance of Small Island Developing States (AOSIS) leading a 40-island global climate change …
We are excited to welcome screendance practitioner, lecturer, and body percussionist Omari ‘Motion’ Carter to campus April 7–15, 2022 through the International Visiting Artist Program (IVAP). Omari’s residency will include participation as a presenter at State of the Art: the 2022 International Symposium on Screendance (April 10–13), a guest filmmaker at the Wisconsin Film Festival (April 7–14), and a teacher, …
The Human Rights Program is hosting a Virtual RoundTable on Law and Human Rights in Ukraine, on Tuesday, 3/29/22, at noon central time. We invite you to attend this important event involving our accomplished advisory board member Sara McKinnon. You can read more about Sara here. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia raises many legal, …