Past Events
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Oct 21Finding a Voice Under Dictatorship: I Must Betray You with Ruta Sepetys | October International Book ClubOnline Register Here
Set in Romania in 1989, this book follows seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu, an aspiring writer blackmailed by the secret police into becoming an informer. As communist regimes crumble across Europe, Cristian risks everything to expose the truth about life under Nicolae Ceaușescu’s dictatorship. Sepetys brings to light a lesser-known chapter of European history while highlighting the resilience …
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Oct 20The Geopolitics of the Middle East in the Wake of the Iran War | MCFRAmbassador Elizabeth Richard
Liberty Room @ Hilton Madison Monona Terrace Register Here($)
Tuesday, October 20, Ambassador Elizabeth Richard will speak on the current situation in Lebanon, and its implications for the geopolitics of the broader Middle East. Ambassador Elizabeth Richard knows the politics of Lebanon and the geopolitics of the Middle East from the inside. She served as U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon from 2016 until 2020; and served as …
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Oct 19Diplomacy Matters: A Conversation with Ambassador Elizabeth RichardAmbassador Elizabeth Richard
Looking to learn more about careers in diplomacy and international affairs? IRIS Global Connect is excited to welcome Ambassador Elizabeth Richards for an upcoming career conservation, moderated by our own Hunter Vierck. Richard brings decades of experience in the U.S. Foreign Service, including her work as a U.S Ambassador to Lebanon. During the conversation, she …
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Oct 19A Different Pond | Children’s International Story Hour @ Imagination Center LibraryImagination Center Library, 1814 Parkside Dr Madison, WI 53704
Now for the second year, the Madison Public Library has partnered with IRIS Global Connect and the Wisconsin International Resource Consortium to bring the world to YOU through the Children’s International Story Hour (CISH)! CISH will be in the new Imagination Center Library from 4-5pm on the third Monday of every month, October-May (except December-January). This will be …
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Oct 9Boren Awards Info SessionStudy Abroad Resource Center(3rd Floor, Red Gym) More Information Here
Interested in studying a less commonly taught language? The Boren Awards provide up to $25,000 for students to pursue critical language study abroad. Boren Award recipients gain valuable intensive language training while also building a pathway toward a career in the federal government. Following graduation, recipients commit to at least one year of federal service …
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Oct 8“Foreign” Black Women: Confronting Xenophobic Antiblackness GloballyLorgia García Peña
Join us Thursday, October 8th for a conversation with scholar and author Dr. Lorgia García-Peña on the ways in which antiblackness and xenophobia intersect the Global North producing categories of exclusion that lead to violence and erasure. Dr. Lorgia García-Peña, Nave Visiting Scholar, is a writer, activist and scholar who specializes in Latinx Studies with a focus …
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Oct 7Wake Now In The FireJarrett Dapier
Central Library, Community Rooms 301 & 302 More Information Here
While in Madison, Jarrett Dapier will also be visiting East High School to discuss Wake Now In The Fire and the power of literacy and organizing with high school students. Wake Now in the Fire is a fictionalized account of a true event that galvanized a community, based on extensive interviews with the real-life students and …
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Oct 7CANCELED | Twice Colonized: Teaching on Greenland, Colonialism, and Indigenous RightsAviaja Larsen and Lars Lerche
Online Register
Join us for the October Film Club featuring Twice Colonized, a documentary following renowned Inuit lawyer and activist Aaju Peter. A fierce protector of her ancestral lands in the Arctic, Aaju works to defend the human rights of Indigenous peoples and establish a permanent Indigenous forum at the European Union. At the same time, she …
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Oct 6Anti-Muslim Bigotry in America: Where it Comes From and What to Do About ItKecia Ali
Alumni Lounge, Pyle Center Register Here
Join the J. Jobe and Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa Lecture for a keynote discussion on “Anti-Muslim Bigotry in America: Where it Comes From and What to Do About It.” This year’s lecture will feature Kecia Ali, Professor of Religion and Director of the Muslim Studies Program at Boston University. Her research ranges from Islam’s formative period …
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Sep 29UW Study Abroad FairGordon Dining & Event Center More Information Here!
Don’t miss UW Madisons Annual Study Abroad Fair, Tuesday, September 29th! The fair is a great way to learn the basics of the study abroad planning process, explore programs, international internships, research opportunities, and more. You can even explore how to fund your experience abroad and begin to focus your search to find the program …