Past Event Category: Guest Lecture
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Mar 21Documenting Energy Transition: Addressing New Waves of Structural Violence in IndonesiaDandhy Laksono
206 Ingraham Hall Learn More
As one of the fastest growing economies in Asia, Indonesia is facing serious challenges with its dependence on fossil fuels for its energy source. Yet with climate change and the global environmental concerns around energy transition, President Jokowi pledged that Indonesia would reach net-zero emissions by 2060 or sooner and begin to shift away …
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Mar 19From Education For All to Scholasticide: The Rise and Fall of the Global Liberal Education OrderDr. Mario Novelli
159 Education Bldg - Wisconsin Idea Room
The Department of Educational Policy Studies is delighted to host, "From Education For All to Scholasticide: The Rise and Fall of the Global Liberal Education Order," with Dr. Mario Novelli, Professor in the Political Economy of Education at the University of Sussex.
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Mar 5American Politics and Society – The Rise of Illiberalism – A Black Critique PerspectiveAnthony Bogues
Zoom Register
Anthony Bogues (Ph.D., 1994, Political Theory, University of the West Indies, Mona) is a writer, scholar, curator, and the Director of the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice; Professor of Africana Studies, Royce Professor of Teaching Excellence (2004-2007); and currently the Asa Messer Professor of Humanities and Critical Theory. He is also an …
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Mar 5The China-Morocco Relation: From Third World Internationalism to Strategic HedgingZaynab El Bernoussi
Ingraham 336 More Information
Sino-Moroccan relations go back to the late 1950s, capturing a rise in Third World solidarity. However, these relations quickly faded away by the mid-1960s with Morocco’s pro-West focus. With the BRI, China has been catching up with the Maghrebi state in multiple fronts, including becoming its third-largest trading partner. This research looks at key developments …
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Feb 25RISE: Exploring Possibilities for Global Research on Climate Change and HealthDr. Allen, Dr. Wendland, and Dr. Abadie
1333 Sterling
Join us for a discussion on the health impacts of climate change, inspired by the Wisconsin RISE initiative.
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Feb 11How to address migrant kidnapping in Mexico and extortion in the USJoy Olson
Ingraham 206, or on Zoom Register (zoom)
Joy Olson is a human rights expert and former Director of the Washington Office on Latin American (WOLA). Joy’s presentation will discuss the problem of migrant kidnapping in Mexico, where extortion payments are demanded of family members in the US. Her presentation will explore ways to to address the problem. This is a hybrid lecture; …
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Feb 4What Good Is the National Interest? Rethinking the Roots of Peace, Democracy, and WarVan Jackson
Online Register
The concept of the “national interest” has become an under-appreciated source of global insecurity. Not because there is anything intrinsically wrong with people having interests that must be preserved, promoted, or protected. Rather, the “national interest” as such obscures whose interests are served (and harmed) by the efforts of policy elites to secure the state. …
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Dec 2How Bureaucrats Culturally Entrench Inequalities in Refugee ResettlementJake Watson
206 Ingraham Register Here
Join IRIS NRC on December 2nd at 11:00am in 206 Ingraham for the next event in our Global Dialogues series, "How Bureaucrats Culturally Entrench Inequalities in Refugee Resettlement," with Jake Watson.
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Oct 16Shared Values, Distinct Roles: The Council of Europe & the European UnionDr. Reut Paz
UW-Madison Law School, Lubar Commons (7200 Law) More Information
Join Dr. Reut Paz of the Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany, for a discussion on “Shared Values, Distinct Roles: The Council of Europe & the European Union.” This event is part of the speaker series, “International Organizations and You.” Dr. Paz is a visiting professor at UW Law School. She specializes in international law, European law, …
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Oct 2Gaza Apocalypse: Causes and ConsequencesMouin Rabbani
Online Register Here
The Havens Wright Center, the Middle East Studies Program at UW–Madison, and World BEYOND War – Madison are presenting this event in collaboration with IRIS NRC. Mouin Rabbani is a researcher, analyst, and commentator specialising in Palestinian affairs, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the contemporary Middle East. He has among other positions previously served as Principal …