Past Events
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Feb 17Tales from Planet Earth Presents Wild & Scenic: 2024 RewindMarquee Cinema, Union South | 1308 W. Dayton Street, Madison Register Here
Join the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies for a special screening of six films from the 2024 Wild & Scenic Film Festival. A “film festival by activists for activists,” Wild & Scenic showcases stories that inspire environmental action and celebrate the beauty of our planet.
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Feb 17Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (WIPCS) – Call for PapersThe Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (WIPCS) invites students, academics, and activists to the Marquette University campus in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for a one-day conference with an opening plenary the evening before.
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Feb 15Movies of Liberation Film Fest – Our Lady of the Chinese ShopUW Cinematheque More Information
The African Studies Program, in collaboration with the Black Cultural Center, continues the celebration of Black History Month with the Movies of Liberation Film Fest. This film fest focuses on new and old films that center the liberation struggles and life after independence in Portuguese- speaking Africa. Venues Sterling Hall (475 N Charter St, Madison, …
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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 5Pacific Power Paradox: Understanding Asia’s Global InfluenceVirtual Register
Join author Van Jackson for a thought-provoking discussion about his latest book, Pacific Power Paradox: American Statecraft and the Fate of the Asian Peace. Jackson explores the "Asian Peace," a period of relative stability in the Asia-Pacific region since 1979, and critically examines the United States’ role as both a stabilizing force and a source of tension.
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Feb 4An Evening with Amer Zahr: Being Arab in AmericaAmer Zahr
Memorial Union | Shannon Hall More Information
The Wisconsin Union Directorate Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS) will be hosting author and activist Amer Zahr on Tuesday, February 4th, 2025, from 7pm-8:30pm for a free campus and community lecture! Tickets are free, and can be found on the campus arts ticketing page. About Amer Zahr Zahr’s 2014 book “Being Palestinian Makes Me Smile” showcases his …
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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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Feb 4Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship – Application Workshop206 Ingraham
The FLAS application for the summer 2025 and academic year 2025-2026 awards is now open! The application deadline is 11:59 p.m. Central Time on Friday, February 14, 2025.
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Feb 1The Sounds of Liberation Dance Party: DJ Boima TuckerDJ Boima Tucker
716 Langdon St, Madison, WI 53706 Register
The African Studies Program, in collaboration with the Black Cultural Center, kicks-off Black History Month with the DJ’d Dance Party, featuring the Sounds of Liberation from Portuguese speaking Africa (Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe). Host: DJ Boima Tucker Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm Venue: Black Cultural Center, 716 Langdon St, Madison, WI 53706 …
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Jan 28Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship – Application Workshop
206 Ingraham
The FLAS application for the summer 2025 and academic year 2025-2026 awards is now open! The application deadline is 11:59 p.m. Central Time on Friday, February 14, 2025.