Past Events
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Oct 9How to Navigate College: What I Wish I Had Known…336 Ingraham Hall
Set Yourself Up for Success! By attending this 4-week workshop, you will leave equipped with the skills to… Communicate with your TAs and professors, Learn how to engage both inside and outside of the classroom, and Identify when to dig deeper and when to ask for help Join a community of your peers as we …
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Oct 9Writing and Publishing from LuandaNdalu de Almeida (Ondjaki)
206 Ingraham More Information
In this talk, Ondjaki will discuss his writing and publishing practice, working with other writers and creatives to publish new work, and running a bookstore and cultural space in Luanda. Networks between writers, readers, and artists throughout Angola and with those based in other countries are an important part of the vitality of the current …
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Oct 3Chips war? The Geopolitics of Global Electronics ProductionIRIS NRC Presents: Global Dialogues with Author Henry Wai-chung Yeung
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Semiconductor chips can be found in almost every technology that is essential to modern life, from cars, to ventilators, to smartphones. No wonder then, that a shortage of these silicon wafers during the pandemic generated new anxieties and about how, and more importantly where, they are produced. Professor Henry Wai-chung Yeung (National University of Singapore), author of Interconnected …
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Oct 2Gaza Apocalypse: Causes and ConsequencesMouin Rabbani
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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 …
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Oct 2How to Navigate College: Resources & Problem-Solving
336 Ingraham Hall
Set Yourself Up for Success! By attending this 4-week workshop, you will leave equipped with the skills to… Communicate with your TAs and professors, Learn how to engage both inside and outside of the classroom, and Identify when to dig deeper and when to ask for help Join a community of your peers as we …
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Sep 30Refuge: How the State Shapes Human Potential, with Heba GowayedHeba Gowayed
8417 Social Sciences
Join Heba Gowayed for a discussion on how the human capital of Syrian refugees is affected by receiving states' incorporation policies!
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Sep 25The History and Future of Drinking Water with James SalzmanIRIS NRC Presents: Global Dialogues with Author James Salzman
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How has the way that societies think about drinking water changed over time? How are these changing ideas related to different strategies for managing access to water? Professor James Salzman (Duke University), author of Drinking Water: A History, joins us to discuss the global past and future of one of the essential requirements for human life.
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Sep 20Reclaiming Haiti’s Futures: Returned Intellectuals, Placemaking, and Radical ImaginationDarlène Dubuisson
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IRIS NRC is proud to co-sponsor the EPS Network for International and Comparative Education’s Fall series. We hope that you join us for the first of five events: “Reclaiming Haiti’s Futures: Returned Intellectuals, Placemaking, and Radical Imagination,” with Darlène Dubuisson. Reclaiming Haiti’s Futures follows two generations of Haitian scholars who returned home aftercrises to drive …
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Sep 12Autocratic Genderwashing: Women’s Rights as Authoritarian StrategiesPär Zetterberg with Monica Komer (discussant)
Ogg Room in North Hall (Room 422) Comparative Politics Colloquium
Join Pär Zetterberg with discussant Monica Komer at the Political Science Comparative Colloquium (CPC) for a discussion on “Autocratic Genderwashing: Women’s Rights as Authoritarian Strategies.” The CPC is a workshop that invites outside speakers, faculty members, and graduate students to present their work and receive feedback. About Pär Zetterberg Pär Zetterberg’s research lies within the …
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Sep 5The Missing Revolution: Forms and Outcomes of Anti-systemic Explosions, 2010-2020Zoom and Sewell Social Science Building, Room 8108 Register Here
The Havens Wright Center for Social Justice will be inviting journalist, Vincent Bevins, to campus for a hybrid lecture in partnership with IRIS NRC & the Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies (LACIS) program at UW–Madison. Register Here About Vincent Bevins Vincent Bevins is an American journalist and writer. He has worked as a reporter …