Institute for Regional and International Studies
In the 2020-2021 academic year, IRIS NRC was pleased to provide funding for guest lecturers to present on transregional themes in various courses at UW–Madison. April 22, 2021 Michael Barnett presented a guest lecture “Humanitarianism: Then and Now” to 10 students of Professor Jon Pevehouse’s course Public Affairs 850- international Governance in the Master of …
Register Speakers: The panel will be moderated by Dr. Mou Banerjee from UW–Madison. About the panel Our community continues to be touched by Middle East displacements and conflicts with the latest development in Afghanistan and the ongoing Afghan refugee crisis. Given the urgency of this issue, we are honored to host this meaningful and pressing …
Register Amer Zahr, founder and producer of the annual 1001 Laughs Ramallah Comedy Festival, is a rising star in both the US and the Middle East. Amer is an Arab-American comedian, speaker, political activist, writer, and adjunct professor at the University of Detroit, Mercy School of Law. “Comedy is my form of protest,” says Amer! Join us for …
Global Trade Amidst Tension and Transition: Supply Chain Shifts in Asia Adam R. Sitkoff, Executive Director, American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham), Hanoi, Vietnam Thursday, September 23, 2021, 5:30 pm 4151 Grainger Hall (Directors’ Room) There is no cost for the event but pre-registration is required. Please email Elizabeth Mander emander@wsb.wisc.edu to register. Please specify your affiliation with any of …
October 28, 2021 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm Join via zoom Panelists will discuss contemporary refugee issues, including Afghans in Wisconsin, what happened with Haitian refugees in Del Rio, Texas, and more. Panelists Erin Barbato (Law), Nevine El-Nossery (French and Italian), Jenna M. Loyd (Geography), B. Venkat Mani (German, Nordic, and Slavic+), and Sara McKinnon (Communication …
The application for the 2024-2025 Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships is now open. FLAS fellowships are funded by the U.S. Department of Education to assist students in acquiring foreign language proficiency. IRIS NRC awards FLAS fellowships for Summer and/or Academic Year for the study of Arabic, Hebrew, Indonesian, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Swahili, …
Dr. Frances Vavrus, Vice Provost and Dean of the International Division, University of Wisconsin- Madison will be in Washington DC in November as a guest of the US Department of Education. Dean Vavrus will be speaking at and moderating an in-person panel “Raise the Bar: Advancing Careers through Multilingual Education.” The November 15th panel will mark …
Recent UW–Madison graduate Andrew Kline (Linguistics and Middle East Studies) arrived in Timor-Leste in early October to begin his Peace Corps service as an education volunteer. During his time at UW–Madison, Andrew received a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship from IRIS NRC for the study of Arabic, and studied abroad in Amman, Jordan. …
UW–Madison Senior Audrey Thibert joined over 40 other Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellows in Washington, D.C. for the Pulitzer Center’s 9th annual Washington Weekend. The three days of learning and community building centered around the work of Reporting Fellows from across the United States reporting on issues from global health and climate change to gender and …
The Institute for Regional and International Studies National Resource Center (IRIS NRC) is offering course development funds (up to $1,500 per grant) for faculty to develop new First-Year Interest Groups (FIGs) for Fall 2024 or Fall 2025. The FIGs should address topics related broadly to Human Rights, Global Peace and Security, Global Economy, International Education, …