Institute for Regional and International Studies
In an expansion of the African Story Hour experience, Madison Public Library has partnered with The Institute for Regional and International Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in collaboration with Wisconsin Public Libraries to bring the world to YOU through the brand-new Children’s International Story Hour! Each session this fall will take place at Pinney Library and will …
by Jacob Sorrells, LACIS M.A. student In March, LACIS was pleased to welcome saxophonist and author, Dr. Benjamin Barson, and award-winning vocalist and guitarist, Gizelxanath Rodriguez to campus for a week-long artists-in-residency which featured a variety of special events including a public lecture, live musical performance and book talk, undergraduate classroom visits, and workshop at Lodi High …
Last week, the 53rd Session of the Wisconsin High School Model United Nations Conference (WHSMUN) convened at UW–Madison for the annual two day event. Co-sponsored by the IRIS NRC, the conference featured newly introduced committees, including the Special Political and Decolonization Fourth Main Committee, the re-established Council of the European Union, and the inaugural Historic …
On December 2, 2023, the Wisconsin International Resource Consortium (WIRC) hosted the International Children’s Literature Celebration: Folk and Fairy Tales. Over 30 Wisconsin preservice and current educators and librarians came to Madison to learn more about folklore and fairy tales from European, Lebanese, Mexican, and Hmong traditions. The daylong event featured a keynote lecture and …