African Studies Program

Delehanty to lead the UW’s Institute for Regional and International Studies

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Jim Delehanty served as associate of the African Studies Program since 1995. When he started the program was still housed on the fourteenth floor of Van Hise Hall (Photo courtesy of StoryCorps)

Jim Delehanty, ASP’s long-serving Associate Director, begins a new position this summer as the Executive Director of the Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS). IRIS will replace the International Institute as the umbrella for the area studies centers at the UW-Madison. IRIS will be housed within the UW’s International Division.

Read more about the renaming of the International Institute and its renewed mission.

Check out the photos from open house celebrating Delehanty’s contributions to the African Studies Program.