The unthinkable is Scott Straus’ stock-in-trade. The barbarity and righteous conceit that spawns genocide is his research focus, and Straus, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is using his expertise to help …
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Moroccan pioneer in women’s rights to speak on aftermath of Arab Spring
From the Division of International Studies Fatima Sadiqi, who founded a women’s NGO working on family law reforms and women’s rights in her native Morocco, will speak on “North African Women’s Rights in the Aftermath …
Teaching Assistants Needed for Spring 2013
Each semester hundreds of students enroll in the course, Africa: An Introductory Survey which is cross-listed in African Languages and Literature, Afro-American Studies, Anthropology, Geography, History, Political Science, and Sociology. Graduate students with teach experience …
Boren Scholarships and Fellowships and the African Languages Initiative
The applications for the 2013-2014 David L. Boren Scholarships and Fellowships are now available. Boren Awards provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to study in Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, …
Ambassador John Hirsch meets with African Studies graduate students
John L. Hirsch (History PhD’65) met with graduate students from History, Political Science, Geography, and Development Studies to discuss their research topics. As a former U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone in the 1990s and having …
El Nossery on “Témoignages fictionnels”
“Témoignages fictionnels au féminin. Une réécriture des blancs de la guerre civile algérienne” is Nevine El Nossery, assistant professor in the Department of French and Italian, most recent book to be published by Rodopi. Details …
Rob Nixon wins American Book Award
“Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor” by Rob Nixon, UW-Madison professor of English and environmental studies and affiliate of the African Studies Program, has been named a 2012 American Book Award winner. Whether …
Graduate Student International Field Research Awards
Sponsored by the Division of International Studies, these awards enable PhD students to conduct exploratory summer field research abroad in order to develop their dissertation topics and be more competitive for extramural fellowships. Awards are …
Global House Party to celebrate Peace Corps
The Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Wisconsin-Madison and the Peace Corps Campus Recruiting Office at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are hosting a Global House Party to celebrate the anniversary of congressional action to create the …
Journal of Undergraduate International Studies Accepting Submissions
The Journal of Undergraduate International Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is currently accepting submissions for its Fall 2012 issue. The journal seeks to publish the best undergraduate work across the country related to international …