The Institute for Regional and International Studies National Resource Center (IRIS NRC), a unit in the UW-Madison’s Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS), and part of the International Division, has an opening for a …
Year: 2023
IRIS NRC Honored with Prestigious Anthony J. Gradisnik Award for Exceptional Contributions to Language Education and Global Learning
IRIS NRC is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the highly esteemed Anthony J. Gradisnik Award by the Wisconsin Association for Language Teachers (WAFLT). The prestigious award was presented to Essie Lenchner, IRIS NRC’s Assistant Director, at the WAFLT Fall Conference Awards Ceremony held on November 3rd, 2023, at the Hilton Paper Valley Hotel in Appleton, Wisconsin.
Indian Matchmaking, Caste, and the South Asian Diaspora with Yashica Dutt
February 25, 2021 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Zoom link Yashica Dutt is a leading anti-caste journalist and the author of Coming Out as Dalit. She spent a decade covering arts, culture, and fashion in New Delhi and …
University Action in the Face of Climate Change: The Case of UW Fossil Fuel Divestment
February 26, 2021 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm UW Madison faculty will vote in March about whether to encourage the university’s private foundation to divest from fossil fuel companies. On Friday, Professor Steph Tai from the …
Indo-Caribbean Migration, Cultural Continuity, Change and Identity Formation
March 4, 2021 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Zoom link Between 1838 and 1920 western colonial governments transported about 500,000 indentured Asians from India to the Caribbean. The arrival of these indentured laborers was in response …
Anti-Asian Sentiment: The Student Experience
March 9, 2021 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tev Lee of the UW-Madison Multicultural Student Center will moderate a discussion with undergraduate Thida Hok Chong (President, KΓ Chapter for ΣΛΓ National Sorority Inc. ; Treasurer, Multicultural …
Mercury Alert: Investigating Illegal Trade Across Borders
March 10, 2021 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Join us for this unique event with the Pulitzer Center and UW Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication! Click here to register.
Islamophobia and the South Asian Community in Britain: Locating the Student Suspect, with Tania Saeed
March 11, 2021 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Click here for zoom link. Tania Saeed (Associate Professor, Sociology Lahore University of Management Sciences) Saeed’s talk will examine the meaning of Islamophobia through everyday experiences of British Muslim …
Gillian O’Brien, “The Rise and Evolution of the Museum in Western Culture”
March 17, 2021 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm This event is introduced and organized by Mike Vanden Heuvel, Professor of CANES as part of the Center for European Studies Spring 2021 Virtual Lecture Series. Click here to register. …
There and back again: US-Cuba Policy and the power transition in Washington
March 30, 2021 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm About the presentation: The relation between the United States and Cuba is always a controversial topic, given its history and complexity. The 21st century has seen some of the …