April 7, 2021 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Register here to join a conversation with Dr. Ia Xiong on Hmong historical trauma and the possibilities of healing for our community. Dr. Ia Xiong is a licensed psychologist …
Month: October 2023
Pajdee Yang: A Journey of #Becoming
April 14, 2021 @ 7:00 pm Register here to join this conversation about meditation, mental health, and healing in the HMong community with Pajdee Yang. Pajdee Yang, CEO & Founder of EmPajwer Meditations. Pajdee has been …
Sociological research on gender inequality in conversation with development economists
April 8, 2021 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Click here to join on zoom. This is part of The Sociology of Gender Brownbag (FemSem). Rachael Pierotti is a Social Development Specialist for the Africa Gender Innovation …
Negotiating and Challenging “Dirty Work”: Cape Verdean Institutional Cleaning Service Workers in Lisbon
April 15, 2021 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Click here to join on zoom. This is part of The Sociology of Gender Brownbag (FemSem). Speaker: Celeste Vaughan Curington, Assistant Professor of Sociology at North Carolina …
Steven Brooke: “Mosques and Islamist Activism: Spatial Evidence from Interwar Cairo”
April 19, 2021 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Steven Brooke Political Science, UW-Madison About the talk: Why do Islamists mobilize in some mosques, but not others? We answer this question by matching a list of mosque-based …
Olivier Kugler: “Escaping Wars and Waves: Encounters with Syrian Refugees”
April 20, 2021 @ 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm UW-Madison’s Program in German, Center for South Asia, Human Rights Program and the Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) invite you to a virtual event with: Oliver Kugler the …
Steven Kamin: The Federal Reserve in the Global Economy
April 21, 2021 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm On April 21, 2021, Steven Kamin was a guest lecturer in Professor Menzie Chinn’s course: Macroeconomic Policy and International Financial Regulation in the Master of International Public Affairs (MIPA). Presentation …
2020-2021 UW-Madison Course Guest Lecturers
June 1, 2021 @ 12:00 am 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 …
Stories on Afghan Women, Art, and Everything in Between
October 4, 2021 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Register Speakers: Ahmad Qais Munhazim, Thomas Jefferson University Nelofer Pazira-Fisk, an award-winning Afghan-Canadian director, actress, and journalist Arash Azizzada, a writer, photographer, videographer, and community organizer Zohra Saed, …
Arab Americans: We’re Not White, with Comedian and Professor Amer Zahr
September 13, 2021 @ 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm 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, …