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, …
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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, …
Adam R. Sitkoff, Global Trade Amidst Tension and Transition: Supply Chain Shifts in Asia
September 23, 2021 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Global Trade Amidst Tension and Transition: Supply Chain Shifts in Asia Adam R. Sitkoff, Executive Director, American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham), Hanoi, Vietnam Thursday, September 23, 2021, 5:30 …
Refugees and Human Rights In and Beyond the Americas
October 28, 2021 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm Join via zoom Panelists will discuss contemporary refugee issues, including Afghans in Wisconsin, what happened with Haitian refugees in Del Rio, Texas, and more. Panelists Erin Barbato (Law), …
The 2024-2025 Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) award application is now open!
The application for the 2024-2025 Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships is now open. FLAS fellowships are funded by the U.S. Department of Education to assist students in acquiring foreign language proficiency. IRIS …
UW-Madison Vice Provost and Dean for International Division to speak at US Department of Education Panel in Washington, DC.
Dr. Frances Vavrus, Vice Provost and Dean of the International Division, University of Wisconsin- Madison will be in Washington DC in November as a guest of the US Department of Education. Dean Vavrus will be …
Peace Corps Volunteer Andrew Kline (UW-Madison Class of 2023) Blogs from Timor-Leste
Recent UW-Madison graduate Andrew Kline (Linguistics and Middle East Studies) arrived in Timor-Leste in early October to begin his Peace Corps service as an education volunteer. During his time at UW-Madison, Andrew received a Foreign …
Senior Audrey Thibert attends the Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellows Conference – October 13th-15th 2023 Washington, D.C.
UW-Madison Senior Audrey Thibert joined over 40 other Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellows in Washington, D.C. for the Pulitzer Center’s 9th annual Washington Weekend. The three days of learning and community building centered around the work …
Faculty Grants Available for Development of New First-Year Interest Groups (FIGs)
The Institute for Regional and International Studies National Resource Center (IRIS NRC) is offering course development funds (up to $1,500 per grant) for faculty to develop new First-Year Interest Groups (FIGs) for Fall 2024 or …
UW-Madison Students Published in International Affairs Magazine
IRIS NRC is proud to partner with the NGO Release Peace. Release Peace works together with local communities, other NGOs, women’s rights groups, and international organizations on projects focusing on armed violence and conflict prevention. …