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May 2021
Global Partitions Series for K-12 Educators: Historical and Colonial Contexts and Southern Africa
Click here to register. Join us for the final lecture in The Global Partitions Series for K-12 educators titled Global Partitions: Self-determination in Southern Africa -- The contending forces of division and unification from the colonial…
Find out more »June 2021
IRIS Global Children’s Literature Book Fair: Award-Winning and Outstanding Global Children’s Literature
Registration is open for the IRIS Global Children's Literature Book Fair: Award-Winning and Outstanding Global Children's Literature Join us online to learn more about award-winning and outstanding global and Indigenous children's literature. The fair will…
Find out more »September 2021
Using Literature to Explore SDG 4: Quality Education
Register here Join us for our online September Book Club event with Dr Elisheva Cohen who will present on using literature to explore SDG 4: Quality Education. Dr. Elisheva Cohen is a Postdoctoral Fellow in International Issues…
Find out more »October 2021
Go Big Read Book Discussion: Transcendent Kingdom
Register Join us for a Book Club event online to discuss the UW-Madison Go Big Read book selection: Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi. "Gifty is a PhD candidate in neuroscience studying reward-seeking behavior in mice and the…
Find out more »November 2021
Arab Fairy Tale Feasts: A Delicious Way to Explore Arab Culture, with author Karim Alrawi
Register We are excited to virtually host the renowned author, playwright, and educator Karim Alrawi on November 8th, and to celebrate the publication of his new children's book: Arab Fairy Tale Feasts, A Literary Cookbook.…
Find out more »Social Justice: Writing For, Writing Back
Register Here What does social justice and diversity mean to young people? How can we build spaces of learning that inspire educators and young people to orient their lives and purpose towards achieving social justice?…
Find out more »February 2022
IRIS International Book Club: The Hmong Experience in Wisconsin
Register Now Join us for our online February Book Club event with Pao Lor, author of Modern Jungles. Pao will share his experience as a Hmong refugee arriving in Wisconsin, the history of Hmong people…
Find out more »November 2022
International Book Club: The Belly of the Atlantic with Vlad Dima
Register Here IRIS NRC International Book Club, first in our 3 part series on the Soccer World Cup Join us for our November Book Club with Vlad Dima, Professor and Chair of African Cultural Studies…
Find out more »South Asia Book Award Author Talk & Book Signing
Register Here Winners of the 2022 South Asia Book Award will be on hand to discuss the creation of their stories, read excerpts, and sign copies of their award-winning books! Join us at the Madison…
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International Book Club: This is How the Heart Beats, with Jacob Kushner (11/30/22)
There are 90 million displaced people in the world today—many of whom are refugees. The United States calls itself a nation of immigrants—but it isn’t, at least, not anymore. In fact, the U.S. takes in fewer refugees and asylum seekers than almost every other wealthy nation in earth.
In this month’s book club, international journalist Jacob Kushner (UW ’10 Journalism, LACIS) will discuss his and Jake Naughton (’10 African Studies, Journalism) book, This is How the Heart Beats, about Africa’s LGBT refugees and offer suggestions for introducing students to the global migration crisis, with a focus on America’s inaccurate reputation as a haven for refugees. Jacob will also discuss his reporting on stateless people in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, which was supported by the Pulitzer Center. The first 30 K-12 educators to register will receive a copy of the book!
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