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November 2018
Dr. Roozbeh Shirazi, “Schooled Towards What Ends? Contingent Hospitality and Contested Belonging in the Afterlives of the War on Terror”
Drawing upon his extensive research with youth in secondary schools in Jordan, the US, and France, Dr. Shirazi’s talk will trace how the relationship between schooling and the formation of youth political subjectivities unfolds in…
Find out more »“The Diplomat” IRIS 2018 International Film Series
“The Diplomat” featuring an introduction and post-screening Q&A by the film’s producer, UW-alumna Stacey Reiss “The Diplomat” tells the remarkable story of the life and legacy of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, whose singular career spans fifty…
Find out more »2018-19 Tobias Lecture: Dr. Anna Shternshis, “Singing and Laughing Against Fascism”
Based on a recently discovered archive of the Kiev Institute for Jewish Culture in Ukraine and illustrated with a multi-media presentation, this lecture discusses Soviet Yiddish amateur songs about the destruction of the…
Find out more »World Appreciation Day 2.0: Using International Skills in Careers
“World Appreciation Day 2.0: Using International Skills in Careers” is a half-day mini-conference for high school students that will be held on the UW-Madison campus. This event will be held on Thursday, November 15, at Union South,…
Find out more »“Gods of the Plague” IRIS 2018 International Film Festival
In this sequel to Love is Colder Than Death, Franz (now played by Baer) is released from prison and starts planning a supermarket robbery. He also rekindles his relationship with old flame Johanna (Schygulla) and lights…
Find out more »Christopher Cermak, “The Challenge of Immigration: Benefits and Obstacles to Seeking an Integrated Workforce”
Christopher Cermak is a journalist who has returned to the United States after more than six years in Germany. He has most recently worked as an editor and correspondent for Handelsblatt Global in Berlin, covering…
Find out more »December 2018
Hannah Vandegrift Eldridge, “Metrical Claims and Poetic Experiences: Klopstock, Nietzsche, Grünbein”
Why should we care about patterns of syllables in poems—that is, about meter? Is there any reason to study the rules that poets, theorists, philosophers, and critics have given for making such patterns, or their…
Find out more »Lauren Prather, “From Monitoring to Meddling: How Foreign Actors Shape Local Trust in Elections”
Lauren Prather (University of California, San Diego) is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego in the School of Global Policy and Strategy. Her current research focuses on the domestic…
Find out more »(Re)Imagining Empire Workshop, “Vicarious Conquest: The Medici and the New World”
This program is a part of the Borghesi Mellon Interdisciplinary Workshops in the Humanities, co-sponsored by the Center for European Studies and the Center for the Humanities at UW-Madison, with support from Nancy and David…
Find out more »MSI Teacher Workshop: “Building Global Communities: A Conversation about Immigration”
Sponsored by the Center for European Studies with IRIS. On Saturday, December 8, from 9 am to 4 pm, Alverno College and UW-Madison's Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS), along with UW-Milwaukee's Center for Latin…
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