Research: Colloquia
Global Studies Colloquia and Speaker Series Since 2002 the Center for International Education has organized Global Studies Colloquia featuring the research of UWM faculty.
• Ethics After the End of Progress: Utopia and the Solace of Catastrophe, Peter Paik, Comparative Literature (Oct. 2009) • Bodies, Politics, Cookbooks: A Global Studies Fellows Colloquium on Food, Ellen Amster, History, and Kennan Ferguson, Political Science (Nov. 2010) • Bodies, Politics, Cookbooks: A Global Studies Fellows Colloquium on Food, A. Aneesh, Sociology, Kristin Pitt, Comparative Literature, and Manu Sobti, Architecture (Dec. 2010)
Global Studies Colloquia • Judicial Advisory Opinions and Legislative Outcomes in Comparative Perspective, Georg Vanberg, Political Science (Feb. 2002) • Making Change in a New Europe: Civic Competence and the Euro in Greece, Thomas Malaby, Anthropology (Mar. 2002) • Growing Up with Capital Flows, Antu Murshid, Economics (May 2002) • The Political Theology of the Apocalypse: Representing the End-Times in ‘Left Behind’ and ‘Donnie Darko’, Peter Paik, Comparative Literature (Oct. 2002) • The Impact of Neoliberal Health Policy Reforms on Women’s Well-Being: Findings from Peru, Christina Ewig, Political Science (Nov. 2002) • Globalization and Tax Policy, Rebecca Neumann, Economics (Mar. 2003) • Teaching Intercultural Communication in Kyrgyzstan, Dr. Saltanat Mambaeva (Feb. 2004), Visiting Faculty, Center for 21st Century Studies • Perspectives on the Persistence of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Southern Africa, Jacques du Plessis, Information Studies (Apr. 2004) • Transnationalism Adrift: Global Shipping, Ethnic Seafaring & National Boundary Work, Steven McKay, Sociology (May 2004) • Examining Mobile Phone Service Usage: An Empirical Comparison Between the U.S. and Turkey, En Mao and Mark Srite, Business (Nov. 2004) • Foreign Aid and Weakest-Link International Public Goods: An Experimental Study, Vivian Lei and Filip Vesely, Economics (Feb. 2005) • Consuming the Spaces of Global Tourism, Heidi Brush, Journalism and Mass Communication (Nov. 2005) • Environment, Economics and Culture: Challenges and Opportunities for Developing a Model of Sustainable Development in Romania, Timothy Ehlinger, Biological Sciences (Dec. 2005) • Going Abroad and Returning Home: The Experiences of International Assignees, Margaret Shaffer, Business (Oct. 2006) • Should We Stay or Should We Go? Policy Options for Iraq, Robert Ricigliano, Institute of World Affairs (Dec. 2006) • Urban Redevelopment through Peace Building Efforts: A Beirut Case Study, Ghada Masri, Global Studies (Jan. 2009) • Spotlight on Global Cities, Ghada Masri, Global Studies (Apr. 2009)
CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
In August 2009 the Center for International Education was awarded a two-year Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language (UISFL) grant through the US Department of Education. The grant centered on a comprehensive approach to strengthening UWM’s undergraduate Arabic language and Middle East/North African Studies programs, including curriculum development, study abroad, co-curricular programs and K-12 outreach. The Middle East and North African Speaker Series was supported by this grant.
Middle Eastern and North African Studies Speaker Series (2009-10) • Muslim Religious Life in America, Zulifiqar Ali Shah, Islamic Society of Milwaukee (Oct. 2009) • Algeria and France: An Enduring Decolonization, Phillip Naylor, Marquette University (Feb. 2010) • What’s Shari’a and Why Does it Matter for Feminism?, Asifa Quraishi, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Feb. 2010) • Iran’s Mongol Experience, David Morgan, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Mar. 2010) • Comparing the Incomparable: Thinking about Gender, Language, and Silence in the Middle East, Mary Layoun, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Apr. 2010) • Astrological Images and Talismanic Symbioses in Early Modern Islamic Courts, Persis Berlekamp, University of Chicago (Apr. 2010) • Education and the Empowerment of Women in the Modern Middle East, Guity Nashat, University of Illinois at Chicago (May 2010) • Human Rights in the Arab World, Robert Ashmore, Marquette University (Oct. 2010) • Leisurely Islam: Youth Negotiations of Morality in Shi’ite South Beirut, Lara Deeb, Scripps College (Oct. 2010) • Modern Arabic Fiction in Egypt, Farouk Mustafa, University of Chicago (Nov. 2010) • Homeland Insecurity, Louise Cainkar, Marquette University (Nov. 2010) • Women, Religion and the Politics of Presidential Election in the Islamic Republic, Homa Hoodfar, Concordia University (Nov. 2010)
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