Recipients of 2023 Klotsche Scholarship
Congratulations 2023 Klotsche Scholarship Recipients! Salvador Prado – majors Global Studies-Management and Japanese Mervat Mihyar – major International Studies
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Winners of the Annual Department of Global Studies Ian Elliot Award
Michael McCutcheon Global Studies Communications/Anthropology Major French Minor “I am grateful for the Ian Elliot scholarship this semester. 100% of the award will be going towards my study abroad this summer to Paris. This is fulfilling a dream many years… Read More
Podcast Intern Summer 2023
Interested in all aspects of podcast creation from research to post-production? Apply for the Podcast Intern Summer 2023. Additional information about this posting can be found here.
Interview with Taghreed Najjar
Ms. Najjar is a pioneer of modern children’s literature in Jordan, and the author of over 100 books for children and young adults. She has twice been awarded the Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature and has been shortlisted three times…. Read More
Disinformation and Democracy: How the Information Environment Impacts Our Elections
Join us at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for a timely program exploring how individuals, entities and systems providing information (and disinformation) in America are shaping our elections. Panelists include: Greg Borowski, Deputy Editor of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Bret Schafer,… Read More
How Gorbachev became the Most Reviled Man in Russia
Read the article, “How Mikhail Gorbachev Became the Most Reviled Man in Russia” written by GS instructor Sommers.
Peace Corps Info Session, March 3, 2022: Meeting Recording
Hosted by Global Studies with Peace Corps Recruiter Megan Stoltenberg and Peace Corps Prep Coordinator Christine Wolf
IWA Interviews Leading Russian Anti-War Activist
This Institute of World Affairs recently interviewed leading Russian anti-war activist Boris Kagarlitsky, Professor at Moscow School for Social and Economic Sciences. Kagarlitsky has published some 2 dozen books in English, Russian, and other languages, and was the Director of… Read More
UWM debuts Peace Corps Prep
UW-Milwaukee has joined a select number of universities around the nation as a Peace Corps Prep institution and one of only three universities in Wisconsin to offer the program. Stay tuned for an information session in the spring and the… Read More
New Global Studies Course: Black Lives Matter, A Comparative Study
UW-Milwaukee’s global studies department announced that it will offer a course studying the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S. and globally as an online class for the Spring 2022 semester. “Global Studies 391: Black Lives Matter, A Comparative Study”… Read More