A core mission of the International Institute and the Division of International Studies is to support innovative international research across campus. Interdisciplinary Research Circles and Seminar Series are the primary avenues through which this research funding is made available. UW–Madison faculty working on collaborative international research topics are encouraged to apply. The Institute and the Division also offer research funding to UW–Madison graduate students pursuing field research abroad. For a complete list of these and other research funding opportunities offered by the Institute and the Division please go here.
Research Circles
Research Circles provide funding opportunities for UW faculty to develop collaborative, interdisciplinary, multi-year research projects that address critical and innovative international research topics. Complete application information is available here.
Current Research Circles:
Recently Completed Research Circles:
- Sexuality and Violence (2008-09)
Faculty Contact: Neil Whitehead (Anthropology)
- Empires in Transition (2007-10)
Faculty Contact: Alfred McCoy (History)
- Transatlantic Applied Research in Gender Equity Training (2007-10)
Faculty Contact: Myra Marx-Ferree (Sociology)
Seminar Series
Seminar Series provide funding opportunities for UW faculty to develop collaborative, interdisciplinary, year-long, faculty-graduate seminars on global, comparative or trans-area themes. Complete application information is available here.
Current Seminar Series:
- Reconceptualizing the Role of Law in Human Rights (2010-11)
Contact: Sumudu Atapattu (Center for Global Legal Studies)
- Globalizing Education Research and Practice for Youth with Disabilities (2010-11)
Faculty Contact: Aydin Bal (Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education)
- Multi-racial Tales and Multi-cultural Discourses (2010-11)
Faculty Contact: Katarzyna Beilin (Spanish and Portuguese)
- Agriculture, the environment, and global change (2010-11)
Faculty Contact: Claudio Gratton (Entomology)
Recent Seminar Series:
- Multi-disciplinary Approaches to Fostering Resilience among the World’s Vulnerable Children (2009-10)
Contact: Lori Brown (Center for Global Health)
- Climate Change and Human Rights (2009-10)
Faculty Contact: Scott Straus (Political Science)
- Rethinking World Literature/s (2008-09)
Faculty Contact: Venkat Mani (German)
- Human Rights (2008-09)
Faculty Contact: Scott Straus (Political Science)
- Trauma Tourism (2007-08)
Faculty Contact: Jo Ellen Fair (Journalism and Mass Communication)
- Role of Law in Developing and Transitional Countries (2007-08)
Contact: Sumudu Atapattu (Center for Global Legal Studies)
- Biocultural Diversity and Socio-ecological Resilience (2007-08)
Faculty Contact: Yongming Zhou (Anthropology)
- Emerging Powers (BRICs: Brazil, Russia, India, and China) in the Global System (2007-08)
Faculty Contact: Aseema Sinha (Political Science)
- Human Rights (2007-08)
Faculty Contact: Scott Straus (Political Science)
Graduate Student International Field Awards
These awards provide funding opportunities for UW–Madison graduate students to conduct pre- dissertation and dissertation summer field research abroad. Complete application information is available here.
2011 Recipients:
Anneliese Cannon: “Immigrant Students and Family School Partnerships in Germany” |
Alexander Hanna: “Networks and Discourse in Social Media Activism in Egypt” |
Annabel Ipsen: “Gender, Ethnicity and Citizenship in Chilean Agricultural Production” |
Kyle Marquardt: “Linguistic Identity in Eurasia and the Case for Disentangling Language from Ethnicity” |
Elena Puslenghea: “Media and the Negotiation of a Romanian Diasporic Identity in Italy” |
Matthew Scharf: “Madagascar and the Politics of State Reconstruction, 2002-2009” |
William Warner: “Urban History of Afghan Cities, 1747-1901” |
Bethany Wilinski: “Early Childhood Care and Education in Tanzania” |
Ayako Yoshimura: “Personal Clothing Identity in the Kimono Revival among Contemporary Japanese Women” |
Ayca Zayim: “Development and the Role of Ideology in State Support of Domestic Capitalists in India” |
2010 Recipients:
Dzhambul Akkaziev: “Identity and the Rise of Kazakh Literature” |
Natalie Belisle: “Narratives of Citizenship in the Contemporary Dominican Republic” |
Daniel Blocq: “Cooptation of Armed Self-Defense Groups into Counterinsurgency Campaigns” |
Christine Kithinji: “Mental Health Issues of Women Living with HIV/AIDS: Experiences in Kenya” |
Kathleen Klaus: “The Micro-Dynamics of Property Rights, Ethnicity, and Political Conflict in Kenya” |
Mytoan Nguyen: “Family, Work, and State-Society Relations with the Global Diaspora in Vietnam” |
Duaa Salameh: “Alexandria’s Geography of Imagination and Narratives of Identity and Alterity” |
Chiharu Shima: “Language Socialization Process of Foreign Health Care Providers in Japan” |
Daisy Yan Du: “Trans/National Animation Film in Maoist China” |
Mehreen Zahra-Malik: “Making Martyrs: The Production of Suicide Bombers in Pakistan” |
2009 Recipients:
Muwafaq Al-Serhan: “Policies and Programs for the Poverty Reduction of Bedouin Tribes in Jordan” |
Meina Cai: “The Political Economy of Chinese Property Rights: The Rise of the Private Sector” |
Marcela Guerrero: “The International Art Scene and the Havana Biennale” |
Courtney Hillebrecht: “The Effect of International Human Rights Courts on Domestic Policy and Practice” |
Maya Holzman: “Gender Roles and Soviet Politics of National Identity along the Eastern Front” |
Nicole Kraus: “Xenophobia in Russia: Contextualizing Quantitative Analysis on the Ground” |
Nayantara Mukherji: “Comparing Contestation over Specialized Export Zones (SEZs) in India and China” |
Jeffrey Paller: “Deepening Democracy in Urban Africa: The Case of Ghana” |
Melissa Reisland: “The Effects of Low Impact Tourism on Java Gibbons” |
Kristin Vekasi: “The Political Economy of Japanese Foreign Direct Investment in China” |
2008 Recipients:
Adam Auerbach: “Democratic Decentralization, Party Politics, and Ethnic Fractionalization in India" |
Lisa Bintrim: “Imagining Poverty: Volun-tourism as a Site for Multiple Concepts of Poverty” |
Leif Brottem: “Pastoralism, Bioculture, and Changing Patterns of Governance in West Africa” |
Kara Dempsey: “Place Identity, Monumental Landscapes and Regional Transformation” |
Anne Giblin: “From the Inside-Out: Social Networks of Emigration from Tohoku, Japan” |
Prajak Kongkirati: “Bullets and Ballots: Violence and Democracy in Thailand” |
Mike Olson: “Koineization in the Verbal System in Golden Age Amsterdam” |
Alexander Prishchepov: “Socio-Economic Drivers of Agricultural Abandonment in Post-Socialist Europe” |
Erika Robb: “Tourism, Violence and Sexuality in Rio de Janeiro” |
Scott Trigg: “The Golden Age of Arabic Astronomy: Medieval Scientific Manuscripts in Istanbul” |
Jingting Wu: “Internal Borderland: Education, Ethno-Tourism and Politics of Belonging” |
Other Research Resources:
International Publications:
Journals, monographs & newsletters from member
programs:
Other international journals published or edited at UW-Madison:
Division of International Studies:
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