International Festival at the Overture Center
Saturday, April 1
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Stop by our booth to learn about WIRC and international studies at UW. Learn how to write your name in a new script with our local language experts!
World Cinema Day 2023, featuring Rickshaw Girl
Join us for World Cinema Day on April 14
11:00 AM Shannon Hall, UW-Madison Campus
Mitali Perkins, author of Rickshaw Girl, will introduce the film and engage with students in a Q&A session following the screening
International Children’s Literature Celebration: Folk and Fairy Tales
Join us on Saturday, April 29, 2023 for day of exploring folk tale traditions around the world!
This special educator workshop and celebration features award-winning authors and local experts, who will share books focused on folk and fairytales from various world regions. Authors will present mini lectures, engage in a roundtable discussion, and sign copies of their books for attendees.
Click here to learn more and reserve your seat!
The Wisconsin International Resource Consortium (WIRC) is a collaboration among the nine UW-Madison Area Studies Centers with the mission to provide internationally themed outreach programming, resources, and support to K-14 teachers and students, Minority Serving Institutions (MSI), and Community Colleges.
WIRC efforts and initiatives are an extension of the Global Wisconsin Idea.
WIRC Members
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African Studies Program
Outreach Coordinator: Olayinka Olagbegi-Adegbite
Contact: outreach@africa.wisc.edu
Center for East Asian Studies
Outreach Coordinator: Laurie Dennis
Contact: ldennis@wisc.edu
European Studies
Outreach Coordinator: Eleanor Conrad
Contact: ejconrad@wisc.edu
Institute for Regional and International Studies National Resource Center (IRIS NRC)
Outreach Coordinator: Essie Lenchner
Contact: lenchner@wisc.edu
Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program
Outreach Coordinator: Sarah Ripp
Contact: skripp@wisc.edu
Middle East Studies Program
Outreach Coordinator: Tsela Barr
Contact: csbarr@wisc.edu
Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia
Outreach Coordinator: Sarah Linkert
Contact: sarah.linkert@wisc.edu
Center for South Asia
Outreach Coordinator: Andrea Fowler
Contact: assistantdirector@southasia.wisc.edu
Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Outreach Coordinator: Mary McCoy
Contact: mccoy2@wisc.edu
Southeast Asia Outreach Programs
