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Professor Gilles Bousquet made Honorary Consul General of France by the French Republic’s Consulate General in Chicago

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Join University of Wisconsin–Madison European Studies in congratulating the major achievement of one of its founding Directors, Professor Gilles Bousquet, who has just been made Honorary Consul General of France by the French Republic’s Consulate General in Chicago. Gilles Bousquet is currently Associate Chair of the French and Italian Department at UW–Madison and Senior Advisor …

Professor Tiffany Florvil, “Borderless and Brazen: May Ayim’s Internationalism”

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Professor Tiffany N. Florvil, Associate Professor of 20th-century European Women’s and Gender History at the University of New Mexico, gave a public lecture on the life and legacy of Afro-German writer and activist May Ayim entitled, “Borderless and Brazen: May Ayim’s Internationalism.” This lecture took place virtually on February 16, 2021 from 2:30 pm – …

Prof. Mark Copelovitch Authors New Book, “Banks on the Brink: Global Capital, Securities Markets, and the Political Roots of Financial Crises”

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Mark Copelovitch, Professor in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and the Department of Political Science, has released a new book that studies the relationship between politics and financial crises with David A. Singer of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The book, Banks on the Brink: Global Capital, Securities …

Global Impact of COVID-19 and the German Response with Professor Nils Ringe

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1050 Bascom, the UW–Madison Department of Political Science podcast, reached out to Professor Nils Ringe for his help in placing the Covid-19 pandemic in a historical context with respect to both the global impact and the possible long-term implications for state and international institutions. Prof. Ringe also shared his insights on the German response to the pandemic, …