Professor Emeritus Harlan Earl “Mark” Marquess died on December 12, 2019 at Oakwood Village in Madison, Wisconsin. Mark was born in 1931 in Sheridan, Wyoming, where he graduated from high school. After a period studying accounting, he joined the Air Force and was sent to the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California to study Russian. …
Myths, Tales, and Poetry An anthology edited by Harald Gaski This anthology presents Sámi oral and written texts from the last four hundred years – Sámi narratives and poetry relating creation of the world, the inhabitation of Sápmi, and vivid accounts of how the Sámi have fought against colonization and assimilation. Beginning with the two …
Heritage Repatriation and Educational Sovereignty at an Ojibwe Public School explores ways in which folklorists can support or enhance educational sovereignty occurring in communities. In this article authors B. Marcus Cederström, Thomas A. DuBois, Tim Frandy, and Colin Gioia Connors detail the role of UW folklorists at Lac du Flambeau Public School—their work in grant …
When did you graduate and with what degrees? I attended the UW-Madison in 2013 – 2015 as a graduate student in the CREECA department, which is the Center for Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. I graduated with a Master’s Degree in Russian, Eastern European, and Central Asian studies, focusing specifically on Kazakhstan and Central …
When did you graduate and with what degrees? I graduated in 2012 with a Bachelor’s Degree in German, French and International Studies and a Certificate in European Studies and in 2015 with a Masters in French and International Education. What are you doing now? I am a Career Development Manager at a business school in …
The Corona pandemic has forced Swedish teachers around the world to work from home as all classroom teaching needed to be changed in record time. Online lessons became the daily learning platforms and other digital solutions became important tools. In the Svenska Institutet’s recent article titled “Klassrummet som bytte skepnad – svensklärare berättar” GNS professor …
We, the department of German, Nordic, and Slavic, join our voices to those of UW-Madison leaders, including Chancellor Blank and Deputy Vice Chancellor Sims, in condemning the violent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Sean Reed, and countless others at the hands of the police. We further condemn law enforcement’s escalation of violence at …
Emily Janicik is a rising senior majoring in Economics and German with Honors in the Liberal Arts. She is writing her senior thesis in collaboration with Professor B. Venkat Mani titled “Xenophobic Policies in the Name of Gratitude: Refugee Experiences with the German and Austrian Governments”.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison, home to one of the largest and strongest Russian programs in the nation, has received a four-year grant of $1.3 million from the National Security Education Program in the U.S. Department of Defense to support the UW-Madison Russian Flagship Program through 2024. This award recognizes the Russian Flagship’s decade-long record of providing an …
GNS Professor B. Venkat Mani’s recent article “Fighting the Shadow Pandemic” looks at xenophobia, racism, and discrimination in the time of the pandemic and calls for the urgent need of inclusive teaching. Read more at Inside Higher Ed’s website. https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2020/05/14/inclusive-teaching-needed-help-combat-xenophobia-racism-and-discrimination-brought