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 …
Fighting the Shadow Pandemic
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 …
Supporting Individuals Impacted by Bias During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Susan Brantly Interviewed in the Star Tribune
GNS Professor Susan Brantly was recently featured in the Star Tribune’s article “Two plays opening this weekend ask what’s next for Nora of ‘A Doll’s House’.” The article discusses two new plays being performed this …
Dr. Scott Mellor Featured in Swedish Press
Making the Most of Winter
Are you making the most out of your winter? GNS professor Claus E. Andersen talked to NBC15 News about the idea of “hygge” and what it means to embrace the winter months instead of fighting …
Scott Mellor presents at “The Formula in Oral Poetry and Prose Conference”
On December 7th Scott Mellor presented his paper titled Oral-Formula and Formulaic Syntax in The Poetic Edda revisited at The Formula in Oral Poetry and Prose Conference in Tartu, Estonia. The symposium’s aim was to discuss …
Remembering Klaus L. Berghahn
Klaus L. Berghahn August 5, 1937 – November 1, 2019 Klaus Berghahn was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, the youngest of five children of Wilhelm and Anna Berghahn. Klaus came of age in the aftermath of …
Crossing Borders and Shattering Boundaries at the Transregional Academy “Minor/Small Literature(s). Perspectives on World Literature from Elsewhere”
“With the global turn of societies, nations, and countries to adopt an inward gaze fueled by exclusionary policies and politics, our unique collaboration in Berlin—though small—in a non-competitive, friendly, supportive, and engaging atmosphere may indeed …
Exploring The European Refugee Crisis: Q&A with Leighty Hanrahan
Leighty Hanrahan is not your average UW-Madison student. As a triple-majoring Honors student and recipient of multiple undergraduate fellowships, she has not only set her sights high, but is reaching those heights with her most …