Working Women in Jordan: Education, Migration, and Aspiration

N.I.C.E. Talk by Fida Adely
Online - https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/95488325642?pwd=Erqbj7be0wHdgNUiQ53NMtrWGZxQvG.1#success
@ 12:00 pm
https://uwmadison.app.box.com/s/jv2yu59zsckdy03e7rg9h4phkwp3o3ba

Dr. Adely will discuss her new book Working Women in Jordan: Education, Migration, and Aspiration (2024) which examines the internal migration of university-educated women in Jordan for work. Drawing on women's narratives about migration, she considers the force of expectations generated by academic success, as well as the gendered implications of their movement.

Friday Forum: Juliet Lu — Letting Land Go: Shifting Strategies of Chinese Control in Laos

206 Ingraham Hall
@ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
https://seasia.wisc.edu/event/friday-forum-juliet-lu-letting-land-go-shifting-strategies-of-chinese-control-in-laos/

Juliet Lu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Forest Resources Management and the School for Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia. She is a political ecologist focused on the implications of China’s growing investments in land and other resources in Southeast Asia and beyond. Dr. Lu’s research examines conflicts and governance issues around resource extraction and intensive land use. She focuses on transnational land investments, namely Chinese rubber plantations in Laos, the promotion of monoculture plantations at the expense of more biodiverse systems, and the rise of private sector sustainable governance initiatives worldwide.

BODIES IN FOCUS: Power, Subjectivity, and Practice in East European and Eurasian Studies (Virtual Series)

Online
@ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
https://osu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kkeE34kiRamDVJ3nkF4NgA?amp_device_id=09a9011d-4456-49e4-9f1b-1c73781a37b6#/registration

This six-part virtual event series will examine body matters within Eurasia through a variety of disciplines and themes. The body-as-method has emerged recently to provide novel insights on society, culture, and identity by foregrounding alternatives to Western traditions that marginalized the corporeal dimensions of social and personal existence.

‘Joy Work’ in Desperate Times

Jen Rae, UW–Madison’s Interdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence, Co-Founder and Creative Research Lead for the Centre for Reworlding
1163 Mechanical Engineering 1513 University Avenue, Madison
@ 4:15 pm
https://sage.nelson.wisc.edu/events/art-climate-and-disasters/

In this talk, Rae will share her unique approach to art and climate adaptation working with communities, artists, local government and emergency services in disaster preparedness rehearsals and labs where failure, risk, experimentation, and play become ‘learning together’ ingredients for navigating complexities and unknowns.

Vulnerable Asian Americans: From Intra-Asian Diversity to Narrative Plentitude

Van Tran, Professor, Sociology and International Migration Studies, City University of New York, Graduate Center
8417 William H. Sewell Social Sciences Building
@ 12:15 pm
https://www.irp.wisc.edu/2025-spring-irp-seminar-calendar/

As a high-achieving minority group, Asians—on average—have surpassed Whites in education, income, and wealth. This “controlling” narrative, however, is incomplete because it renders intra-Asian disparities invisible. One consequence of intra-Asian diversity is the divergent destinies of hyper-selected Asians and vulnerable Asians. This talk shifts the academic focus away from narratives of Asian American “success” to vulnerable Asian Americans. This least advantaged segment of the Asian population includes refugees and the elderly population. Future data collection efforts should also address the inherent bias toward the inclusion of the largest Asian groups at the exclusion of more vulnerable Asian groups in prior research. Investing in a robust data infrastructure, especially national surveys on health, aging, and retirement, will contribute to the narrative plentitude in future research and the cultural representations of U.S. Asians.

In Conversation with Marissa Bode

Shannon Hall, Memorial Union (also offered online)
@ 7:00 pm
https://go.wisc.edu/bhm-keynote

Join the Black History Month Planning Committee for an evening with Wisconsin native and Wicked star Marissa Bode as she shares her journey, experiences, and advocacy for authentic disability representation in the arts. Don’t miss this engaging moderated conversation, followed an audience Q&A. Doors open at 6:30pm seating is general admission please arrive early. Livestream option also available. Venue is wheelchair accessible and CART captioning available.

Pacific Power Paradox: Understanding Asia’s Global Influence

Virtual
@ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
https://irisnrc.wisc.edu/event/pacific-power-paradox-understanding-asias-global-influence/

Join author Van Jackson for a thought-provoking discussion about his latest book, Pacific Power Paradox: American Statecraft and the Fate of the Asian Peace. Jackson explores the “Asian Peace,” a period of relative stability in the Asia-Pacific region since 1979, and critically examines the United States’ role as both a stabilizing force and a source of tension.