State and Global
Thursday, October 8, 2026
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Unpacking the Returns to Apprenticeships: Evidence from Canada
Institute for Research on Poverty Seminar - Fernando Saltiel
12:15-1:30 p.m.
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Visiting Scholars Program Lecture Series - “Foreign” Black Women: Confronting Xenophobic Antiblackness Globally
A lecture by Lorgia García Peña, Princeton University
1-2:30 p.m.
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Flamingo Lingo
Connect with Language
1-2:30 p.m.
Rebecca M. Blank Student Commons (2nd floor), Morgridge Hall
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When Difficulty Motivates (and When It Doesn’t): What Identity-Based Motivation Theory Can Offer to SLA
Invited lecture for the 2026-27 series on Identity and Language Learning by Sophia Strietholt, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2-3 p.m.
1418 Van Hise Hall
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"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: The Ship, the Storm, and the Song": Badger Talk in Butler, WI
Presenter Steve Ackerman
5:30 p.m.
12808 W Hampton Ave, Butler, WI 53007-1606, United States
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"Indigenous Ways of Knowing about Wisconsin's Tribal Nations": In-Person Badger Talk in Viroqua, WI
Presenter Annie Jones
5:30 p.m.
205 S Rock Ave, Viroqua, WI 54665-1539, United States
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UW Cinematheque - Premieres
How to Divorce During the War | Lithuania, Luxembourg, Ireland, Czech Republic | 2026 | DCP 108 min. Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Russian with English subtitles Director: Andrius Blaževičiusy
7 p.m.
4070 Vilas Hall
Friday, October 9, 2026
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Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association (OTSA) Conference October 9-11, 2026
Professor Kemal H. Karpat and his Legacy: Professor Hakan Kirimli (Bilkent University)
9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
225 Pyle Center
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Center for Southeast Asian Studies Friday Forum: Juan Fernandez
The Anthropologist as Anti-Hero: Masculinity's Misperformance and the Death of William Jones, 1909
Noon
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Boren Awards Info Session
Fund Your Language Study and Launch Your Career
Noon-1 p.m.
Study Abroad Resource Center (3rd Floor Red Gym), Armory and Gymnasium (Red Gym)
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Culvers Headquarters Site Visit
Get an Inside Look at Culver's and Its Internship Programs
2:30-6:30 p.m.
Culvers Headquarters
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UW Cinematheque - New Restorations and Special Presentations
Ishtar | USA | 1987 | DCP| 107 mins. Director: Elaine May
7 p.m.
4070 Vilas Hall
Saturday, October 10, 2026
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Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association (OTSA) Conference October 9-11, 2026
Professor Kemal H. Karpat and his Legacy: Professor Hakan Kirimli (Bilkent University)
9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
225 Pyle Center
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Badgers on Tap: Birding at The Rigby in Madison, WI
Presenters Brenna Marsicek, Anna Pidgeon, and Zoe Ramstack
11 a.m.
119 E Main St, Madison, WI 53703