Campus International Events

This calendar includes events from units or departments on campus that have an international or global focus.

"The Language(s) of Politics: Multilingual Policymaking in the EU"

Event Type: Lecture
Sponsor: Department of Political Science, EU Center, Global Studies
Location: room 404, David Kinley Hall
Date: Nov 11, 2022 12:00 - 1:00 pm
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Originating Calendar: Department of French and Italian (EVENTS); Multilingualism is increasingly a feature of international organizations where consequential political decisions are negotiated between politicians who negotiate on a few commonly shared, non-native language. This lecture by Nils Ringe (Professor of Political Science, UW-Madison) shows how the European Union illustrates the way politicians’ reliance on shared foreign languages and translation services, predominantly English and French, affects politics and policymaking. https://tinyurl.com/4yvfff4x