News & Opportunities
Spring 2025 Introduction to Urdu Language and Culture
The American Institute of Pakistani Studies (AIPS) is excited to share our Spring 2025 Introduction to Urdu Language and Culture! This 10-week asynchronous, online course will take place March 13 – May 22. Learn more …
Apply for a WISLI Tuition Scholarship for Summer 2025
A WISLI Tuition Scholarship covers 50% of the tuition for summer language study at CESSI, MEDLI, MULTI, NORD, SASLI, SEASSI, or SIPI. The WISLI Tuition Scholarship aims to broaden support for learning less commonly taught …
Apply for a Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship for WISLI 2025
A FLAS Fellowship covers the $5,000 tuition cost at WISLI plus a $3,500 living stipend. UW and non-UW students are welcome to apply. The application deadline is 11:59 p.m. Central Time on Friday, February 14, …
Language Pathways Program: International Business and Sustainable Development in India
The Center for South Asia is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for our new Language Pathways Program: International Business and Sustainable Development in India. Supported by a two-year Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language …
Building Language Proficiency and Connections through MEDLI: A FLAS Fellowship Success Story
Rediscovering a Passion for Education with Arabic Language Immersion: A FLAS Fellowship Success Story
Adeola Agoke Publishes Yorùbá Dictionary for Foreign and Second Language Learners of Yorùbá
Adeola Agoke, Director of the African Languages Program and Assistant Teaching Professor of African Cultural Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has published a Proficiency-Based Dictionary of Yorùbá Language. This open-source, digital resource fills an …
CSA Awarded Two-Year UISFL Grant for Language Pathways Program
The Center for South Asia (CSA), which co-administers the South Asia Summer Language Program (SASLI), was awarded a two-year Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language (UISFL) grant from the Department of Education to fund a …
WISLI Coordinator Publishes Article on Language Learners’ Transferable Skills
Ryan Goble, SASLI and LCTL Career Coordinator, recently published the research article, “Language Learners’ Transferable Skills and Narrative Competence in U.S. Career Advising Appointments: Multilingual Development Beyond Higher Education,” in the Journal of Language, Identity, …