Book talks will feature international subjects

The International Institute and Borders Books is sponsoring “The World Beyond Our Borders,” a book series initiated last January. This series will again feature UW–Madison faculty discussing their recent books on a variety of international subjects. The talks begin at 7 p.m. at Borders West, 3750 University Ave. The series includes:

• “Race, Civil Rights and Foreign Affairs,” Tuesday, Sept. 23, by Brenda Gayle Plummer, history professor and editor of “Window on Freedom: Race, Civil Rights, and Foreign Affairs, 1945-1988,” which defines how the U.S. civil rights movement drew strength from supporters of human rights worldwide, and how the campaign is best understood in the context of competitive international relations.
• “The Cultivation of Whiteness,” Tuesday, Oct. 7, by Warwick Anderson, professor of medical history and population health, chair of the department of medical history and bioethics, and author of “The Cultivation of Whiteness: Science, Health and Racial Destiny in Australia,” which created an uproar when it was published last year in his native Australia.
• “Supply-Side Sustainability,” Tuesday, Nov. 11, by Tim Allen, professor of botany, who will speak on the title of his new book. The work has been called “the most thought-provoking book on sustainability,” offering a new approach to an old debate.
• “Israeli Arab and Jewish Writers Re-Visioning Culture,” Thursday, Dec. 4, Rachel Feldhay Brenner, professor of Hebrew and Semitic studies and author of “Inextricably Bonded: Israeli Arab and Jewish Writers Re-Visioning Culture,” which explores the bonds between Israeli Arab and Jewish writers.