Alum’s playful job title highlights the diversity of opportunities available to Anthropologists and Museum Professionals A recent UWM InFocus article written by Sarah Vickery spotlights Anthropology and Museum Studies alum, Cassie Coffey. Cassie is the Director of Playful Experiences at… Read More
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“Returning to the People: How the MPM works with Indigenous groups to bring their history and ancestors home” by Dawn Scher Thomae, MPM’s Curator of Anthropology Collections
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), passed in 1990, has forever changed the way museums collect, interpret, and care for Native American items. This free, virtual lecture will provide a brief overview of the law, how MPM works with the US government and Native groups, and the ways that NAGPRA has impacted MPM’s collections, exhibits, and programs.
Link to Zoom registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rAvM2t20RCqRHub47lZnHA#/registration
Mitchell Hall, Room 195, UWM Campus, 3403 N. Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI.
The Milwaukee Society of the Archaeological Institute of America is hosting a free, public lecture this Sunday, Oct. 19th entitled, “Diving the Pyramids: Underwater Tombs and Excavation at the Royal Cemetery of Nuri, Sudan” presented by Dr. Pearce Paul Creasman (American Center of Research, Amman, Jordan).
See flyer below for more information!
Creasman Lecture (AIA, Oct 19)
4th Floor Golda Meir Library and on Zoom
November 20, 2025, 4 pm
4th Floor Golda Meir Library and on Zoom
Navigating Profound Uncertainty: Jewish Photography in Nazi Germany
This talk explores how German Jews used private photography to record and interpret their lives under National Socialism. Drawing on a database of some 15,000 images, it examines how these photographs documented daily experiences and reflected Jewish responses to escalating antisemitic measures. The analysis treats photographs as narrative tools that conveyed emotions, beliefs, and expectations. This approach reveals new insights into German Jews’ self-perceptions and strategies for navigating a time of profound uncertainty.
Ofer Ashkenazi is Professor of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and current George Mosse Visiting Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His research explores German-Jewish cultural history, Jewish experience under Nazism, migration and political activism, and the memory of Nazi violence. His recent books include the monographs Still Lives: Jewish Photography in Nazi Germany (2025, with Rebekka Grossmann, Shira Miron, and Sarah Wobick-Segev) and Anti-Heimat Cinema: The Jewish Invention of the German Landscape, 1918–1968 (2020), as well as the edited volume Rethinking Jewish History and Memory through Photography (2025, co-edited with Thomas Pegelow-Kaplan).
Assistant Professor Emily Middleton and Visiting Assistant Professor Shannon Freire were awarded this spring for their remarkable contributions and notable impact on students. Professor Middleton was awarded the 2025 Faculty Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award and Professor Freire was awarded the… Read More
On April 30th, UW-Milwaukee student Emerson Neczek led an archaeology curriculum event at Maryland Avenue Montessori School (Milwaukee Public Schools). This even was part of Emerson’s Support for Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURF) project. Several UWM Archaeological Research Laboratory Center staff… Read More
Anthropology student researchers were well-represented at this year’s UWM Student Research Symposium. Anthropology students presented 17 papers and posters this year. Topics included Human and Animal Osteology, Mapping, Museum Studies, and Archaeology overseen by six faculty and staff. Noelle Wallisch… Read More
The ASU Symposium on April 5th was a great success! Seventeen students presented on their research with the addition of our keynote speaker, Dr. Elizabeth Briody, who talked about career readiness in the anthropological field. Many other subjects were presented… Read More
Bring it Back, Move it Forward: Indigenous Resurgences in the Upper Mekong Micah F. Morton Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Southeast Asian Studies Northern Illinois University. Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2025 Time: 4 pm Place: Sabin Hall G-90, UWM, 3413… Read More
The Anthropology Student Union (ASU) is accepting abstracts for their annual research symposium. This year’s theme is “Career Readiness and Anthropology in the Real World” featuring Dr. Elizabeth Briody as the keynote speaker. Dr. Briody is a cultural anthropologist with… Read More