Past Events

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Friday, March 3 2023 10:30 - 11:30 AM (Panel) & 2:30 - 4:00 PM (Book Talk/Q&A)

Fandom, The Next Generation: A Two-Part Event with Dr. Bridget Kies & Dr. Megan Connor

Join us for a two-part event with visiting scholars & Panther alumni Dr. Bridget Kies (PhD 2018) & Dr. Megan Connor (MA 2015)! Both events will be held in Curtin Hall, Room 368. 10:30 - 11:30 AM: Career Panel (Curtin...

Friday, March 3 2023 7:00pm

United We Read: UWM Creative Writing Program Graduate Student-Faculty Reading Series

Please join us for the March event in our United We Read: Graduate Student-Faculty Reading Series, hosted by Art Bar! This month’s readers are Rebecca Baumann, Daphne Daugherty, Danielle Harms, and Professor Valerie Laken.

Friday, February 24 2023 10:30am

Gerald J. Alred Professional Writing Challenge Awards Ceremony

Please join us for the Gerald J. Alred Professional Writing Awards Challenge Ceremony to honor our Spring 2022 and Fall 2022 student winners! Honorees Spring 2022 First Place: Thunder Milroy, Second Place: Lauren Anding, Third Place: Chloe Uphoff, Honorable Mention: Zak Klug, Sebastian Laverde Fall 2022 First...

Friday, February 10 2023 - Friday, February 10 2023 7:00pm

United We Read: UWM Creative Writing Program Graduate Student-Faculty Reading Series

Please join us for the first event in our United We Read: Graduate Student-Faculty Reading Series for Spring 2023, hosted by Sugar Maple! This month’s readers are Sean Enfield, Kathryne David Gargano, Brandon Henry, and Professor Brenda Cárdenas.

Friday, November 18 2022 6:30pm - 7:30pm

United We Read: UWM Creative Writing Program Graduate Student-Faculty Reading Series

Please join us for the second event in our United We Read: Graduate Student-Faculty Reading Series for Fall 2022, hosted by Boswell Book Company! This month’s readers are Cassandra Bruner, Sass Denny, Camilla Lee, and Professor Rebecca Dunham. Livestream:

Thursday, October 27 2022 4:00pm

The Comforts of Heritage: Race, Tourism, and Memory in the American South

The 53rd Annual Morris Fromkin Memorial Lecture The Comforts of Heritage: Race, Tourism, and Memory in the American South October 27, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. The 2022 Morris Fromkin Memorial Lecture will be presented by Shevaun Watson (Associate Professor, UWM...

Friday, October 21 2022 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Department of English Awards Ceremony

Please join the Department of English for our annual Awards Ceremony to honor our undergraduate and graduate award recipients! The event will be taking place on Friday, October 21, 2022, from 12:00pm-2:00pm in Curtin Hall 175.

Friday, October 21 2022 7:00pm

United We Read: UWM Creative Writing Program Graduate Student-Faculty Reading Series

Please join us for the first event in our United We Read Graduate Student-Faculty Reading Series for Fall 2022. This month's readers are Beck Behnke, Sophie Nunberg, Katherine Witt, and Liam Callanan. This event will also be livestreamed at the...

Saturday, October 15 2022 10:00am - 4:00pm

Home Movie Day 2022

Saturday, October 15, 2022 from 10:00am-4:00pm in Mitchell Hall, Room B91
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is proud to host the City of Milwaukee’s first Home Movie Day.  Community members from Milwaukee and the surrounding cities and counties are invited to participate.  The public is invited to bring in their home movies in 8mm, Super 8, 16mm, VHS, Mini-DV, or digital formats; to have their materials inspected and/or repaired by UWM volunteers; with selections screened for an audience while the owner narrates.

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Wednesday, October 12 2022 3:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Lecture: The Rise of Right-Wing Comedy (Nick Marx, Colorado State University)

Please join us at 3:30 P.M. on Wednesday, October 12th in Curtin Hall 368 for a lecture and Q&A with Dr. Nick Marx, author of That's Not Funny: How the Right Makes Comedy Work for Them.  That's Not Funny argues...