Past Events

Thursday, November 19 2015 3:30 pm

“Beyond Crisis: The Humanities in Renewal” A Symposium Dedicated to Ihab Hassan

A discussion of strategies of self-renewal in the humanities and a review of the early, innovative nature of the work of the late Professor Ihab Hassan. Featuring Ihab's final essay, read by Patrice Petro, and presentations by Charles Caramello (University...

April 7, 2022 at 7PM: UNITED WE READ: A Creative Writing Event

It's back! In-person attendance: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/291434196527. Livestreaming link:https://www.crowdcast.io/e/united-we-readapril-2022.

Summer events with Associate Professor Katharine Beutner

Wednesday, June 12, 2024 at 6 PM @ Mystery to Me Bookstore in Madison
Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at 7 PM @ The Book Cellar in Chicago

10/11/2019 – Professor Bhaskar Sarkar Lectures on “Cosmoplastics, or, Bollywood’s Global Gesture”

Friday, October 11 2019 @3:30 pm Curtin Hall 368 “The World in South Asia” lecture series welcomes Professor Bhaskar Sarkar (UC-Santa Barbara) who will deliver the talk entitled “Cosmoplastics, or, Bollywood’s Global Gesture” Indian cinema, more specifically the Bombay-based Hindi...

Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Thursday April 6th

Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 7-9 pm
Gabrielle Calvocoressi, poet and essayist, and author of Apocalyptic Swing will be our guest at the Hefter Center. Free and open to the public.

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Fellows on Flint: Water-Centric Cities

The ongoing water crisis in Flint, Michigan has prompted emergency response at city, state, and federal levels, as well as heated debate here in Wisconsin and nationally. Official inquiry is underway into the political, economic, and technological causes as well...

10/15/2019 – René Steinke: “A Certain Quality of Attention”: Writing, the Environment, and Now

2:00 pm: Craft Talk Mitchell Hall 361 7:30 pm: Reading Hefter Center 3271 N. Lake Dr. Please join us in celebrating 50 years of Creative Writing at UWM with a reading by René Steinke’s most recent novel, Friendswood. The book...

October 28, 2021 at 6PM: Grad School Open House

Register now for the 2021 Virtual Graduate School Open House.

May 18, 2022 at 4:30PM: Furrow Release Party 2022

Our 2022 in-person release party is coming up and YOU are invited! When: May 18th Where: Art Bar (722 E. Burleigh St.) Who: open to the public (ages 18+) Join us for a fun evening of readings, raffle, trivia, drinks...