Past Events

*Canceled* 03/27/2020 – Subject/Abject Relations by Celine Parreñas Shimizu

March 27th, 2020 at 3:30 PM - 5 PM UWM Campus, Curtin Hall 368 “The World in South Asia” lecture series welcomes Celine Parreñas Shimizu (School of Cinema, San Francisco State University). Different proximities to social life—viability (regard and recognition)...

February 25, 2022 – 2021 Business Writing Awards Ceremony

The 2021 Business Writing Award Ceremony will be on Friday, February 25th. Congratulations to all the winners! Live Stream Link: https://lubar.mediasite.com/.../54ff43e00ed2406eab7c692f6...

Eat Local :: Read Local

This year's annual Eat Local::Read Local reading is coming up soon!-- Through Eat Local::Read Local, UWM bridges the gap between local restaurants and local writers in order to connect with more of the community through poetry. We distribute printed poems...

*Canceled* 04/23/2020 – Earth is Faster Now: Arctic Indigeneity

“The Earth is Faster Now” Arctic Indigeneity and the Timescales of Climate Change with Hester Blum (Penn State) This talk discusses the timescales of ice and of Indigenous knowledge in the Arctic. Human time on Earth is often measured by...

Jennifer Dworschack-Kinter and Molly Ubbesen Receive Award for Teaching Excellence

Congratulations to Jennifer Dworschack-Kinter and Molly Ubbesen who were selected as recipients of Awards for Teaching Excellence. Individuals are considered for this honor on the basis of nominations from their peers. From this initial balloting, it was clear how much these instructors...

05/13/2020 – Furrow 2020 Virtual Release Party

It's begun! Countdown to our #FurrowReleaseParty! We're hosting a celebration of our 2020 edition on May 13th from 6-7 pm on Zoom! 🥳 The party will include a live host and featured readings from some of the authors. We hope you’ll...

Valerie Laken, Sukanya Banerjee, Brenda Cárdenas, and Liam Callanan Receive Faculty Teaching Awards

Congratulations to the recipients of this year's faculty teaching awards. These colleagues were selected in recognition of their exceptional record of teaching as well as broader contributions to our department.  The members of the merit committee who reviewed teaching materials (A. Martin, Moulthrop,...

2/25/2021 – Hester Blum, “A Humanist in the Northwest Passage”

Hester Blum (Penn State): Annual Literature and Cultural Theory program lecture events, February 25-26. A full schedule of events: Please email Mark Netzloff (netzloff@uwm.edu) for zoom links for all events. Thursday, 2/25, 3:30-5:00, public lecture: “A Humanist in the Northwest Passage,”...