Campus and community members of all ages are welcome to join Polyglot MKE – it’s never too late or too early to learn a new language! Wednesday, November 13 5:30pm at UWM, Curtin Hall 766 (3243 N. Downer Ave.)… Continue Reading »
Zombie Metaphors in Comparative Literature!
Read all about Drago Momcilovic‘s section of COMPLIT 135: Experiencing Literature in the 21st Century: Zombie Metaphors here, featured appropriately in the October issue of the College of Letters & Science newsletter.… Continue Reading »
Larry Kuiper and Richard Leson discuss the history and future of Notre Dame cathedral
Here’s our own Prof. Larry Kuiper (French) and Richard Leson (Art History) discussing the history and future of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris with Doug Savage on International Focus, a weekly program produced by UWM’s Institute of World Affairs. https://youtu.be/grMyqdXFKWY… Continue Reading »
Robin Pickering-Iazzi’s latest book publication: Dead Silent
Congratulations to Prof. Robin Pickering-Iazzi, whose latest publication, Dead Silent: Life Stories of Girls and Women Killed by the Italian Mafias, 1878-2018, is now available for free through UWM Digital Commons!… Continue Reading »
Kristin Pitt named as CLACS Faculty Fellow
Congratulations to Prof. Kristin Pitt (Comparative Literature and Women’s & Gender Studies), who has been named a 2019-2020 CLACS Faculty Fellow by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Prof. Pitt will be working on her research project, “Migration, … Continue Reading »
FICL endorses Center for Jewish Studies statement, “No Room for Hate at UWM”
At the start of this final week of spring classes at UWM, a student held a swastika sign near a public event celebrating Israeli Independence Day. Campus administration has noted that this reprehensible behavior is protected by the First Amendment … Continue Reading »
Women’s & Gender Studies Presents: Spring 2019 Brown Bag Series
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Women’s & Gender Studies Presents: Spring 2019 Brown Bag Series February 27: Robert Bruss, PhD Candidate, Dept. of English, UWM “The Potential for Queer Game Mechanics in Queers in Love at the End of the … Continue Reading »
22nd Festival of Films in French
Please join us from 15-24 February 2019 to celebrate our 22nd Festival of Films in French. https://uwm.edu/french-film-festival/films/… Continue Reading »
“Welcoming the Refugees” live-stream talk
Tuesday November 27, 2018 in the Language Oasis (CRT 187), starting at 6:30pm, the Program in French and Francophone Studies joins with the Alliance française of Milwaukee to live-stream Pascal Brice’s talk: “Welcoming the Refugees: Lessons of the European Crisis from a … Continue Reading »
ITALIAN CONSUL GENERAL AT UWM!
The Italian Program announces the Italian consul general’s visit to UWM! Please welcome Consul General, Dr. Giuseppe Finocchiaro, and the consular delegation Monday, December 10 @ 2:30-4:30 at UWM’s AGS Library.… Continue Reading »