Spring 2026

The geography department at UWM hosts a weekly colloquium series on geographic topics.

We are grateful to the American Geographical Society Library for allowing us to host speakers in their space. Most colloquium series presentations are held in the American Geographical Society Library, 3rd floor, Golda Meir Library. Some events will be virtual or in other locations.

Colloquia are on Fridays: Spring term: 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm*  
*Unless otherwise indicated

DateEvent
Feb. 6Department Meet & Greet
Feb 11 AGSAGS Academic Adventurers Series
***Wednesday at 3:00pm*** 
Prof. Jennifer Jordan (Sociology, UWM) 
A Long Strange Trip: Budapest, Berlin, Baraboo, and Points in Between 
March 6 AAG presentation practice for students who want feedback 
March 13 Prof. István Tarrósy (University of Pecs, Hungary) 
Geopolitics in Africa-China Relations 
(co-sponsored event organized by AADS) 
March 20 AAG Week 
March 27 Spring Break 
April 3 Thea Brenner, MA presentation 
Siting and Funding: Locating Milwaukee's Performing Arts Ecosystem 
April 10 Matthias Schilli, Dissertation presentation 
Effects of Social Vulnerability, Built Environment, and Human Mobility on Violent Crimes in Chicago 
followed by GTU GeoBowl at 3:30pm 
April 17 Yiming Zhang, Dissertation presentation 
Analyzing the Impacts of COVID-19 using Geo-Big Data and Geo-AI Technique 
April 24 Mayer Lecture 
Prof. Eric Tate (Princeton School of Public and International Affairs) Title TBA 
May 1 Lulu Liu, Dissertation presentation 
Assessing Microclimate Variability Across Local Climate Zones: Impacts of Urban Morphology and Vegetation on Temperature Change 
May 8 GEOG 600 Undergraduate Research Symposium 

UWM Land Acknowledgement: We acknowledge in Milwaukee that we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present.   |   To learn more, visit the Electa Quinney Institute website.