Fall 2025

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: Fall term: 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm* 
*Unless otherwise indicated

DateEvent Title
Sept 5 Meet and Greet at Hubbard Park @4:00pm 
Sept 26 Undergraduate Student Meeting 
with Chair Anne Bonds and Undergraduate Chair Kristin Sziarto 
Oct 10  Graduate Student Meeting 
with Chair Anne Bonds and Graduate Chair Alison Donnelly
Oct 17 Pedagogy Workshop 
Oct 24 Mayer Lecture & West Lakes Conference Keynote  
Prof. Julie Cidell (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) 
Oct 31 Prof. Amanda Seligman (History, UWM)  
The Town of Milwaukee, Glendale, and the North Shore: Exploring the History of Suburban Governance in Wisconsin 
Nov 7 Undergrad Student Meeting  
with Chair Anne Bonds and Undergraduate Chair Kristin Sziarto 
Nov 14 Dr. Elmo Rawlings (Geosciences, UW-Madison)  
The Quaternary Geology of Wisconsin 
Nov 21 GIS DAY at UWM 

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.