414 for UWM Giving Day

On April 14, UWM celebrates “414 Day.” This year the 414 for UWM Giving Day campaign runs from noon on Thursday, April 13 through noon on Friday, April 14. Please consider supporting UWM and the students of Comparative Literature, French, …

Career Closet

The UWM language departments and programs are holding a professional clothing drive. This will take place from April 3rd- 21st. The items we are looking to be donated include dress shirts, blouses, dress pants, blazers, belts, suits, shoes, skirts, ties, …

Pickering-Iazzi’s book launch of Tina, Mafia Soldier

An enthusiastic crowd engaged in a fascinating and engaging discussion with Prof. Robin Pickering-Iazzi at Boswell Book Company on March 9, at the launch of Tina, Mafia Soldier, her translation of Maria Rosa Cutrufelli’s Canto al deserto: Storia di Tina, soldato di mafia.

Italian Film Festival USA

In-person return of the Italian Film Festival USA, from April 28-30. All the films are free and open to the public at the UWM Union Cinema, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., (2nd floor). Check out listings here to find out what movies …

Pickering-Iazzi publishes translation of Tina, Mafia Soldier

Congratulations to Prof. Robin Pickering-Iazzi, whose much-anticipated translation of Maria Rosa Cutrufelli’s Tina, Mafia Soldier (Canto al deserto: Storia di Tina, soldato di mafia, 1994) will be released by Soho Press on March 7, 2023. On both CrimeReads’ “Most Anticipated …

Study Abroad Scholarships for Summer and Fall 2023 are available!

1. Log into the UWM scholarship portal and complete your UWM general scholarship application. If you previously filled this out, you just need to update it with more current information – your previous responses carry over. 2. Complete the application …

Apply now for 2023-2024 scholarship in all of our programs!

Applications for many scholarships in the UWM Panther Scholarship Portal are due on Wednesday, March 1. Please make sure to complete the general application and upload a transcript showing your grades for Fall 2022 to be eligible for many campus-wide and …

Kristin Pitt presents her research on Mariana Enriquez

On November 11, Kristin Pitt, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, presented her research on literary representations of feminicide in talk entitled “Burning Even Ourselves: Self-Immolation in Mariana Enriquez’s ‘Things We Lost In The Fire’” as part of the panel “Transnational …