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 …
The Global Studies Research Fellows (GSRF) Program is now accepting applications for a 2023 Global Studies Research Fellow. Faculty and instructional academic staff of all ranks from across the university whose research is global in nature are invited to submit …
We’re excited to offer a wide range of literature, art, and culture courses in Spring 2022. Please consider joining us online for one (or more!) of these classes–hope to see you soon! Course Listing
Congratulations to Demetrius Williams, who received a Teacher-Scholar Grant from Calvin University to supplement his year-long sabbatical leave as he works toward completing a monograph entitled, “The Cross of Christ in African American Christian Religious Experience: Piety, Politics, and Protest.” …
The undersigned departments and programs express their strong support for students and staff of color and LGBTQ+ students and staff in light of the recently posted racist and homophobic video by a UWM student. We strongly support the efforts by …
Congratulations to Dr. Drago Momcilovic, whose article “Music Video Gothic: Fragmentary Form at the Dawn of MTV” has been published by Gothic Studies!
It is with heavy hearts that the Comparative Literature Program shares news of the passing of Roy A Swanson, who was a professor of comparative literature at UWM from 1967-2003. Dr. Swanson was a beloved professor, an admired colleague, and …
Congratulations to Sayila Edmé First graduate of MALLT’s Accelerated MA program in French. She graduates this December with a BA in French and a MA in French and Francophone Language, Literature and Culture in 5 years.
Collective Statement of Solidarity In response to police violence against Black and Brown people in our city and nationwide and the recent murders of George Floyd, Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor, Joel Acevedo, Ahmaud Arbery, and a painfully long list of others, we write in strong …
The Department of French, Italian, and Comparative Literature strongly endorses the “Statement of Solidarity Against Anti-Asian Racism and Xenophobia” by UWM’s Asian Faculty and Staff Association. We affirm our commitment to supporting and advocating for students, faculty, and staff of the …