Congratulations to Sayila Edmé

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

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 …

Statement of Solidarity Against Anti-Asian Racism and Xenophobia

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 …

Alum News — Spring 2020 Dr. Manfa Sanogo, Bastien Craipain

Alum News — Spring 2020 Congratulations to MALLT alum, Dr. Manfa Sanogo (French, 2014) who moves to Kalamazoo, Michigan to take up a position of Assistant Professor in the Department of French and Francophone Studies at Kalamazoo College. Dr. Manfa …

Summer Courses in French and Comparative Literature

This summer, the Department of French, Italian, and Comparative Literature is pleased to offer three entirely online courses in French and Comparative Literature: COMPLIT 135: Experiencing Literature in the 21st Century: Monsters and Monstrosity (3 undergraduate credits, 8-week course, June …

COVID-19 STUDENT SUPPORT RESOURCES

UWM is here to help. We’ve gathered resources and information that may be helpful to you during this unprecedented time of transition. We’ll continue to update this page so be sure to visit us again! Find the link here.

Declare the Comparative Literature major online!

UWM students can now declare a major in Comparative Literature through an online form. If you’ve been intending to declare your major officially but just haven’t had the opportunity to set up an in-person appointment, check it out!

Polyglot MKE: February 5, 5:30-6:30pm

The second pop-up meeting of Polyglot MKE is this Wednesday, 2/5, 5:30-6:30pm in CRT 766, with micro-lessons in Korean and Serbian. If you speak more than two languages, or would like to in the future, stop by! Check the Facebook here.

POLYGLOT MKE

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.)

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.