The Festival of Films in French returns in February

Mark your calendars for UWM’s 27th Annual Festival of Films in French, February 16-25, 2024. All films will be free and open to the public at the UWM Union Cinema, and shown with subtitles in English. The complete schedule is coming soon!

Recipients of 2023 Klotsche Scholarship

Congratulations 2023 Klotsche Scholarship Recipients! Salvador Prado – majors Global Studies-Management and Japanese Mervat Mihyar – major International Studies

Pickering-Iazzi in Netflix’s How to Become a Mob Boss

Congratulations to Prof. Robin Pickering-Iazzi (Italian and Comparative Literature), who was interviewed as part of the Netflix docuseries How to Become a Mob Boss, which was released November 14, 2023. Look for her multiple appearances in episode 3, “Dominate Through Terror,” …

Momcilovic Discusses Zombies on Central Time

  On October 23, Dr. Drago Momcilovic (Comparative Literature and Global Studies) was a guest during the call-in show “Central Time” on the Ideas Network, answering questions about COMPLIT 135, Experiencing Literature in the 21st Century: Zombie Metaphors, as well …

Dante’s Inferno at the Fountain

Students in ITALIAN 333: Dante’s Divine Comedy in Translation acted out a circle of Dante’s Inferno on Monday, September 18. Dante students acted the roles of the Inferno’s hoarders and squanderers, pushing boulders (aka yoga balls) around the Curtin Hall fountain and demanding, …

Pickering-Iazzi in conversation on her latest translation

On September 20, Prof. Robin Pickering-Iazzi had the opportunity to engage in a lively online conversation of her translation of Maria Rosa Cutrufelli’s Tina, Mafia Soldier with Chiara Durrazini (Boston Italian Theater Company), Juliet Grames (Soho Press), and Cutrufelli through I Am …

Join the Global Student Alliance!

The Global Student Alliance is a student organization of both undergraduate and graduate students with a mission to cultivate a vibrant and inclusive community of students dedicated to fostering global awareness, cross-cultural understanding, and sustainable change within our college campus …

Black Lives Matter UWinteriM Study Abroad now accepting applications!

Black Lives Matter: A Global Comparative Study in the UK, an award-winning study abroad program, returns in 2024! Join Global Studies affiliated faculty Portia Cobb (Peck School of the Arts) and Ermitte Saint Jacques (African and African Diaspora Studies) in …