Congratulations to Sayila Edmé, the first graduate of the accelerated 5-year program in French. Sayiila graduates in December 2023 with a BA in French and an MA in Language, Literature, and Translation (French and Francophone Studies concentration) in just five …
Robin Pickering-Iazzi published her translations into English of the short stories “Candelora” and “The Lord of the Ship” by Luigi Pirandello, in the collaborative digital edition of Stories for a Year(Novelle per un anno), edited by Lisa Sarti and Michael Subialka. …
On November 30-December 1, 2022, the Instituto Italiana di Cultura in New York and the Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò at New York University hosted a two-day conference called Liberty Meets Italian Grace: Conversations Around the Timeless Work of Grazia Deledda, a …
Anita Alkhas, Associate Professor of French, and Ruth Adeniyi, Graduate Teaching Assistant in French, shared the UWM French program’s innovative curriculum at the annual ACTFL Convention on November 19, 2022, in a presentation entitled “Custom-Made: Remixing and Localizing Open Educational …
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 …
In November, Anita Alkhas, Associate Professor of French, gave a presentation entitled “Why Study Iran in/through French?/Pourquoi étudier l’Iran en français?” with Andrea Behn (Janesville Parker High School) and Ellen Onsrud (Lake Mills High School) at the Wisconsin Association for …
This November, Christine Wolf traveled to Seoul, South Korea, to present a poster at the Council for International Educational Exchange’s Annual Conference entitled “International Internships: Cultivating the curious, compassionate, and connected professional.” This project was supported by the U.S. Department …
On November 5, Anita Alkhas, Associate Professor of French; Ruth Adeniyi, Graduate Teaching Assistant in French; and Diana Boateng, Graduate Teaching Assistant in French; along with Kristin Woodward, Teaching and Learning Team Lead at UWM Libraries, discussed using free, online …
In October 2022, Christine Wolf, the Assistant Director of the Global Studies program, gave a presentation entitled “International Education: A Call to Action. Black Lives Matter: A Global Comparative Study & Companion Study Abroad” along with Yomarie Castellano, Study Abroad …
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 …