Lecture on Poland by Professor Pease

Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Join us for the lecture, entitled “The Good Name of Poland: The Polish ‘Holocaust Speech’ Law & Its Historical & Contemporary Meaning” in Curtin Hall 175, 3243 N Downer Ave on the UWM Campus.

War Memorial Center WWI Lecture Series

Be sure to attend the WWI Lecture Series at the War Memorial Center. The first lecture, “Forging the Red Arrow: Wisconsin builds the 32nd Division,” will begin at 6:30pm on October 4, 2018. On October 11th, UWM Department of History undergraduate Henry Reichenbach will talk about the impact of Native Americans on WWI. All lectures are free and open to the public; mention the lecture for free parking in the WMC north lot.

History Alumnus: Michael Aldana

Alumnus Michael Aldana has been appointed managing partner of Milwaukee’s second-largest law firm Quarles & Brady LLP.

How Wisconsin is trying to head off a major worker shortage

PBS News Hour Economics Correspondent, Paul Solman, reports on the labor shortage in Wisconsin and what employers are doing to fill needed positions. Solman interviews UWM Department of History Professor Emeritus Marc Levine.

Professor Vang on Hmong family tradition of growing and selling food

UWM History Professor and Director of Hmong Diaspora Studies Chia Vang discusses the tradition of growing and selling food at local farmers markets within Hmong families in a recent article by the Journal Sentinel. Read about this tradition and more …

Nan Kim, Peace Advocate

Associate Professor Nan Kim shows her support for the struggle of the people of Okinawa to demilitarize the Okinawan islands and to live in peace in an article on the blog Consortiumnews.com.

Alumna Monica Drake

UWM Alumna Monica Drake (Art History, BA; Public History and Museum Studies, MA) is the new operations manager for Pinellas County’s Heritage Village, a 21-acre living history museum.

Cantwell: Religion Off the Cuff

Assistant Professor of History Christopher D Cantwell, along with PhD student Catherine Abbott, author the article, “Religion Off the Cuff.” The article concerns a new project entitled “Gathering Places: Religion and Community in Milwaukee.”

Professor Carolyn Eichner interviewed by French Newspaper Mediapart

An interview with Professor Carolyn Eichner (History) is the lead story in the French newspaper Mediapart. It is the fourth part in their series “The Colonial Project in New Caledonia,” on the upcoming referendum on New Caledonia’s independence from France.

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.