Congratulations to alumna Darina Pugacheva for successfully defending her dissertation at LSU Baton Rouge. She moves to Monterey, California where she takes up a position as Assistant Professor of French at the Defense Language Institute.… Continue Reading »
UWM Alum Tim Lomeli talks about his experience receiving FLAS in 2016
UWM alum Tim Lomeli talks about his experience receiving a graduate summer Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS) in 2016 to study Haitian Creole. Watch the video here.… Continue Reading »
MALLT endorses “No Room for Hate at UWM”
MALLT endorses the Department of French, Italian and Comparative Literature’s and the Sam & Helen Stahl Center for Jewish Studies’ statements : “No Room for Hate at UWM”.… Continue Reading »
Dr. Simonetta Milli Konewko publishes L’Italia neorealista: Compassione e identità nazionale nel dopoguerra
Congratulations to Simonetta Milli Konewko, Associate Professor of Italian, on the publication of L’Italia neorealista: Compassione e identità nazionale nel dopoguerra (Carocci editore, 2018), her own translation of her monograph Neorealism and the “New” Italy: Compassion in the Development of Italian Identity (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016).… Continue Reading »
Dr. Anita Alkhas publishes L’arte vivente: Baudelaire e Duchamp
Congratulations to Anita Alkhas, UWM Associate Professor of French, whose book is now out in Italian translation: L’arte vivente: Baudelaire e Duchamp (Archivio Dedalus Edizioni).… Continue Reading »
Congratulations to MALLT students Ewurama Okine and Loretta Mulberry, dessert champions!
Ewurama Okine and Loretta Mulberry entered the 5th Annual UWM International Dessert Competition as Team Shuga n Spyce. These MALLT students (Translation>Spanish to English) prepared a Chocolate Nkate Cake with Sobolo Ice Cream, which they called a Ghanaian/United States fusion … Continue Reading »
Registration is now open for the 5th annual International Dessert Competition
The international language and culture programs at UW-Milwaukee cordially invite you to our annual International Dessert Competition. All UWM students (undergrad and grad) are invited to compete individually or in teams. The public is invited to attend and to sample … Continue Reading »
Caroline Seymour-Jorn to speak at Marquette film screening and panel discussion of the Arab Spring, March 26
Caroline Seymour-Jorn of UWM’s Program in Comparative Literature and the Arabic Translation program will be speaking on Monday, March 26, at a panel discussion of the Arab Spring at Marquette University.… Continue Reading »
Annette Bahringer named new Director of Hustisford Community Library
Congratulations to UWM alum Annette Bahringer, who earned a BA in Comparative Literature and Anthropology and an MA in Foreign Languages and Literature with a concentration in Comparative Literature, who starts her new position as Director of the Hustisford Community … Continue Reading »
Practice speaking other languages in informal settings
The UWM World Languages and Cultures website keeps a running list of all the language tables and other informal language opportunities hosted by language programs on campus. The Spring 2018 isn’t quite finalized for all programs yet, but events are … Continue Reading »