Don’t forget to apply for graduation through PAWS by Saturday, February 3. See the announcement fromthe Graduate School below for more details! This graduation application is required for us to process your degree completion and order your diploma; it is … Continue Reading »
Information for DACA and Undocumented Students
The Undocumented Student Taskforce at UWM has put together the DACA student toolkit below and scheduled open student sessions in the coming week. You can also access the Department of Homeland Security’s official memorandum of rescission and their frequently asked … Continue Reading »
Congratulations to Mario Sánchez Gumiel (Comparative Literature and Linguistics ’16)
Congratulations to Mario Sánchez Gumiel, who graduated from the MALLT program with a double concentration in Comparative Literature and Linguistics in May 2016, and before that with an MA in Spanish, also from UWM (2014), on the publication of his volume of … Continue Reading »
Nancy Bird-Soto publishes Gendering XXI: Latinas, caribeñas y sus otros modos de ser
Congratulations to Nancy Bird-Soto, associate professor of Spanish, whose latest book, Gendering XXI: Latinas, caribeñas y sus otros modos de ser, has been published with Editorial Tiempo Nuevo in San Juan, Puerto Rico.… Continue Reading »
Language Conversation Tables at UWM: Summer 2017
Most UWM language conversation tables will be on hiatus over the summer, but the Anishinaabemowin and Portuguese tables will continue on Monday and Tuesday evenings, respectively. See details on these and other events over the summer and into fall at … Continue Reading »
Call for Papers: 6th Lusophone and Hispanic Linguistics Symposium
UWM will host the 6th Lusophone and Hispanic Linguistics Symposium on September 29 and 30, 2017. Find the call for papers and more information here; proposals are due by August 6.… Continue Reading »
Congratulations to Matthew Eikamp, and all new UWM graduates!
Congratulations to all the UWM students who will graduate this coming weekend! This feature highlights the accomplishments of six graduates, including Matthew Eikamp, who will receive his MA in Language, Literature, and Translation, with concentrations in German- and Russian-to-English translation … Continue Reading »
Jonathan Wipplinger’s The Jazz Republic
Congratulations to UWM German professor and MALLT Coordinating Committee member Jonathan Wipplinger on the publication of his book, The Jazz Republic: Music, Race, and American Culture in Weimar Germany, out today from the University of Michigan Press!… Continue Reading »
Kati Latta: In Focus
This month’s edition of In Focus, the College of Letters & Science newsletter, has a great feature on Kati Latta, an undergraduate double major in French and Global Studies. Kati will graduate in May but be back at UWM in … Continue Reading »
Local linguist explains the M’waukee accent
Garry Davis, professor of linguistics and German, discusses the roots of the Milwaukee accent on Radio 88.9!… Continue Reading »