Thanks to CBS58 Sunday Morning for this thoughtful spotlight on Prof. Margaret Noodin of the UWM English Department and the Electa Quincey Institute and the Anishinaabemowin classes at UWM!… Continue Reading »
POLYGLOT MKE: November 13, 5:30pm
Campus and community members of all ages are welcome to join Polyglot MKE – it’s never too late or too early to learn a new language! Wednesday, November 13 5:30pm at UWM, Curtin Hall 766 (3243 N. Downer Ave.)… Continue Reading »
Fall 2019 Language Tables and Informal Conversation
UWM’s language programs offer regular opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and community members to have informal conversations in languages other than English, outside of the classroom. All levels welcome. Language tables meet in the Language Oasis, Curtin 187, unless otherwise … Continue Reading »
Jewish Studies innovates online: a new major option, and a new certificate on Holocaust and Genocide studies
UWM is the first public university in the country to offer a Jewish Studies major available entirely online. There’s also a new certificate in Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Studies, also available online! Read more about both in the October … Continue Reading »
Zombie Metaphors in Comparative Literature!
Read all about Drago Momcilovic‘s section of COMPLIT 135: Experiencing Literature in the 21st Century: Zombie Metaphors here, featured appropriately in the October issue of the College of Letters & Science newsletter.… Continue Reading »
Larry Kuiper and Richard Leson discuss the history and future of Notre Dame cathedral
Here’s UWM professors Larry Kuiper (French) and Richard Leson (Art History) discussing the history and future of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris with Doug Savage on International Focus, a weekly program produced by UWM’s Institute of World Affairs. https://youtu.be/grMyqdXFKWY… Continue Reading »
2019-2020 CLACS Faculty Fellows
Congratulations to all the faculty named 2019-2020 CLACS Faculty Fellows by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies: Rachel Bloom-Pojar, Rachel Buff, Anne Dressel, Kristin Pitt, and Chia Vang. Faculty Fellows will present their research on Migration in the … Continue Reading »
Robin Pickering-Iazzi publishes Dead Silent via UWM Digital Commons
Congratulations to Prof. Robin Pickering-Iazzi of the Italian program on her latest publication! Dead Silent: Life Stories of Girls and Women Killed by the Italian Mafias, 1878-2018, features over 200 life stories of girls and women killed by the camorra, Cosa … Continue Reading »
Sam & Helen Stahl Center for Jewish Studies, “No Room for Hate at UWM”
We are grateful to the Sam & Helen Stahl Center for Jewish Studies for taking the lead on campus in response to this week’s hateful antisemitic display on Spaights Plaza. Please read their statement, “No Room for Hate at UWM,” … Continue Reading »
Fall 2018 Language Table Schedule
Here’s the complete schedule for languages and informal conversation opportunities in American Sign Language, Anishinaabemowin, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Irish Gaelic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish!… Continue Reading »