United We Read: Student/Faculty Reading Series Thursday, March 29, 2018, 7:00 pm Boswell 2559 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211 The UWM English Department presents United We Read, featuring Mollie Boutell, Su Cho, Eric Wegenke and LACUSL Associated Faculty, Brenda Cárdenas … Continue Reading »
LACUSL Associated Faculty Kristin Pitt to present at Women’s & Gender Studies Brown Bag Series
Women’s & Gender Studies Presents Fall 2017 Brown Bag Series One Thursday Each Month at Noon, CRT 904… Continue Reading »
LACUSL Associated Faculty Gladys L. Mitchell-Walthour to give Fromkin Memorial Lecture
48th Annual Morris Fromkin Memorial Lecture Thursday, October 26, 2017, 4:00pm “Afro-Brazilian YouTubers & Digital Social Justice Activism,” presented by Gladys L. Mitchell-Walthour, Department of Africology UW-Milwaukee Golda Meir Library 4th Floor Conference Center, 2311 E. Hartford Avenu… Continue Reading »
LACUSL Affiliate Publishes Multilingual Book of Poetry
H2O: Aguacero – Downpour – Carga d’água – Acquazzone, is a multilingual edition (Spanish, English, Portuguese, and Italian) of 64 poems authored by Nelson López Rojas, and translated by Ester Filantropia, Jason Meyler, and Raquel Amorese. It “represents the inclusiveness of … Continue Reading »
LACUSL Faculty on BuzzFeed: “Here’s How To Raise Race-Conscious Children”
LACUSL affiliated faculty, Erin Winkler, associate professor of Africology and Urban Studies, has published a new piece, “Here’s How To Raise Race-Conscious Children” on BuzzFeed. “Teaching kids not to “see” race actually isn’t the best approach for raising anti-racist children,” … Continue Reading »
LACUSL Advisor Featured in NNS for Community Work
LACUSL’s Academic Advisor and Programs Coordinator, Alida Cardós Whaley was recently featured by the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service as part of their occasional series of pieces about community artists in Milwaukee. Alida has co-founded several local and international projects, including … Continue Reading »
LACUSL Committee Chair Publishes New Book
LACUSL’s Program Committee Co-chair, Dr. Nancy Bird-Soto, Associate Professor of Spanish, has published a new book, Gendering XXI: Latinas, caribeñas y sus otros modos de ser, with Editorial Tiempo Nuevo in San Juan, Puerto Rico. A synopsis is provided below … Continue Reading »