Visiting Author: Valerie Martinez

Thursday, March 10th, 2022 @ 3:30pm & 7:00pm CT
Valerie Martínez is the author of five books of poetry, one book of translations (of Uruguay’s Delmira Agustini) and a chapbook of hybrid poetry and prose. Her poems have appeared widely in anthologies, journals, and magazines. Her most recent work, Count, is a book-length poem that grapples with the devastating effects of human-made climate change while recounting the magnificent wonders of the natural world.… Continue Reading »

LACUSL Speaker Series: Queer Exposures: Roberto Bolaño, Sexuality, and Photography

Tuesday, November 16th, 2021 @ 3:30 pm CT
Queer sexuality and photography disturb linear temporalities such as normative social development and the subordination of the past to the present. Close readings of selected novels, short stories, and poems by Roberto Bolaño (1953-2003), demonstrate that queerness and photography also disturb linear conceptions of an author’s trajectory.… Continue Reading »

Exploring Majors Fair

Monday, October 18th, 2021 @ 10:00am – 2:00pm CT
Find our Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latinx (LACUSL) Studies Major and Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS) Certificate representing this coming Monday in the UWM Union Ballroom.… Continue Reading »

Announcing the Multicultural Scholars Collaborative

Recently, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s “Toward an Anti-Racist Campus” action grant supported the establishment of a Multicultural Scholars Collaborative on campus. This Collaborative will serve as an institutionalized network to enhance the research productivity of scholars of color, promote retention of BIPOC faculty, and enhance student retention into this pipeline.… Continue Reading »

The Distinguished Lecture Series Presents Youth Climate Activist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez

Monday, April, 19th, 2021 @ 7:00 pm CT
Join Student Involvement and Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latinx Studies in a conversation with Youth Climate Activist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, founder of Earth Guardians, an intergenerational organization with youth that trains diverse youth to be effective leaders in the environmental, climate and social justice movements across the globe.… Continue Reading »

Hispanic Serving Institution Website Launch

The Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) Network of Wisconsin website has just launched. The HSI Network includes member institutions Marquette, UW-Parkside, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD), Mount Mary University, Gateway Technical College, Carroll University, UW-Milwaukee, Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC), and Alverno College.… Continue Reading »