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The narrative of Ukraine’s 300-year struggle for freedom resounds with the stories and voices of its multiethnic population – such as Jews, Muslim Tatars, Roma, and Poles. This lecture highlights the coalescence of perspectives of Ukraine’s different ethnic, religious, and …
Saintly: Christian Women in Early Modern Europe explores the relationship between laywomen and holy women from the Christian canon by examining depictions of the Virgin Mary and Women Saints in works from the 16th through 18th centuries. Curated by graduate student Nikki …
Accompanying a course on American Folk Art taught by the UWM Art History Department, What the Folk? explores the terminology and history that have shaped understandings of folk art, self-taught art, Americana, outsider art, and visionary art. It asks which artists and …
DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. In 1977, a group of Holocaust survivors from Skokie, Illinois, filed a lawsuit to stop a planned neo-Nazi march by alleging menticide—the psychological equivalent of genocide. In this lecture, historian James …
Thesis presentation of Christopher Archuleta: Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) are primarily used for determining flood insurance rates and for determining which properties are required to have flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program. However, they are also flood risk maps …
Thesis presentation of Mark Miracle: This study investigates the negative health consequences linked to lead exposure, with a specific focus on interventions implemented in Milwaukee. Emphasizing the heightened susceptibility of young children during organ development, the research examines literature on …
Kristine Diekman, visiting artist and “multi-sensory storyteller”, will present about her fascinating work that incorporates narrative and interactive tabletop installations. Explore her website, https://www.kristinediekman.net/ Kristine Diekman is Emeritus Professor in the Art, Media & Design Department at California State University.
Join members of the C21 Reproductive Justice Collaboratory as we connect writing with reproductive freedoms. Learn more about the (1) history of reproductive justice; (2) how it impacts students today; and (3) explore how writing can be a tool to …
The C21 Reproductive Justice Collaboratory hosts this community event. We are an interdisciplinary UWM group who create space for conversations, resource sharing, and networking among local leaders engaged and interested in reproductive justice around Milwaukee. This event takes a deep dive …
Featuring Professor Brenda Cárdenas and graduates students Beck Behnke, Sean Enfield, and Ty Newcomb.
Sectional meeting of the American Mathematical Society hosted by UWM's Department of Mathematical Sciences. See https://www.ams.org/meetings/sectional/2318_program.html for program agenda, registration and details.
Presented by Professor Peter Hinow, UWM Dept. of Mathematical Sciences (College of Letters and Science)
Practice language skills outside of the classroom with informal conversations. All levels welcome!
Celebrate Earth Week by exploring our plant collection featuring 600+ species from around the world! Enter NWQ and take “Red” elevators up to 4th floor.
Practice language skills outside of the classroom with informal conversations. All levels welcome!
Nicky Beer visits UWM as part of the Creative Writing program's visiting writer series. Craft Talk @ 3 pm - to livestream: https://tinyurl.com/47xam2et Reading @ 7 pm - to livestream: https://tinyurl.com/mr3tdhx7 Nicky is a bi/queer writer, and the author of …
Thesis presentation of Mathew Ugwuanyi: Studies over the United States has shown that disparity still exists in lung cancer mortality. Such disparity has been greatly attributed to several risk factors such as genetics, socio-economic status, comorbidities, amongst others. Primarily, this …
Coffeeshop Astrophysics is a science outreach group formed 10 years ago. Over the past decade, graduate students and other professionals from the UWM Department of Physics have given dozens of science talks at Anodyne Coffee in Walker's Point on wide-ranging …
Come see the UWM Honors College Drama Club's production of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde! It will be held in Honors 196, and doors will open a half hour prior to the show. All performances are open …
The Italian Film Festival USA of Milwaukee is returning to in-person screenings presents 8 feature films -comedy, drama and documentary – over 3 days. For further information about each of the films, visit the link below. Cosponsored by the National …
Join us to hear from and network with an alumni panel of WGS alumni and celebrate contributions to UWM over the past 50 years. Refreshments provided and exhibitions will feature student work from our Queer Theory, Indigenous Feminisms, Research Methods, …
Practice language skills outside of the classroom with informal conversations. All levels welcome! Not held on March 21 during spring break.
The Urban Forum will bring together community, university, and city partners to explore topics that matter to Milwaukee. A pop-up exhibit and a panel discussion will gather community leaders, residents, university scholars, students, and city officials to explore why community …
Saintly: Christian Women in Early Modern Europe explores the relationship between laywomen and holy women from the Christian canon by examining depictions of the Virgin Mary and Women Saints in works from the 16th through 18th centuries. Curated by graduate student Nikki …
Accompanying a course on American Folk Art taught by the UWM Art History Department, What the Folk? explores the terminology and history that have shaped understandings of folk art, self-taught art, Americana, outsider art, and visionary art. It asks which artists and …
UWM students in Japan 361: Translating Japanese Media will showcase their subtitling skills through showings of episodes of Nobunaga Concerto. Nobunaga Concerto tells the story of a contemporary high school student who travels back in time and takes the place …
When MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini discovers that many facial recognition technologies misclassify women and darker-skinned faces, she delves into an investigation of widespread bias in algorithms. "Coded Bias" explores the fallout and Joy's journey to push for the …
A discussion with special guest author Arika Okrent. Arika is the author of Highly Irregular-Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhyme and Other Oddities of the English Language published in 2021: English can be so illogical and frustrating. Ugh, English, why …
Get PSYCHED for the year! Take a pic, grab a snack & swag, and learn about UWM’s Psychology program and ways to get involved. For more information, or to request accommodations, please email unertl@uwm.edu.
Visit the World Language Café to chat with students and professors from UWM´s language and culture programs-Arabic, Chinese, Classics, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Jewish Studies, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, American Sign Language, Comparative Literature, Global Studies, Translation & Interpreting Studies. …
Everyone is welcome to attend! Pizza and refreshments will be served! For more information, or to request accommodations, please email dewesolow@uwm.edu.
How does the particular produce the universal? In this seminar, Dr. James Loeffler will discuss how Jewish Studies engages this question by drawing on research on Raphael Lemkin’s creation of the legal concept of genocide in interwar Polish Jewish culture. …
The 2024 Sam and Helen Stahl Center for Jewish Studies, Distinguished Lecture by James Loeffler. This event is both in-person or via Zoom. To register for the Zoom link see https://wisconsin-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8tdtZrqyTdecQvrjdfKEyg#/registration Can law limit hate speech without violating the First …
Join us as we officially open UWM's newest building. Following remarks by the Chancellor and other special guests, enjoy tours of the spaces, refreshments, and demonstrations and displays of the research and teaching activities the building will house. More details …
The goal of this talk is to study a fourth-order nonlinear parabolic system with dispersion for describing bacterial aggregation. Analytical solution of traveling wave is found by taking into account the dispersion coefficient. Numerically, we demonstrate that the initial concentration …
Presented by Dr. Daniel Stoertz, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics at St. Olaf College. In Complex Dynamics, we study the iteration of holomorphic or meromorphic functions on the complex plane or the Riemann sphere. Of particular interest is the behavior …
CLACS welcomes all guests to catch up with colleagues and students and meet the new Associate Director, Monica VanBladel. Light refreshments will be provided. Dr. Monica VanBladel starts at UWM on September 25th. Monica comes to UWM with a rich …
Oct. 11 - With English Professor Derrick Harriell and graduate students Jessica Drake-Thomas, LG Sebayan, and Katie Witt. Nov. 15 - With English Professor Kate Beutner and graduate students Timothy Knapp, Saundra Norton, and Kurt Olsson. Feb. 7 - With …
The 2024 George F. Kennan Lecture presents James Galbraith, the Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. chair in government/business relations and professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin.
The Dean's Distinguished Lecture in the Natural Sciences for 2024 features Professor Jordan S. Ellenberg from UW-Madison. The “random walk” is a mathematical concept which underlies the way scientists now think about everything from stock markets to Wisconsin’s legislative districts …
Presented by Prof. Qingshuo Song, associate professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. In this talk, we will discuss the asymptotic behavior of the solution to a linear-quadratic stochastic optimal control problems. By establishing a connection between the ergodic cost problem and …
Explore galleries across UWM’s campus with six exhibitions to peruse. Celebrate the work of Milwaukee’s Latine-identified artists at Union Art Gallery. Think politics with two shows that examine the ways we engage with modern political systems. Check out pins and …
Join us for an engaging event hosted by the nonpartisan organization United to Preserve: Democracy and the Rule of Law and sponsored by UWM College of Letters & Science. The 2024 Dean's Social Impact Lecture will feature Barbara F. Walter, …
Learn more about the UWM's Italian program and Italian culture, and engage in Italian conversation. This is a great opportunity to practice your informal Italian language skills. All levels welcome! Five Wednesdays throughout the Fall 2024 semester: Sept. 25 Oct. …
Practice your Japanese language skills with other students. Informal conversation is great practice and an opportunity to meet fellow students. Open to majors, minors and any student interested in Japanese language. Every Thursday during the fall semester up until finals …
Denise Kripper is a translation studies scholar, author, literary translator, and associate professor of Spanish at Lake Forest College. In person or via Zoom: https://wisconsin-edu.zoom.us/j/98120350254?pwd=9Qfz1huX6mP8emmO8bMQdjZMaEFpwD.1#success
Mecca Jamilah Sullivan is the visiting writing for Fall 2024. Mecca is an award-winning fiction writer and critic. The craft talk will be at 3 pm and a reading and Q&A will be at 7 pm. Mecca Jamilah Sullivan’s fiction …
The 2024 Friends of Art History Lecture marks the 60th anniversary of the Department of Art History at UWM. Our speaker is Professor Christina Maranci of Harvard University (Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, Department of History of Art …
Modern Impacts: Celebrating 50 Years of the Rosenberg Collection at UWM honors the fiftieth anniversary of the foundational bequest of the Blanche and Henry Rosenberg Art Collection to UWM. In 1974, the UWM Art Collection was much like the young …
Presented by Jorge Coronado, Professor of Latin American and Andean Literatures, Co-Director, Andean Cultures & Histories at Northwestern University. In this talk, Professor Coronado reconsiders the scholarly frameworks within which we locate indigenista literature, arguably the broadest literary movement in …