Demoted Exhibition
2025-03-31 10:30 - 14:30, 2025-04-01 10:30 - 14:30, 2025-04-02 10:30 - 14:30, 2025-04-03 10:30 - 14:30 (America/Chicago) | Emile H. Mathis Art Gallery, 3203 North Downer Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
“Demoted” is an exhibition featuring research by UWM undergraduate Art History students from the Fall 2024 colloquium taught by Associate Professor Richard Leson. The paintings in this exhibit raise questions about authenticity, value, and the ethical implications of traditional art-historical work.
Demoted opens in the Mathis Art Gallery, first floor Mitchell Hall, Thursday, March 13th and runs through May 1, 2025, with an opening reception from 5:00pm until 7:00pm featuring remarks from undergraduate co-curators at 5:30pm. The gallery hours are Monday through Thursday from 10:30am until 2:30pm. Gallery and events are free and open to the public.

LACUSL Speaker Series: Prof. Jessica Nelson
2025-03-31 15:00 - 16:00 | UWM Golda Meir Library, AGS Library (3rd Floor, East Wing), 2311 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
“Remembered in Our Prayers”: Colonial Mexico, Philanthropy, and Public History
Monday, March 31st, 2025
3:00-4:00 PM
AGSL (UWM Libraries, 3rd floor)
UW-Milwaukee
Dr. Jessica Nelson
Visiting Assistant Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
In colonial Oaxaca, Mexico, the spiritual and material economies were closely intertwined. Fundraising, sponsorships, and other obra pias (charitable works) covered the cost of endeavors like paying the dowries of orphaned girls, or constructing a convent for Indigenous women. Centuries later, not all of these projects have been remembered equally. Some made permanent changes to the urban landscape and are still discussed today; others have been essentially forgotten. This talk will explore the history of philanthropy in Mexico, the process of researching these projects, and contemporary public history of colonial events.
Join us to learn about the many topics you can study through the interdisciplinary LACUSL major at UWM.

Jodi Eichler-Levine "Bezalel's Daughters: How Jewish Women Make Objects"
2025-04-03 19:00 - 20:30 | Curtin Hall 175
Without Jewish American women, we would have no Barbie dolls, far less modern art, and less-interesting ritual objects. Through the stories of women artists, crafters, and other creators, this talk sheds light on Jewish American life by focusing on how people create objects and how those objects, in turn, shape the people who create and make use of them.
Jodi Eichler-Levine is the Philip and Muriel Berman Professor of Jewish Civilization and a professor in the department of Religion, Culture, & Society at Lehigh University. She is the author, most recently, of “Painted Pomegranates and Needlepoint Rabbis: How Jews Craft Resilience and Create Community.” Her work has also appeared in “The Washington Post,” “CNN,” “Salon,” and other popular publications. Her teaching and research explore the intersections between Jewish American history and religious life in the United States more broadly. She directs the Berman Center for Jewish Studies at Lehigh and serves on the board of the Association for Jewish Studies.
Thursday, April 3
7:00–8:30pm
Curtin Hall 175 and Zoom
This is a hybrid event. Zoom attendance requires pre-registration: http://bit.ly/EichlerLevine
Free & Open to the Public. Parking is available in the UWM Student Union parking structure, or on the street.

46th Annual Latin American Film Series
2025-04-03 19:00 - 2025-04-10 21:00, 2025-04-04 19:00 - 2025-04-11 21:00, 2025-04-05 19:00 - 2025-04-12 21:00, 2025-04-06 19:00 - 2025-04-13 21:00 | UWM Union Cinema, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, 53211, United States
Presented by The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, with UWM Union Student Involvement and Union Cinema
UWM’s Latin American Film Series (LAFS) returns this April for its 46th year, showcasing recent feature-length films from across Latin America and the Caribbean. This year’s lineup includes a variety of dramatic, comedic, and documentary titles, with stories set in urban capitals (Lima, La Paz), rural communities (Mexico’s Michoacán, Colombia’s Caribbean coast), and places in between. Join us to explore society, history, and the human experience.
All films will be shown in the original language with English subtitles.
Free and open to the public
Visit our website for titles, showtimes, trailers, and more: https://uwm.edu/clacs/news/the-46th-annual-latin-american-film-series/
