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  • International Career Bootcamp

    UWM Lubar Entrepreneurship Center 2100 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    With special guest Jake Gill, CEO of Skritter & UWM Alum Join us for an event focusing on alumni internship experiences and post-graduation careers! Learn about internship opportunities, boost your resume and LinkedIn, and network with others at our alumni …

    Free
  • Anthropology Colloquium: Opacity, Rézonans, and the Politics of Bearing Witness in Anthropology

    UWM Sabin Hall, Room G28 3413 North Downer Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Presentation by Professor Jerome Camal, Department of Anthropology, UW-Madison. This talk explores the politics of bearing witness through ethnography - asking anthropologists to acknowledge and confront our discipline’s entanglements and complicity with structures of dispossessions inherited from the colonial plantation …

    Free
  • 44th Annual Latin American Film Series (streaming options)

    Virtual/Online Event Link will be provided, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Select films will be screened at the UWM Union Theater and other selections will be made available online. All films will be shown in their original language with English subtitles. You must register in order to gain access to the …

  • Government Careers – A Panel Discussion with Professionals

    UWM Curtin Hall, Room 175 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Susan Falatko, Midwest Diplomat in Residence, U.S. State Department Koreen Grube, UWM alumna and Director at U.S. Commercial Services David Abundis, Regional Recruiter for the Peace Corps Free but register at https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=w3rKC7b8_U6J623pdgPPIcBkSWvBNw1AoJ8trFL9YAZUMzVWWk80WThRSjNZTTFTQ0E1VkVGOU4wVi4u

    Free
  • South African Author Sindiwe Magona

    UWM Digital Humanities Hub 2311 East Hartford Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Please join us for a special conversation with renowned South African author Dr. Sindiwe Magona. Dr. Magona has written over 130 children's books in addition to her acclaimed novels, autobiographical works, essays, biographies, and plays. She is a leading voice …

    free
  • Folk-arts for peace: HemisFair ’68 and the Cultural Olympics in México’s 1968 Olympiad during the Global Cold War

    Mitchell Hall, Room 191 3203 N. Downer Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    A public talk on craft and globalism by Dr. Deborah Dorotinsky Alperstein, Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas of the Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM). This lecture will center on folk art (handcraft / arte-popular) as a cultural agent during the Global …

    Free
  • 44th Annual Latin American Film Series

    44th Annual Latin American Film Series
    UWM Union Cinema 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Select films will be screened at the UWM Union Theater and other selections will be made available online. All films will be shown in their original language with English subtitles. You must register in order to gain access to the …

    Free
  • Foreign Language & Area Studies – Career Panel

    UWM Lubar Entrepreneurship Center 2100 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Hear from FLAS alumni in diverse fields, and how learning a less-commonly taught language helped them get to where they are today. Panelists have studied Portuguese, Kichwa, Nahuatl, and Zapotec. Panelists include: Jomarie Coloriano (Zapotec) Alex Bond (Portuguese) Dr. Maren Hawkins …

    Free
  • 45th Annual Latin American Film Series – March 28 through April 5

    45th Annual Latin American Film Series
    UWM Union Cinema 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    All films are free and will be shown in their original language with English subtitles. For full film description, running time, director, and other information see: https://uwm.edu/clacs/public-engagement/film-series/ Thursday, March 28 - 7 pm PUAN (Argentina) Friday, March 29 - 7 …

    Free
  • Becoming a Global Panther – An International Career event

    UWM Union Ballroom 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Interested in developing skills for the global workplace? Curious about what an international career might be? Attend to learn more about global skills, hear from professionals and interns about their experiences in the international careers space, practice talking about and …

    Free
  • Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) Open House

    UWM Northwest Quad B2479 2025 East Newport Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    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 …

    Free
  • A conversation with translator Denise Kripper

    UWM Lubar Entrepreneurship Center 2100 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    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

    Free
  • The Grenada frog: Long term monitoring, mapping, outreach and conservation

    UWM Golda Meir Library, AGS Library (3rd Floor, East Wing) 2311 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Presented by Professor Emily Latch & Billie Harrison, Biological Sciences, UW-Milwaukee. The island of Grenada is home to only two endemic terrestrial vertebrates, the Grenada Dove (Leptotila wellsi) and the Grenada Frog (Pristimantis euphronides). Both are Critically Endangered (IUCN Red …

  • Teaching English Abroad and Locally

    Learn how you can develop skills by working as an English teacher during or after completing your university studies! Featuring UWM alumni who have experience, and current opportunities for students to start the process now!

    Free
  • Puerto Rican bomba: free drum-and-dance workshop

    UWM Zelazo Center, Room 250 2419 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    De-stress with a drum-and-dance workshop as we wrap up the semester! Join renowned percussionist and Bembé Artist-in-Residence Beto Torrens for a hands-on workshop on Puerto Rican bomba, an Afro-Indigenous genre that is the island's oldest music and dance tradition. Try …

    Free
  • Beyond Borders: Writing as Activism & Healing

    UWM Golda Meir Library, 4th Floor Conference Center 2311 East Hartford Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Hear from Reyna Grande, author of the bestselling memoirs The Distance Between Us (Atria, 2012) and A Dream Called Home (Atria, 2018), where she writes about her life before and after she arrived in the United States from Mexico as …

    Free
  • 46th Annual Latin American Film Series

    46th Annual Latin American Film Series
    UWM Union Cinema 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, 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 …

  • Cocina Libre: Building Community through Immigrant Stories & Food Cultures

    UWM Lubar Entrepreneurship Center 2100 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Join us on Thursday, Feb. 26 at 6:00 p.m. for an evening of food, film, and connection. Our guests are Professor and licensed therapist Julia Roncoroni (University of Denver; Cocina Libre founder) and James Beard finalist Chef Gregory León (Amilinda …