AGSL Lectures
The AGSL hosts a number of lecture series, events, and exhibits throughout the year. To receive email updates about any of our lectures, send an email to agsl@uwm.edu with the subject: lectures & exhibits updates.
Maps & America: The Arthur Holzheimer Lecture Series
Held in the spring of each year in the AGSL on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus, the Maps & America Lecture Series was inaugurated by the noted cartographic historian, Brian Harley, in 1990. Since its inception, the lecture series has been generously sponsored by Arthur and Janet Holzheimer of the Chicago area. Over the years, the series has featured many of the leading figures in the field of map history and provided a multifaceted survey of this rapidly developing field.
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Academic Adventurers Series
Our 2025-2026 Academic Adventurer series has concluded. Thank you so much to our attendees! The series will return in the fall.
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UWM Department of Geography Lectures
Colloquy
Each academic year the AGSL hosts the UWM Geography Department’s colloquium from 3:00-4:00pm (fall) or 2:30-3:30 (spring) on Friday afternoons. For more information see the Department of Geography’s calendar of events.
Harold and Florence Mayer Lecture Series
This lecture series is sponsored by the Department of Geography and held in the AGSL in the fall and spring. It is made possible by an endowment from Harold and Florence Mayer. Harold Mayer (1916 – 1994) was a professor of geography at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and one of the leading scholars in the field of urban geography in the twentieth century. He specialized in Urban and Transport Geography of North America with a focus on New York, Chicago, Milwaukee, and British Columbia. For more information see the Department of Geography’s web site.