2023 Morris Fromkin Memorial Lecture

Fourth Floor Conference Center, Golda Meir Library

Ermitte Saint Jacques, assistant professor in the UWM Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, and Robert Smith, Harry G. John Professor in the Marquette University Department of History, present the 54th Morris Fromkin Memorial Lecture at 4 p.m. on …

Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussion

Online

Cormac McCarthy "Wake for Susan" (1959) "A Drowning Incident" (1960) "The Dark Waters" (1965) No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected texts. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ZOOM SESSION If you think you will be …

Wikipedia Editing Workshop – Music of Slovenia

W194, Golda Meir Library

Celebrate Open Access Week by learning to improve the world's largest open access reference source, Wikipedia. Join us for a Wikipedia Editing Workshop at the Golda Meir Library. At this free event, anyone can learn to edit and improve Wikipedia. …

UWM’s Academic Adventurers Talk: The Geography of Taxonomy, or What is a Type Locality, Anyway?

American Geographical Society Library, Golda Meir Library 2311 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Presented by Dr. Michael Pauers, UWM College of General Studies. Modern taxonomic practice demands that precise information about the location where a new species was found (the “type locality”) be included in the description of new species. Unfortunately, especially for …

Scholar Sip: Benefits and Phenology of Native Flora — A Multi-Year Project

UWM at Washington County Library 400 S. University Drive, West Bend, WI, United States

Presented by Dr. Gary Britton. Scholar Sip is a free community event held on select Thursdays over the lunch hour at the UWM at Washington County Library. Come find out about the incredible research done by UWM staff – and …

The Future of Humanities Publishing: Keynote

Fourth Floor Conference Center, Golda Meir Library

Universities and their affiliated publishing landscapes continue to change rapidly. In the arts and humanities, presses, libraries, and humanities centers have all played different roles in publishing and dissemination. Open access and community-engaged efforts continue to redefine our work. How …

The Future of Humanities Publishing: Panel Discussion and Workshop

Room E272, Golda Meir Library

Universities and their affiliated publishing landscapes continue to change rapidly. In the arts and humanities, presses, libraries, and humanities centers have all played different roles in publishing and dissemination. Open access and community-engaged efforts continue to redefine our work. How …

Artificial Intelligence and Metaphor

Room E272, Golda Meir Library

Presented by John Jordan, UWM Dept. of Communication New technologies like AI require metaphors for understanding. But these metaphors do more than provide context; they shape and steer people’s attitudes and future policies. We can learn much about AI by …

Scholar Sip: From Old Manuscripts to New Performance — A Musical Rediscovery

UWM at Washington County Library 400 S. University Drive, West Bend, WI, United States

Presented by Dr. Peter Gibeau. Scholar Sip is a free community event held on select Thursdays over the lunch hour at the UWM at Washington County Library. Come find out about the incredible research done by UWM staff – and …

UWM’s Academic Adventurers Talk — “From Quakes to Wines: My Unusual Path in Academia”

American Geographical Society Library, Golda Meir Library 2311 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Presented by Brett Ketter, UWM Geosciences. Life hands you different choices and those choices can lead you to either flounder and fail or to adapt and flourish. According to Brett Ketter, that is his career path in a nutshell. With …