A Synesthete’s Atlas: Performing Cartography — A Presentation by Eric Theise

American Geographical Society Library, Golda Meir Library/Online

Eric Theise combines strategies from experimental film and animation, color theory, the Light and Space movement, and concrete poetry with open data and open source software to create digital maps that behave in ways never intended by the original developers. …

Digital Arts and Culture (DAC) Student Showcase

Digital Humanities Lab, Golda Meir Library

Presented by Digital Arts & Culture Certificate students. Students from the Digital Arts and Culture (DAC) program will showcase their work in person in the Digital Humanities Lab. No registration necessary.

Author Talk: Sindiwe Magona

Digital Humanities Lab, Golda Meir Library

photo credit: Valérie Marin Le Mélée © vmlm Please join us for a special conversation with renowned South African author Dr. Sindiwe Magona on Tuesday, April 18 at 5:30 p.m. in the UWM Digital Humanities Lab, located on the second floor, …

2023 Ettinger Book Artist Series Lecture: Karen Wirth

Fourth Floor Conference Center, Golda Meir Library

From artist’s books and sculpture to installation and public art, Minneapolis artist and educator Karen Wirth will talk about how books, reading, and language are the common denominators in her work. A professor emeritus at the Minneapolis College of Art and …

Behind the Scenes of a Digital Journal — In geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies

Digital Humanities Lab, Golda Meir Library

Behind the Scenes of a Digital Journal: In geveb: A Journal of Yiddish StudiesJessica Kirzane, editor-in-chiefThursday, April 20 | 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. In geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies is an open-access digital peer reviewed journal, journal of literary translation, forum for pedagogy, …

Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussions

Online

Anne Sexton Consorting With Angels (1963) Crossing the Atlantic (1965) 45 Mercy Street (1974) Maxine Kumin Morning Swim (1962) How It Is (1974) The Archaeology of a Marriage (1978) Ruth Fainlight To See the Matter Clearly (1968) The Wild Hunt (1973) Friend’s Photos (1997) No expertise or prerequisites are …

2023 “Maps & America” Arthur Holzheimer Lecture

American Geographical Society Library, Golda Meir Library/Online

Karen Lewis, chair of Undergraduate Studies in Architecture and associate professor of architecture at Ohio State University, presents the 2023 "Maps & America": Arthur Holzheimer Lecture on Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 6 p.m. in the American Geographical Society Library, …

Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussion

Online

William Shakespeare Henry V (ca. 1599) No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected text. Any version of the text may be used to prepare for discussion, but for your convenience a link to an …

Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussion

Online

A. A. Milne Winnie the Pooh (1926) Chapters 1-5 No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected text. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ZOOM SESSION If you think you will be attending the session, please send …