Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussion

Online

Lynn Nottage Sweat (2015) Optional: See the UWM Theatre performance of Sweat in Kenilworth 508, April 19-23. 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, …

Artist Talk with Pat Northrup and Sam Zimmerman

Special Collections, Golda Meir Library

Please join us for a conversation in Special Collections at UWM's Golda Meir Library on Tuesday, April 11 at  4:30 p.m. to learn about Indigenous art, culture, and stories with artist and knowledge bearer, Pat Northrup (Dakota), and American Indian …

Scholar Sip: The UW MIA Project — Bringing Fallen American Heroes Home

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

Presented by Dr. Gregg Jamison. 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 …

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 …