Chinua Achebe The Madman (1972) The Voter (1965) The Sacrificial Egg (1959) No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected texts. Any version of the texts may be used to prepare for discussion, but for your convenience …
A selection of books, recordings, and other materials, drawn from the UWM Libraries collections, focused on the contributions of Blacks to music. A reading list on Black music as well as more information about the exhibit and links to listening …
Sasha Stiles, Artists Now! Guest lecturer and AI PoetTuesday, February 21 | 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. What do advances in AI-powered natural language processing mean for creative writers and poetic thinkers? This generative poetry workshop with Stiles, author of Technelegy and a …
Marco Polo “The Court of Kublai Khan,” Book II, Chapters 1-12 of The Travels (1298/99) 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, …
Presented by Tom Haigh, History (co-author, A New History of Modern Computing, MIT Press, 2021) Susan McRoy, Computer Science (author, Principles of Natural Language Processing, 2021, https://uwm.pressbooks.pub/naturallanguage/, and Chair, Computer Science) Join us for a discussion about artificial intelligence and the technologies …
Dr. Sharity Bassett, visiting assistant professor of Women & Gender Studies and manager of the American Indian Student Center, presents a UWM Academic Adventurers talk, "Mapping Land History: Collaborating with the Oglala Lakota Nation on Land Research," on Friday, March …
Presented by Dr. Mark Peterson. Scholar Sip is a free community event held on select Thursdays over the lunch hour in the UWM at Washington County Library. Come find out about the incredible research done by UWM staff - and …
A thesis exhibition showcasing 20 books from Special Collections curated by Art History graduate student Rachel Allison. Image: JoAnna Poehlmann, Table of Contents, with Appendix, artist's book, Milwaukee, 1994.
In a distinguished career that spans five decades, Barry Moser has established himself as a premier book designer, a renowned children’s book illustrator, and one of the finest wood engravers of the 20th and 21st centuries. Drawn from both Special …
Presented by Shiraz Bhathena, UWM Libraries. Bing Crosby Enterprises gave the first demonstration of videotape in November 1951. Since then, it has become a predominant recording format globally and has documented a massive amount of history. Unfortunately, while the technology …