Universal Questions: Mapping the Skies Through Time  

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

Exhibit, American Geographical Society Library Mapping the stars as they rotate through the night sky is an ancient art practiced by people all over the world.  The ways people talk about space change over time thanks to scientific discoveries, but …

Indigenous Photographers

Daniel M. Soref Learning Commons, Golda Meir Library

The UWM Union Art Gallery is presenting Swinomish and Tulalip photographer Matika Wilbur's exhibition "Seeds of Culture: The Portraits and Voices of Native American Women," November 16 through December 15. The exhibition is based on Wilbur's 2023 New York Tims Best Seller Project 562: …

Shadows of Industrialization

UWM at Waukesha Library

The UWM at Waukesha Library is pleased to present "Shadows of Industrialization," a multi-media art exhibit by Milwaukee-based artist Barbara Miner. The photographic exhibit documents first-hand accounts of the deindustrialization of Milwaukee from the 1970s to the present through the …

Serenity Story Time

Contemplative Space, Golda Meir Library

Join us for a 30 minute mindfulness break in the UWM Golda Meir Library's Contemplative Space (2nd floor east wing) on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023 at 2 p.m. Relax to poetry and stories read by librarians followed by guided meditation. …

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 …

Workshop: Maps and IIIF/Juncture

Room E272, Golda Meir Library

Presented by Ann Hanlon and Stephen Appel, UWM Libraries. Using the Juncture open-source framework as well as other open tools, including IIIF, we will introduce some basic techniques to use maps and geographic coordinates in a web-based environment. Expand your mapping capabilities! Registration …

Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussion

Online

Marcel Proust "Seascape, with Frieze of Girls" Part I, from Within a Budding Grove, volume 2 of Proust's In Search of Lost Time (Remembrance of Things Past) (1919) No expertise or prerequisites are required. We only ask that you read the selected text. INSTRUCTIONS …

Silent Books: Sharing Wordless Picture Books across Cultures and Languages

Online

In recognition of Human Rights Day, please join us for a virtual talk by Deborah Soria (Silent Books Project Director, Biblioteca IBBY lampedusa) on "Silent Books:  Sharing Wordless Picture Books across Cultures and Languages" on Monday, December 11, 2023 at …