{"id":31897,"date":"2022-03-24T07:21:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T12:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/libraries\/?page_id=31897"},"modified":"2026-09-01T13:45:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T18:45:35","slug":"agsl-news-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/libraries\/agsl\/agsl-news-events\/","title":{"rendered":"News &amp; Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row uwm-l-row--3\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<h1 id=\"h-agsl-lectures\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">AGSL Lectures<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The AGSL hosts a number of lecture series, events, and exhibits throughout the year.&nbsp;To receive email updates about any of our&nbsp;lectures, send an email to <a href=\"mailto:agsl@uwm.edu\">agsl@uwm.edu<\/a> with the subject: lectures &amp; exhibits updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" id=\"h-maps-amp-america-the-arthur-holzheimer-lecture-series\">Maps &amp; America: The Arthur Holzheimer Lecture Series <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Held in the spring of each year in the AGSL on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus, the&nbsp;<em>Maps &amp; America<\/em>&nbsp;Lecture Series was inaugurated by the noted cartographic historian, Brian Harley, in 1990. Since its inception, the lecture series has been generously sponsored by Arthur and Janet Holzheimer of the Chicago area. Over the years, the series has featured many of the leading figures in the field of map history and provided a multifaceted survey of this rapidly developing field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you would like to help support the AGSL\u2019s preservation efforts, you can&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/36kkymb\/7tpirf1l\/bld632x\">donate here<\/a>. Just choose \u201cother funds\u201d under designations and search or scroll to find the AGSL.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-academic-adventurers-series\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Academic Adventurers Series<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>September 30, 2026<\/strong> at 3 pm &#8211; Dr. Winifred Elysse Newman, Dean of the College of the Arts &amp; Architecture presenting <em>\u201cBut I thought we were in Paris\u2026.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"uwm-c-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>We use maps to locate places, people, and things, but maps also use us to create stories, project an idea, or shape how we think. Maps, mapmakers, and map readers are in a dynamic relationship with more uncertainty than you know until you stop and ask, where am I? This talk walks through how maps create a place in our mind or reinforce ideas about a place that may or may not be true.\u00a0<br><br><strong>Dr. Winifred Elysse Newman<\/strong>\u00a0is Professor and Dean at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her research promotes digital and human-machine hybrid solutions as a paradigm shift in the design and occupation of the built environment. Dr. Newman concentrates on\u00a0spatial perception in architecture, ecological psychology, adaptive environments, and neuroaesthetics, with active research in neuroscience and architecture, data visualization, mapping, STEM learning environments, and histories of technology and science. Dr. Newman is the Executive Editor of the\u00a0<em>Journal for Technology, Architecture, and Design<\/em>. Publications include\u00a0<em>Data Visualization for Design Thinking: Applied Mapping.<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you would like to help support the AGSL\u2019s preservation efforts, you can&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/36kkymb\/7tpirf1l\/bld632x\">donate here<\/a>. Just choose \u201cother funds\u201d under designations and search or scroll to find the AGSL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-uwm-department-of-geography-lectures\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">UWM Department of Geography Lectures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-colloquy\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Colloquy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each academic year the AGSL hosts the UWM Geography Department\u2019s colloquium from 3:00-4:00pm (fall) or 2:30-3:30 (spring) on Friday afternoons.&nbsp;For more information see the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/geography\/events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Department of Geography\u2019s calendar of events.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-harold-and-florence-mayer-lecture-series\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Harold and Florence Mayer Lecture Series<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This lecture series is sponsored by the Department of Geography and held in the AGSL in the fall and spring. It is made possible by an endowment from Harold and Florence Mayer. Harold Mayer (1916 \u2013 1994) was a professor of geography at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and one of the leading scholars in the field of urban geography in the twentieth century. 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