Kristin Pitt, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, will be one of the speakers at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies’ Workshop in honor of its 50th anniversary: Latin American Studies: Present and Future, December 4, 2015.
At the Meeting of the Department of French, Italian, and Comparative Literature on October 23, 2015, faculty of the department voted unanimously to endorse the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Faculty Senate Statement on Concealed Weapons (passed at the October 22, 2015 …
Kristin Pitt, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, will be presenting her research on “Precarious Families and Communities in Edwidge Danticat’s Claire of the Sea Light” as a part of the panel entitled “Sex Worker Activisms, Combating Human Trafficking, Slavery and State Prostitution …
Caroline Seymour-Jorn, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, has been awarded the 2015 Fromkin Research Grant and Lectureship, along with Anna Mannson McGinty (Geography and Women’s & Gender Studies) and Kristin Sziarto (Geography). They will present their research at the 2015 Fromkin …
The 25th Annual Congress of the Asociación Internacional de Literatura y Cultura Femenina Hispánica (AILCFH) is meeting in Milwaukee at Marquette University, October 8-10, 2015. Associate Professor Kristin E. Pitt of the Comparative Literature Program will be presenting her research, …
It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that Vilas Professor Emeritus Ihab Hassan, of English and Comparative Literature, passed away this past Thursday evening. A leading figure in the fields of comparative and postmodern literatures and the …
Congratulations to Kristin Pitt and Caroline Seymour-Jorn, Associate Professors of Comparative Literature, who have been awarded fellowships for the 2015-2016 academic year at UWM’s Center for 21st Century Studies. Kristin Pitt’s project, “Narratives of Apathy and Atrocity: Representing Missing and Murdered …
We are delighted to announce that Mr. Eric Anderson (French) and Dr. Drago Momcilovic (Comparative Literature) have both been promoted to Senior Lecturer, in recognition of their long records of excellence in teaching and service to the Department of French, …
A 2012 survey of 652 U.S.-born CEOs and heads of product engineering showed almost 60 percent had degrees in the humanities.All undergraduate students engage with the humanities at some point during their studies at UWM. Each year, about 2,000 students …
The Department of French, Italian, and Comparative Literature calls upon the upper administration of UWM to conduct immediately a budgetary planning process that acknowledges and repairs the imbalance in budget allocations that has endangered the core academic and research missions of the …