Talk @UWM by Author Yamen Manai

Tuesday, April 10, 2018You are invited to meet award-winning Tunisian author Yamen Manai who will speak (in French) about his recent book L’Amas Ardent. Download Yamen Manai event poster

21st annual Festival of Films in French!

Pop the champagne–the UWM Annual Festival of Films in French turns 21 this year! Don’t miss 14 films over 10 days, all at the UWM Union Cinema, free and open to the public, February 16 to 25.

Spend July 2018 in Paris or Rome!

The Department of French, Italian, ad Comparative Literature is offering two 6-credit study abroad courses this July: one in Paris and one in Rome! Study with UWM instructors familiar with these European cities, improve your language skills, and enhance your …

French Film Festival 2018

Please join us from 16-25 February 2018 to celebrate our 21st Festival of Films in French. @ Student Union Cinema, UW-Milwaukee

A Conversation with Christiane Taubira & Raoul Peck

In tandem with two film screenings, on October 19th, of Raoul Peck’s documentary on James Baldwin, “I am not your Negro“. On October 26, Distinguished Lecture Series:  “An Evening with Raoul Peck: Conversations on Identity, History, Race, and History”            …

Information for DACA and Undocumented Students

The Undocumented Student Taskforce at UWM has put together the DACA student toolkit below and scheduled open student sessions in the coming week. You can also access the Department of Homeland Security’s official memorandum of rescission and their frequently asked questions for additional information.

Special Event with Yanick Lahens!

Writing in Haiti & Telling Stories of Universal Human Truths Don’t miss these special events with author, and activist, Yanick Lahens! Friday, September 224:30 pmSpecial Collections4th Floor, Golda Meir Library Saturday, September 2311 amBoswell Book Co.2559 N Downer Ave Both …

UWM Land Acknowledgement: We acknowledge in Milwaukee that we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present.   |   To learn more, visit the Electa Quinney Institute website.