IWA Interviews Leading Russian Anti-War Activist

This Institute of World Affairs recently interviewed leading Russian anti-war activist Boris Kagarlitsky, Professor at Moscow School for Social and Economic Sciences. Kagarlitsky has published some 2 dozen books in English, Russian, and other languages, and was the Director of …

Peace Corps Prep Info Session

March 3rd, 2022 1:00 – 2:00 pm Hosted by Global Studies with Peace Corps Recruiter Megan Stoltenberg and Peace Corps Prep Coordinator Christine Wolf Microsoft Teams to join the meeting View the event flyer

UWM debuts Peace Corps Prep

UW-Milwaukee has joined a select number of universities around the nation as a Peace Corps Prep institution and one of only three universities in Wisconsin to offer the program. Stay tuned for an information session in the spring and the …

New Global Studies Course: Black Lives Matter, A Comparative Study

UW-Milwaukee’s global studies department announced that it will offer a course studying the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S. and globally as an online class for the Spring 2022 semester. “Global Studies 391: Black Lives Matter, A Comparative Study” …

Peace Corps Information Session

Wednesday, November 17, 2021, 11 AM – 12 PM CT Serving in the Peace Corps is a great way to immerse yourself in a new culture, learn a new language, and have the experience of a lifetime. Join this information …

New Course and Study Abroad, Spring 2022

Black Lives Matter: A Global Comparative Study is a team taught internationally focused comparative course on the BLM movement in the U.S. and abroad. Examines the history of BLM and how it has expanded and developed in multiple countries.

Spring Pedagogy Workshop for Global Studies and International Studies

Recorded on Friday May 7, 2021 via ZOOM Presentation by Jenny Kehl, Associate Professor & Global Water Security Scholar for UWM at the office of the Provost, Global Studies and Freshwater Sciences. Presentation by Douglas Haynes Douglas Haynes, Professor of …

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.