COVID-19 and Educational Disparities: Global Perspectives

September 23, 2020
10:00am CST
Webinar hosted via Zoom

Join the Institute of World Affairs and UWM’s Global and International Studies Program for a moderated discussion with guest panelists from around the world, discussing the COVID-19 Pandemic’s impact on education on a global scale.

Congratulations to Caroline Seymour-Jorn

Congratulations to Global and International Studies Director, Caroline Seymour-Jorn, on the publication of her new book, Creating Spaces of Hope.

Pandemic at the Polls: Election Integrity and Covid-19

Wednesday, April 39, 2020, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
The UWM Institute of World Affairs is pleased to host a virtual town hall discussion exploring how crises like the current pandemic can threaten democracy both here and abroad. Sarah Repucci, the Vice President of Freedom House will be the featured presenter.

Alum News — Spring 2020 Dr. Manfa Sanogo, Bastien Craipain

Alum News — Spring 2020 Congratulations to MALLT alum, Dr. Manfa Sanogo (French, 2014) who moves to Kalamazoo, Michigan to take up a position of Assistant Professor in the Department of French and Francophone Studies at Kalamazoo College. Dr. Manfa …

Short Italian Films streaming online

We’re sad that Italian Film Festival USA won’t be able to bring the film festival to Milwaukee this spring, but we’re grateful that they’ve decided to post short films on their Facebook page. New films go up Saturday evening and are …

Summer Courses in French and Comparative Literature

This summer, the Department of French, Italian, and Comparative Literature is pleased to offer three entirely online courses in French and Comparative Literature: COMPLIT 135: Experiencing Literature in the 21st Century: Monsters and Monstrosity (3 undergraduate credits, 8-week course, June …

COVID-19 STUDENT SUPPORT RESOURCES

UWM is here to help. We’ve gathered resources and information that may be helpful to you during this unprecedented time of transition. We’ll continue to update this page so be sure to visit us again! Find the link here.

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.