BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//World Languages & Cultures - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://uwm.edu/world-languages-cultures X-WR-CALDESC:Events for World Languages & Cultures REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20260308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20261101T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20270314T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20271107T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260304T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260304T133000 DTSTAMP:20260602T161309 CREATED:20260202T225855Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260202T225855Z UID:10012404-1772627400-1772631000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Spanish Conversation Club DESCRIPTION:Open to all students and staff at UWM as well as to community members who wish to practice speaking Spanish. \nEvery week in Curtin Hall 739\nWednesdays 12:30-1:30 PM URL:https://uwm.edu/world-languages-cultures/event/spanish-conversation-club-2/2026-03-04/ LOCATION:Curtin Hall 739 CATEGORIES:Department Event,Spanish Event X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260305T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260305T133000 DTSTAMP:20260602T161309 CREATED:20260130T195441Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260202T230006Z UID:10012388-1772713800-1772717400@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Japanese & English Conversation Table DESCRIPTION:The Japanese & English Conversation Table provides a platform for UWM students and Japanese exchange students to get to know each other and talk about Japanese language and culture. Most participants are students who are currently enrolled in or have previously taken our Japanese courses\, but all are welcome. Occasionally\, there are guest speakers and information sessions about Japan or Japanese language-related opportunities. \nThis is a recurring event every Thursday from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm\, about 50 minutes in Curtin Hall #187. URL:https://uwm.edu/world-languages-cultures/event/japanese-english-conversation-table/2026-03-05/ LOCATION:Curtin Hall 187\, WI\, United States CATEGORIES:Department Event,Japanese Event X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260305T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260305T170000 DTSTAMP:20260602T161309 CREATED:20260120T162722Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260120T162722Z UID:10012376-1772722800-1772730000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Peace Corps Information Session DESCRIPTION:Join us during Peace Corps Week to meet our regional Peace Corps Recruiter\, learn about the Peace Corps Prep Certificate program at UWM\, take the Peace Corps quiz and take home some merch! \nFor more information\, contact Christine Wolf at cawolf@uwm.edu. \nMarch 5\, 2026\n3:00–5:00 pm \nVogel Hall 170 URL:https://uwm.edu/world-languages-cultures/event/peace-corps-information-session/ LOCATION:Vogel Hall 170 CATEGORIES:Arabic Event,Comp Lit Event,Department Event,French Event,Global Studies Event,Italian Event,Japanese Event,Portuguese Event,Spanish Event,Translation and Interpreting Studies X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260307T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260307T123000 DTSTAMP:20260602T161309 CREATED:20260116T183046Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T191357Z UID:10012375-1772874000-1772886600@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Educator Workshop: Teaching Heritage Language Learners\, Practical Strategies for Language Instructors DESCRIPTION:Learn more about the Educator Workshop: Teaching Heritage Language Learners\, Practical Strategies for Language Instructors. \nSaturday\, March 7\n9:00 am – 12:30 pm CT\nUW-Milwaukee Welcome Center\, Room 107\n2100 E. Kenwood Blvd.\, Milwaukee WI 53211 \nRegister for the workshop here. Registration is capped at 30 educators. \nDeadlines:\nFebruary 6: UWM priority deadline (Free – faculty\, students\, staff)\nFebruary 20: All educators registration deadline ($10 for non-UWM) \nIn this interactive workshop\, teachers of Spanish who have Heritage Language Learners (HLLs) in their classes will explore practical\, research-informed strategies for navigating the language classroom and supporting their students across a variety of classroom contexts. Participants will learn how to get to know their students more deeply by identifying students’ previous language experience and proficiency levels. We will also discuss multiculturalism\, and how teachers can learn about\, validate\, and appropriately inquire about students’ traditions and experiences. Additionally\, we will reflect on how teacher biases and personal experiences can shape classroom expectations and interactions. Finally\, attendees will apply these ideas to hands-on examples and case studies from real classroom scenarios. \nInstructors of Spanish from all levels are welcome\, and we look forward to hearing about your thoughts and experiences and working collectively to improve the classroom for our students. URL:https://uwm.edu/world-languages-cultures/event/educator-workshop-teaching-heritage-language-learners-practical-strategies-for-language-instructors/ LOCATION:UWM Welcome Center\, Room 107\, 2100 E. Kenwood Blvd\, Milwaukee\, 35211\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Spanish Event X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260311T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260311T133000 DTSTAMP:20260602T161309 CREATED:20260202T225855Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260202T225855Z UID:10012405-1773232200-1773235800@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Spanish Conversation Club DESCRIPTION:Open to all students and staff at UWM as well as to community members who wish to practice speaking Spanish. \nEvery week in Curtin Hall 739\nWednesdays 12:30-1:30 PM URL:https://uwm.edu/world-languages-cultures/event/spanish-conversation-club-2/2026-03-11/ LOCATION:Curtin Hall 739 CATEGORIES:Department Event,Spanish Event X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260311T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260311T173000 DTSTAMP:20260602T161309 CREATED:20260203T162004Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T162004Z UID:10012417-1773246600-1773250200@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Circolo Italiano DESCRIPTION:Circolo Italiano brings together learners and lovers of Italian language and culture for regular social and conversational gatherings. It meets every second and fourth Wednesday of the month. \nFebruary 11\, February 25\, March 11\, April 8\, April 22\, May 6 \nCurtin Hall\, Room 766 \n4:30–5:30pm URL:https://uwm.edu/world-languages-cultures/event/circolo-italiano-2/2026-03-11/ LOCATION:Curtin 766 CATEGORIES:Department Event,Italian Event X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260312T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260312T133000 DTSTAMP:20260602T161309 CREATED:20260130T195441Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260202T230006Z UID:10012389-1773318600-1773322200@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Japanese & English Conversation Table DESCRIPTION:The Japanese & English Conversation Table provides a platform for UWM students and Japanese exchange students to get to know each other and talk about Japanese language and culture. Most participants are students who are currently enrolled in or have previously taken our Japanese courses\, but all are welcome. Occasionally\, there are guest speakers and information sessions about Japan or Japanese language-related opportunities. \nThis is a recurring event every Thursday from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm\, about 50 minutes in Curtin Hall #187. URL:https://uwm.edu/world-languages-cultures/event/japanese-english-conversation-table/2026-03-12/ LOCATION:Curtin Hall 187\, WI\, United States CATEGORIES:Department Event,Japanese Event X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260313T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260313T130000 DTSTAMP:20260602T161309 CREATED:20260210T160033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T160033Z UID:10012421-1773403200-1773406800@uwm.edu SUMMARY:World Languages and Cultures Speaker Series DESCRIPTION:Diana Aldrete: From Poetry to Protest: The Circulation of a Poetics of Justice in Mexican Women’s Writing and Activism \nMarch 18\nNoon-1:00 pm\nCRT 118 \nThis talk examines how a language of justice circulates from poetic writing into activist movements and public discourse in Mexico\, through an analysis of Susana Chávez Castillo’s Primera Tormenta and Arminé Arjona’s Juárez\, tan lleno de sol y desolado. Drawing on Chávez Castillo’s work\, initially circulated online prior to her feminicidal murder in 2011\, it traces how her poetic discourse of justice—including the phrases “Ni una más” and “Ni una menos\,” now central to anti-feminicidal movements—entered public and political spaces. The talk then turns to Arjona’s poetry\, dedicated to the dead women of Juárez\, whose dissemination through the Movimiento Acción Poética brought her work into the city streets. Together\, these cases illuminate how a poetics of justice transcends traditional literary boundaries to become part of the public discourse\, positioning Mexico as a generative space in which women’s writing actively shapes the language of resistance. \nDiana Aldrete is an Assistant Professor of Language and Culture Studies and Human Rights\, as well as a visual artist based in Hartford\, CT. She is a recipient of the 2025-26 American Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the American Association of University Women (AAUW) which supports the completion of her manuscript\, Between Land and Death: Women Writing for Justice in Mexico. The project examines how literary production by contemporary Mexican women writers enters the political dialogue on anti-feminicidal violence\, questioning justice and linking literature to political discourse and activism. Her scholarly and creative work explore themes of violence\, erasure\, and ecological interconnection across literary and visual media. She has published poetry and short fiction\, and her visual art has been exhibited in several venues throughout Connecticut. Her first solo exhibition\, Invisible Suffering (2022)\, supported by the Free Center’s “Independent Artist Fund\,” interrogates the historical resonance of unseen suffering in the year 2020. Her current art project\, Ech.o Locations\, examines the ecologies of the Great Lakes and the relationships between water\, land\, and their human and non-human inhabitants. Integrating field research\, visual anthropology\, sound studies\, and visual art (photography and painting)\, the project underscores the urgent need to protect freshwater ecosystems. URL:https://uwm.edu/world-languages-cultures/event/world-languages-and-cultures-speaker-series/ LOCATION:Curtin Hall 118 CATEGORIES:Department Event,Spanish Event X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260318T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260318T133000 DTSTAMP:20260602T161309 CREATED:20260202T225855Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260202T225855Z UID:10012406-1773837000-1773840600@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Spanish Conversation Club DESCRIPTION:Open to all students and staff at UWM as well as to community members who wish to practice speaking Spanish. \nEvery week in Curtin Hall 739\nWednesdays 12:30-1:30 PM URL:https://uwm.edu/world-languages-cultures/event/spanish-conversation-club-2/2026-03-18/ LOCATION:Curtin Hall 739 CATEGORIES:Department Event,Spanish Event X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260319T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260319T133000 DTSTAMP:20260602T161309 CREATED:20260130T195441Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260202T230006Z UID:10012390-1773923400-1773927000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Japanese & English Conversation Table DESCRIPTION:The Japanese & English Conversation Table provides a platform for UWM students and Japanese exchange students to get to know each other and talk about Japanese language and culture. Most participants are students who are currently enrolled in or have previously taken our Japanese courses\, but all are welcome. Occasionally\, there are guest speakers and information sessions about Japan or Japanese language-related opportunities. \nThis is a recurring event every Thursday from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm\, about 50 minutes in Curtin Hall #187. URL:https://uwm.edu/world-languages-cultures/event/japanese-english-conversation-table/2026-03-19/ LOCATION:Curtin Hall 187\, WI\, United States CATEGORIES:Department Event,Japanese Event X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260324T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260324T173000 DTSTAMP:20260602T161309 CREATED:20260319T173502Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260319T173555Z UID:10012425-1774366200-1774373400@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Russian Speaking Table & Discussion DESCRIPTION:Spring semester 2026\nRussian Speaking Table and Discussion\nFridays 3:30-5:00pm at the UWM Gasthaus in the Union URL:https://uwm.edu/world-languages-cultures/event/russian-speaking-table-discussion/2026-03-24/ LOCATION:UWM Gasthaus in the Union CATEGORIES:Russian Event X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260325T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260325T133000 DTSTAMP:20260602T161309 CREATED:20260202T225855Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260202T225855Z UID:10012407-1774441800-1774445400@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Spanish Conversation Club DESCRIPTION:Open to all students and staff at UWM as well as to community members who wish to practice speaking Spanish. \nEvery week in Curtin Hall 739\nWednesdays 12:30-1:30 PM URL:https://uwm.edu/world-languages-cultures/event/spanish-conversation-club-2/2026-03-25/ LOCATION:Curtin Hall 739 CATEGORIES:Department Event,Spanish Event X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260326T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260326T133000 DTSTAMP:20260602T161309 CREATED:20260130T195441Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260202T230006Z UID:10012391-1774528200-1774531800@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Japanese & English Conversation Table DESCRIPTION:The Japanese & English Conversation Table provides a platform for UWM students and Japanese exchange students to get to know each other and talk about Japanese language and culture. Most participants are students who are currently enrolled in or have previously taken our Japanese courses\, but all are welcome. Occasionally\, there are guest speakers and information sessions about Japan or Japanese language-related opportunities. \nThis is a recurring event every Thursday from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm\, about 50 minutes in Curtin Hall #187. URL:https://uwm.edu/world-languages-cultures/event/japanese-english-conversation-table/2026-03-26/ LOCATION:Curtin Hall 187\, WI\, United States CATEGORIES:Department Event,Japanese Event X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260331T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260331T173000 DTSTAMP:20260602T161309 CREATED:20260319T173502Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260319T173555Z UID:10012426-1774971000-1774978200@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Russian Speaking Table & Discussion DESCRIPTION:Spring semester 2026\nRussian Speaking Table and Discussion\nFridays 3:30-5:00pm at the UWM Gasthaus in the Union URL:https://uwm.edu/world-languages-cultures/event/russian-speaking-table-discussion/2026-03-31/ LOCATION:UWM Gasthaus in the Union CATEGORIES:Russian Event X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260331T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260331T210000 DTSTAMP:20260602T161309 CREATED:20260330T140048Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260330T140048Z UID:10012432-1774983600-1774990800@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Latin American Film Series: As Primeiras DESCRIPTION:World Languages and Cultures is pleased to co-sponsor the 47th annual Latin American Film Series. Join us for the screening of The First Women (As Primeiras)\, directed by Adriana Yañez (Brazil\, 2024). \nTuesday\, March 31\, 7-9pm\nUWM Union Cinema\nFree and open to the public URL:https://uwm.edu/world-languages-cultures/event/latin-american-film-series-as-primeiras/ LOCATION:UWM Union Cinema\, 2200 East Kenwood Blvd\, 2200 East Kenwood Blvd\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Events X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR