While north is the direction at the top of most maps, some maps defy this cartographic convention. Whether for aesthetics, religion, nationalism, or perspective, this exhibit highlights different styles of map facing every direction on the compass.Â
The traveling exhibit "Mothers of Milwaukee Modernism: Building the Layton School of Art" by Seth Ter Haar with Docomomo is now on display in the Archives Gallery through December 1. The exhibit details the roles of Charlotte Russell Partridge and …
Prepared for the Milwaukee residency of the Violins of Hope project, this exhibit showcases the violins owned and played by Jewish musicians and others targeted by the Nazis before and during the Holocaust. The instruments are paired with visual-art responses by members …
Hear from musicologist and 51ÁÔÆæ Music Professor Gillian Rodger as she provides an historical perspective for the Violins of Hope: Call and Response exhibition, which spotlights Holocaust-era violins from Violins of Hope paired with documentary library resources and original art …
In this virtual presentation, Derek Webb (51ÁÔÆæ Records Officer) and Shiraz Bhathena (Digital Archivist) will walk campus employees through some fundamentals of records management such as: How does records management benefit campus offices and employees? Who is responsible for managing …
Set your textbooks down and join Chancellor Gibson for a study break on Monday, Dec. 15, from 6-8 p.m. in the Daniel M. Soref Learning Commons on the first floor of the 51ÁÔÆæ Golda Meir Library. Students can visit with …
Celebrate Black History Month with 51ÁÔÆæ Libraries by visiting the three pop-up exhibits hosted by the American Geographical Society Library, Archives, and Special Collections. The AGSL's exhibit highlights Matthew Henson, an Arctic explorer on the first successful expedition to the …
A Long, Strange Trip: Budapest, Berlin, Baraboo, and Points in Between Join University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Professor of Sociology Dr. Jennifer Jordan for her talk "A Long, Strange Trip: Budapest, Berlin, Baraboo, and Points in Between," the latest installment of the …
Borges, Joyce, and the Not-Quite-First Spanish-Language Review of Ulysses Join 51ÁÔÆæ’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Visiting Scholar Dr. Leah Leone Anderson for her talk "Borges, Joyce, and the Not-Quite-First Spanish-Language Review of Ulysses," part of the Latin American, Caribbean, …
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. and "The African Revolution and Its Impact on Afro-Americans" by Malcom X The February Great Books Virtual Roundtable Discussion will focus on texts by two central figures in the 1960s Civil Rights …