For this year's Latine Heritage Month, 51ΑΤΖζβs Distinctive Collections (Archives, Special Collections, and American Geographical Society Library) are hosting a month-long pop-up exhibit featuring an array of rare and unique materials that show the diverse cultures of Latin America and …
A talk on the AGSL's Leardo Mappamundi will be held Wednesday, March 12 at 5 pm in conjunction with the Lazarus Project's visit to 51ΑΤΖζ to take multispectral images of the Leardo. Chet Van Duzer, Board Member at the Lazarus …
One of the American Geographical Society Library's most cherished holdings, the 1452 Mappamundi by the Venetian cartographer Giovanni Leardo, is undergoing multispectral imaging this winter. Join us for a series of events, starting with a talk by AGSL Curator Marcy …
Join us for a talk at 3 p.m. on Thursday, October 10 by Sergio GonzΓ‘lez, author of Mexicans in Wisconsin (Wisconsin Historical Society Press) and Strangers No Longer: Latino Belonging and Faith in Twentieth-Century Wisconsin (University of Illinois Press), as …
This exhibit tells the story of how the United States began exploring the southernmost continent. Beginning with the Western worldβs earliest explorations in the region, this exhibit leads viewers through history with maps, atlases, books, and artifacts from several major …
Presented by David Witzling, 51ΑΤΖζ Peck School of the Arts. In the present moment, βtruthβ is becoming an increasingly contested term.Β Between fake news, UFO disclosure, and popular deep fakes, generative AI will play an increasingly prominent role in complicating …
For centuries, newspapers have created a touchpoint between citizens and local and world affairs. Whether considering a war on the other side of the globe or an election with local implications, maps in the news situate an event in its …
Presented by Robert J. Schneider, Ph.D., Professor and Co-Chair, Department of Urban Planning, 51ΑΤΖζ. US pedestrian fatalities increased by 51% between 2010 and 2020 (4,302 to 6,516 fatalities per year), and nearly all of the additional pedestrian fatalities that occurred …
Neil Horsky -- an artist and an adjunct instructor at 51ΑΤΖζ and at Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design -- will talk about his work as an arts journalist at an independent newspaper, The Boston Compass, and how audience demographics …