Film Screening: Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

The Marquee Cinema at Wisconsin Union, 1308 W. Dayton Street #245
@ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Please join the UW-Madison Center for the Humanities for a free film screening of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 Directed by Kim Do-young (South Korea, 2019). Based on the bestselling novel by Cho Nam-joo, this powerful …

Focus on the Humanities: Finn Enke

Elvehjem Building, Room L160, 800 University Avenue
@ 5:00 pm - 6:15 pm

Of Doubtful Nature: Archive of an Amphibious Childhood in a Nuclear Age Focus on the Humanities lectures are a collaboration between the Center for the Humanities and the Institute for Research in the Humanities. This …

Breakfast Book Talk: Musa al-Gharbi and the Contemporary Context of DEI

Center for the Humanities, University Club Building, Room 313, 432 E. Campus Mall
@ 9:00 am - 10:00 am

To join: Bagels and coffee will be provided, and seats are limited. To register, please send an email to rsvp@humanities.wisc.edu with your name, title, or affiliation. Faculty, staff, and graduate students are invited to join Musa …

UW System Faculty Lecture Series: Derek Handley

Virtual (Zoom)
@ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Struggle for the City: Rhetorics of Citizenship and Resistance in the Black Freedom Movement The UW System Lecture Series is co-hosted by UW-Milwaukee’s Center for 21st Century Studies (C21) and UW-Madison’s Center for the Humanities …

Special Event: Emily Greenwood

Van Hise Hall, Room 114, 1220 Linden Dr.
@ 5:30 pm

Classical Naming and Free Black Histories: Fugitive World Making This event is presented by the UW-Madison Department of Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies. Scholars from Margaret Williamson to Saidiya Hartman have analyzed and theorized …

Hilldale Lecture: Karen Pinkus

Elvehjem Building, Room L140, 800 University Avenue
@ 3:00 pm

Literary Narrative Confronting a ‘Just and Orderly Transition’ In 2023 the COP meeting in Dubai called for a “just, orderly and equitable” transition away from fossil fuels. It would be difficult for any reasonable person …

Public Works: Graduate Student Community Engagement Opportunities Mixer

Center for the Humanities, University Club Building, Room 313, 432 E. Campus Mall
@ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Are you a graduate student interested in community engaged approaches to research and teaching? Looking for professional development geared toward pursuing public-facing careers post UW-Madison? Curious about the public possibilities of your knowledge and credentials? …

Public Works: Key Approaches to Pitching Public Humanities Projects with Art History Alumni

Center for the Humanities, University Club Building, Room 313, 432 E. Campus Mall
@ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

This Public Works seminar gives participants a chance to learn about successful approaches and strategies for pitching their academic work to public audiences. In honor of the Department of Art History’s Centennial Celebration, three alumni …

Special Event: Jennifer Holland

Sewell Social Science Building, Room 8108, 1180 Observatory Drive
@ 1:00 pm

Lesbian-Homoville, Colorado: Relocating the Origins of the Anti-Queer Movement This event is presented by the Havens Wright Center for Social Justice in collaboration with the Center for the Humanities, the Center for Research on Gender & Women, …