American Geographical Society Library

AGSL Events and Exhibits

Events Exhibits
Academic Adventurers Series AGSL Exhibits
Maps & America Current Exhibits
GeoFocus Academic Adventurers Exhibits
Map Society of Wisconsin Meetings  
GIS Day  
Other Events
Harold Mayer Lecture
 
 

Events

UWM's Academic Adventurers Series

UWM's Academic Adventurers is a continuing series of informal Friday afternoon programs which give members of the UWM community the opportunity to hear of their colleagues adventures abroad and afield.

Tea and talk afterwards, courtesy of the Friends of Golda Meir Library. All programs are held in the AGSL and are free and open to the public. For more information or to arrange for special needs, call 414-229-6282.

Fall 2011 Academic Adventurers:

Larry Kuiper , French, Italian, and Comparative Literature, UWM
“The Southern Cantal: Exploring a Rural Crossroads in France.”
Friday, September 23, 2011, 3:00pm

Lindsay McHenry, Department of Geosciences, UWM
“Bones and Stones: Using the Volcanic Record of Northern Tanzania to Contstrain Hominid Activities at Olduvai Gorge.”
Friday, November 4, 2011, 3:00pm (flyer)

 

Spring 2012 Academic Adventurers:

Nan Kim, Department of History, UWM
"Korean Cosmopolitanisms."
Friday, February 10, 2012, 3:00pm

Marcus Filippello, Department of History, UWM
"Sub-Saharan Africa: Research in Benin."
Friday, March 2, 2012, 3:00pm

 

A list of past Academic Adventurers lecturers is available for viewing.

To receive email updates about Academic Adventure lectures, send email to agsl@uwm.edu with the subject : AA updates.

 

Maps & America: The Arthur Holzheimer Lecture Series.

Held in the spring of each year in the AGSL on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus, the Maps & America Lecture Series was inaugurated by the noted cartographic historian, Brian Harley, in 1990. Since its inception, the lecture series has been generously sponsored by Arthur and Janet Holzheimer of the Chicago area. Over the years, the series has featured many of the leading figures in the field of map history and provided a multifaceted survey of this rapidly developing field.

2012 Lecture:

Barnet Schecter, Author & Independent Historian, New York
"Mapping a Life, Mapping a Nation: George Washington and his Vision of America"

Tuesday, April 24, 6:00 pm
Reception at 5:00 pm

2012 Poster

List of speakers from the Maps & America series - 1990-2012.

 

GeoFocus: The Edward Wilkommen Geology & Geography Lecture Series.

This year marks the fourth annual lecture in a new series held in the AGSL. Sponsored by Edward Wilkommen, the GeoFocus lecture series brings distinguished speakers to UWM for presentations related to geology and geography.

2011 Lecture:

Stewart Gordon, Center for South Asian Studies, University of Michigan
"Routes: How the Pathways of Ideas and Goods Shaped Our World ."

Tuesday, October 11, 7:00pm
Reception following the lecture

List of speakers from the GeoFocus series - 2008-2011.

 

Map Society of Wisconsin Meetings

The Map Society holds periodic meetings at the AGSL usually featuring a presentation accompanied by a related exhibit drawn from the Library. Social hour and refreshments precede each meeting.

 

Thursday, May 17, 2012
Prof. Sean Harnett, Dept. of Geography, UW-Eau Claire: "Charting the London Olympic Marathon Course and Mapping the Geography of the Marathon"

Known as UW-Eau Claire's "Professor of Marathon," Sean Hartnett has made a name for himself in the international marathon community, creating maps of marathon courses that track changes in elevation - useful information for runners preparing for races. A former marathoner himself, Hartnett has produced maps for the New York, Boston, and Chicago Marthons, and now has been asked by London Marathon officials to chart the 2012 Olympic Games course. Learm more about this unique type of mapping!


Socializing with light refreshments at 6:30 pm
Presentation begins at 7:00 pm

Event flier is available here.

At the AGS Library, 3rd Floor, East Wing, of the UWM Golda Meir Library Building
2311 E. Hartford Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53211

For more information on the Map Society of Wisconsin see the AGSL Affiliations page. To become a member, contact the AGSL at (414)-229-6282 or email us.

2011-2012 Membership Announcements and Form are also available here.

 

GIS Day

GIS (Geographical Information Systems) Day is a yearly event taking place during Geography Awareness Week which is usually held the second Wednesday in November. This year GIS Day is November 16, 2011. To see information on last year's GIS Day, visit UWM's GIS Day web site.

 

Other Events

Harold Mayer Lecture, Department of Geography's annual lecture held in the AGSL each fall and spring. For more information see the Department of Geography's Colloquium web site.

2012 Spring Lecture:

Friday, April 13th at 3:00pm
Janice Monk, School of Geography and Development, University of Arizona
"The Normal Way: Exploring the Career Paths of Early Women Geographers."


 

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Exhibits

The AGSL periodically displays materials from its holdings.  These exhibits usually follow some theme, and can include a variety of materials such as maps, charts, atlases, photographs, realia, etc. They generally are on display within the AGSL on the third floor, East wing of the Golda Meir Library.

 

Current AGSL Exhibits

"George Washington's Vision of America"

Examples of many of the maps of America George Washington is known to have owned and consulted throughout his life, as well as other materials relating to Washington from the AGS Library. Featured is a 1775 map of North & South Carolina once the property of Washington himself. Through July 27, 2012.

 

Academic Adventurers Exhibits

Shortly before Academic Adventurers lectures and for about a week following the lecture, there is a corresponding exhibit.  These exhibits contain a variety of materials related to the theme of the Academic Adventurer lecture.

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