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AGSL Events and Exhibits

Events Exhibits
Academic Adventurers Series AGSL Exhibits
Maps & America Current Exhibits
GeoFocus Academic Adventurers Exhibits
Map Society Meetings  
GIS Day  
Other Events
Korean Maps in the 19th Century
 

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 2009 Academic Adventurers:

Dr. Jeffrey Merrick, Professor of History and Associate Dean of Humanities, UWM
"Life and Death in the Streets of 18th Century Paris."
Friday, September 18, 2009, 3:00pm (Printable flier)

Brendan Vierk, M.S. Candidate and advisor, Department of Geography, UWM
"Exploring the Karst Forests of Puerto Rico: Their Exotic Landforms and Their Regrowth."
Friday, November 13, 2009, 3:00pm

 

Spring 2010 Academic Adventurers:

Jim Lubner, Education Coordinator, UW Sea Grant Advisory Services
"The Denis Sullivan in the Bahamas: Connecting Wisconsin Students to Sea & Sail."
Friday, February 12, 2010, 3:00pm

Val Klump, Director & Sr. Scientist, Great Lakes Water Institute
"Adventures of a Great Lakes Limnologist."
Friday, March 5, 2010, 3:00pm

Dr. Norman Lasca, Professor Emeritus, Geosciences, UWM
"The Backside of Antarctica: From the Falklands to Australia."
Friday, April 9, 2010, 3:00pm

(Printable brochure)

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.

2010 Lecture:

Jim Akerman, "Making Connections: Road Maps and the Nation in the Twentieth Century"
Director, Smith Center for the History of Cartography, Newberry Library

Tuesday, April 27, 6:00 pm
Reception at 5:00 pm

Past Maps & America lecturers - 1990-2008.

 

GeoFocus: The Edward Wilkommen Geology & Geography Lecture Series.

This year marks the second 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.

2009 Lecture:

Richard Marston, "Land, Life, and Environmental Change in the Himalayas."
University Distinguished Professor and Head, Department of Geography, Kansas State University

Wednesday, Oct. 28, 7:00pm
Reception following the lecture

(Printable brochure)

Past GeoFocus lecturers - 2008

Map Society 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 follow each meeting.

Wednesday, Nov. 4, 7:00pm

Dr. David Dickason, "New Life for Historical Maps in the Digital Age: To See is to Believe "
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo

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

 

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. GIS Day is November 18, 2009. To see information on GIS Day 2009, visit UWM's GIS Day 2009 web site.

GIS Day 2009 Brochure

Other Events

Korean maps of the 19th Century: the Korean National Treasure Daedong yeojido (“Territorial Map of the Great East”), at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Friday, November 20, 2009

More information on this event

 

 

Harold Mayer Lecture, Department of Geography's annual lecture held in the AGSL each fall and spring.

2009-2010 Lectures:

Friday, October 2, 2009, 3:00pm
Dr. Sara McLafferty
Professor of Geography, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Friday, April 30, 2010, 3:00pm
Dr. Mei-Po Kwan
Professor of Geography, Ohio State University

 

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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, etc. They generally are on display within the AGSL on the third floor, East wing of the Golda Meir Library.

 

Current AGSL Exhibits

 

"The Man of Commerce"
Also on display: A recent acquisition of an extremely rare map entitled "The Man of Commerce." Published in Superior, WI, in 1889, this large wall map equates the American transportation network with the form and functions of the human body. Through December, 2009.

 

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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