UWM Libraries
Events
All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted |
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Program |
Where and When |
Great Books Roundtable Discussions Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Two tales from Exemplary Stories (1613): "The Deceitful Marriage" and "The Colloquy of the Dogs." |
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Great Books Roundtable Discussions Thucydides From History of the Peloponnesian War (early 4th century BCE): "The Melian Dialogue." |
* * * * Curtin Hall * * * * |
Revisting Our Past Local History Lecture Presentation by Mark Speltz, co-author of "Bottoms Up: A Toast to Wisconsin's Historic Bars & Breweries.” Sponsored by the UWM Libraries' Archives Department. |
American Geographical Society Library |
Great Books Roundtable Discussions Alvin Goldman "A Causal Theory of Knowing" (1967) and Thomas Nagel "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?" (1974). |
* * * * Curtin Hall * * * * |
Friends of the Golda Meir Library Used Book Sale |
Conference Center |
Great Books Roundtable Discussions Sophocles Antigone (ca. 440 BCE; translation by David Mulroy, 2013). |
Special Collections |
Great Books Roundtable Discussions Marcel Proust "Combray," part two of Swann's Way (1913). |
Special Collections |
Great Books Roundtable Discussions Christopher Hampton Les liaisons dangereuses [Dangerous Liaisons] (1985 stage adaptation of the 1782 epistolary novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos). |
Special Collections |
Great Books Roundtable Discussions Ryūnosuke Akutagawa "Rashōmon" (1915) and
"In a Grove" (1922). |
Special Collections |
Great Books Roundtable Discussions Voltaire Candide (1759), the first 12 chapters, from the beginning at Westphalia to just before their arrival in South America. |
Special Collections |
Great Books Roundtable Discussions Doris Lessing "Through the Tunnel" (1955 ), "The Day Stalin Died" (1957), and "Our Friend Judith" (1963). |
Special Collections |
Great Books Roundtable Discussions Vladimir Nabokov "Colette" ["First Love"] (1948), "Signs and Symbols" (1946)
and "The Vane Sisters" (1951). |
Special Collections |
Great Books Roundtable Discussions William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew (between 1590 and 1592). |
Special Collections |
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