Arts & Humanities

As part of its ongoing series on research inspired by COVID-19, the newspaper examines English graduate student's survey of African musicians' response to the pandemic.

The Humanities Building has outlived its usefulness, and serious maintenance costs and outdated classrooms are driving the push for a new, forward-looking building for L&S. Part of the university's biennial capital budget request to the State of Wisconsin, the new building would be sited at the corner of West Johnson and North Park Streets and would provide 1800 seats in 19 classrooms that support active, collaborative learning and modern technology.

UW-Madison’s Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia charts a path to cultural understanding in the face of troublesome Hollywood stereotypes.

Department of Gender & Women’s Studies associate professor Sami Schalk announced as 2020-2021 Outstanding Women of Color Honoree recipient. The UW–Madison Outstanding Women of Color Awards acknowledge and honor women of color among UW-Madison faculty, staff, students (undergraduate or post-baccalaureate) and in the Greater Madison community, who have made outstanding contributions in social justice, activism, community service, scholarly research, teaching and community building on or off-campus, to create an inclusive and respectful environment for all.

As part of a series, L&S is taking a look at how professors and students are adapting to teaching and learning during the global coronavirus pandemic. UW Opera leverages sfx technology to stage a virtual production .

Duncan Slagle, a senior from Minneapolis, Minn., arrived at UW-Madison prepared for a period of adjustment. “I knew that every space I entered wouldn’t be full of people I could relate to,” they say. But they wound up finding community through poetry as a First Wave scholar.

Steven Nadler’s latest book, Think Least of Death, was featured in the “Briefly Noted” section of the New Yorker.

Graduate student charts the messages in the music of African performers.

Joshua Calhoun traces the history of handmade paper—and who pays the price for it.