Gabrielle Verdier, professor emerita of French at UWM, will speak about her recent travels to Madagascar, where she spent much of her youth. With Juan-Marcos Rodriguez-Luis.

Academic Adventurers talks begin at 3 p.m. in the American Geographical Society Library, third floor, east wing of the Golda Meir Library.

A reception with light refreshments, sponsored by the Friends of the Golda Meir Library, follows each talk.