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Fostering innovative research at the intersection of the humanities, arts and sciences since 1968. The Center for 21st Century Studies brings scholars into contact and collaboration with one another, the UWM community and the world beyond.

The Long 2020

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Announcing our Spring 2021 programming: The Long 2020! This spring, C21 is taking stock of what has felt like the longest year of our lifetimes. Through a series of interdisciplinary talks, our public events this semester will take a critical look at last year’s multiple crises and how they will shape the future.

By all accounts 2020 has been the longest year in recent history. From the devastation of the Covid-19 pandemic, to the widespread protests for racial justice kindled by the murder of George Floyd, to the incessant months-long Twitter and media campaign by Donald Trump and Republican allies to invalidate the November presidential elections culminating in violent insurrection at the Capitol—2020 has seemed to most everyone like the year that would never end.

But as long as the experience of living through this year has been, 2020 began long before the calendar changed on January 1. The catastrophes of 2020 have deep roots. In “The Long 2020,” C21 has invited a wide array of scholars and public intellectuals to think together about this seemingly endless year for a series of conversations and ultimately an edited volume to be published by the University of Minnesota Press.

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Special Discount: 30% Off Bonnie Honig’s Books From Fordham Press

To celebrate the release of The Long 2020 contributor Bonnie Honig’s latest book, Shell-Shocked, Fordham Press is offering a special coupon code for 30% off select titles through May. You can use the code BH2021 on www.fordhampress.com to get 30%... Read more →
Special Discount: Get 40% Off Select University of MN Press Books by Long 2020 Speakers

In honor of C21’s upcoming collaboration with the University of Minnesota Press, you can now get a special discount on select books by authors participating in our The Long 2020 series! Get 40% off when you order select University of... Read more →
Call for 2021-22 Graduate Fellows (Due March 1)

The call for 2021-22 C21 Graduate Fellows (PDF) is now open! The Center for 21st Century Studies (C21) has an opening for one or two graduate student fellows for the 2021-22 year. This position is open to students at the... Read more →
Read Aneesh Aneesh’s New Piece in Noema: “Citizenship Is a Myth”

Former C21 Faculty Fellow Aneesh Aneesh (Sociology, UWM) has a new piece featured in Noema! The piece, “Citizenship is a Myth,” speaks to the crisis of citizenship that informs the Trumpian politics of membership (and all such politics from India... Read more →

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