Slow Digest: AI, Environmental Problem or Miracle Solution?

This week’s edition of Slow Digest is written by C21 Graduate Fellows Yuchen Zhao and Ceceilia Loeschmann. Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere these days, used for tasks like writing emails to creating images and powering research. But behind the convenience is a growing question: What does all this computing cost …

Slow Digest: More Than A Feeling

This week’s edition of Slow Digest is adapted from More Than a Feeling: Performativity, Sincerity, and Sociality in the Art of the Affective Turn, a master’s thesis by Katie Waddell, Managing Director of C21, adapted for Slow Digest by Jamee Pritchard. …

Slow Digest: Nathaniel Stern

Once a month throughout the 2025-26 academic year, Slow Digest will feature an episode of C21’s 6.5 Minutes With…C21 podcast series, produced by C21 Graduate Fellows Jamee N. Pritchard and Yuchen Zhao. In this episode of 6.5 Minutes with C21, …

State of the Humanities MKE Report

The Center for 21st Century Studies is pleased to release the State of the Humanities MKE Report, a synthesis of insights from our recent panel discussion and community conversations. Hosted by C21 and moderated by Director Jennifer Johung, the event …

Slow Digest: Symphony Swan

Once a month throughout the 2025-26 academic year, Slow Digest will feature an episode of C21’s 6.5 Minutes With…C21 podcast series, produced by C21 Graduate Fellows Jamee N. Pritchard and Yuchen Zhao. In this episode of 6.5 Minutes with C21, …