Director’s Note: Welcome Back 2025-26

Dear Friends, Welcome back and hello to those who are new around here! Over the summer, up on the 9th floor of Curtin Hall, Katie and I have been building on the conversations and collaborations, workshops and research, that we …

Reproductive Justice Collaboratory Event

The Reproductive Justice Collaboratory at C21 aims to create a space where researchers at UWM and reproductive justice community advocates in Milwaukee can work together to address systemic injustices disproportionately affecting Black, Latinx, and other women and trans people of …

“Muslims in Milwaukee: Place, Relationality, Activism” Panel Presentation

The Muslim Milwaukee Project hosted an event titled “Muslims in Milwaukee: Place, Relationality, Activism” on November 13, 2024. This inaugural event of the UWM MENA Affinity Group showcased the project’s decade-long community collaboration and ethnographic work, offering a comprehensive exploration …

World Languages and Cultures Collaboratory Event Held in November

On November 19th, 2024, the World Languages and Cultures collaboratory hosted an event during UWM’s International Education Week that highlighted the critical importance of multilingual skills in today’s professional landscape. The event, which was called Language Works, drew an impressive …

Slow Digest: Matter, Object, Tree

6.5 Minutes With…Yevgeniya Kaganovich In a new podcast episode of 6.5 Minutes With…, our director, Jennifer Johung, sits down with artist and UWM professor Yevgeniya Kaganovich as she discusses her collaborative research and art project, Slow Growing in the Time of Trees, …

New Collaboratory: #ArtinHigherEd

We’re pleased to announce a new C21 Collaboratory for the 2019-20 academic year: #ArtinHigherEd: The Role of University Art Collections and Museums.