Alumni & Community
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State of the Humanities MKE
FeaturedCurtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesOverview Join the Center for 21st Century Studies (C21) at UW-Milwaukee for a panel discussion that explores how Milwaukeeans and Milwaukee organizations might sustain, expand, and care for the humanities across our city. In October 2024, the Consortium for Humanities …
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Story Cart with Madeleine Doelker Berlin – The Listening / Soundbath of the Ordinary
FeaturedMarquette Haggerty Museum of Art 530 N 13th St, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesThe Listening / Soundbath of the Ordinary At the Haggerty Museum of Art's Community Art & Wellness Retreat, we'll attend to silence, noise, and everything in-between. Then, we'll talk about it, recording our conversations for the Story Cart's digital archive. …
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Story Cart With Adam Carr – Crystal Quest
FeaturedThomas A. Greene Geological Museum 3209 N. Maryland Ave., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United StatesCrystal Quest At the Greene Geological Museum's Darwin Day celebration, we'll ask you to find the mineral that moves you the most. Who knows? Maybe you'll glean some ancient wisdom from a rock of ages. Then, we'll ask you to …
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Story Cart With Adam Carr – Skyward Ho!
FeaturedMilwaukee Winter Farmers Market 5305 W. Capitol Drive Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United StatesSkyward Ho! At Milwaukee Winter Farmer's Market, we'll meditate on the sky with our mind, body and soul with Story Fellow Adam Carr and yogi Matthew Lewis (@stillhoneyblk), gathering thoughts on sanctuary and refuge, especially for attention. Then, we'll talk …
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Cactus Book Club with C21: Attensity!
Cactus Club 2496 S Wentworth Ave, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United StatesC21's Story Cart program invites you to join Katie Waddell, C21 Managing Director, for the April 2026 edition of the Cactus Book Club. Cactus Book Club meets on the first Wednesday of the month from 5:30-7:30 in the back room …
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Collaboratory & Working Group Applications Due
About C21 believes that the complex challenges we face in the 21st century are best met through collaborations across areas of expertise and experience, and that the humanities are a vital part of addressing these challenges. Collaborative project funding provides an opportunity to bring together teams of …
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En-Vision Zine Submissions Due DEADLINE EXTENDED
About The En-Vision Zine is a part of C21's inaugural graduate-led public humanities program, En-Vision: Toward a Queer Ethics of Slow Care, led by Isabella Fincher. En-Vision is about slowing down, radical self-care, and fostering networks of mutual support and …
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Book Talkback – Muslims in Milwaukee: Placemaking, Belonging, and Activism
FeaturedIslamic Resource Center 5235 S 27th St, Greenfield, Wisconsin, United StatesOverview Join the Center for 21st Century Studies and the Muslim Milwaukee Project for the launch of a new book on the Muslim communities in Milwaukee by UWM professors Anna Mansson McGinty, Caroline Seymour-Jorn, and Kristin Sziarto. There will be a …
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C21 Open House & Launch Party
FeaturedCurtin Hall, 9th Floor, 3243 N. Downer St., Milwaukee, WI 53211Join the Center for 21st Century Studies (C21) on Thursday, September 17 from 4:00 to 7:00 PM for our annual open house, plus a bonus digital archive launch party. Get to know C21 fellows, staff, & collaborators. Contribute to an …
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Wild Knowing: The Role of the Arts in Ecological Culture
American Geographical Society Library 2311 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesA performance presentation by J. Philip Grygny, PhD Aldo Leopold, one of the founders of modern ecology, wrote that we should not see the land as a thing that belongs to us, but as a community to which we belong. …
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