Alumni & Community
Events
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Gorfinkel Lecture: Sleeping in the Movie Theater
Curtin 939 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesSleeping in the Movie Theater (After Wanda Goronski) Navigating recent interest in nocturnal imaginaries and the valence of sleep for understanding cinematic spectatorship, this talk takes up the sleeping spectator as it figures in Barbara Loden's landmark independent film Wanda (1970) …
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C21 Fall Open House
FeaturedCurtin 939 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesJoin us for C21’s annual open house! Get to know the work of C21’s fellows, collaboratories, and community partners. See a sneak-peek of the Story Cart: Trust and the Vote exhibition. Meet our new leadership team and take the opportunity …
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Spring Hangout
939 Curtin Hall 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United StatesCurtin Hall, 9th Floor “...mutual aid and pleasure are linked, that the ties that bind are grounds for celebration as well as obligation.” ― Rebecca Solnit, A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster We get it. The weather …
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Slow Knowing: An Immersive Podcast
FeaturedManfred Olson Planetarium 1900 E Kenwood Blvd #139, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United StatesJoin the Center for 21st Century Studies and the UWM Planetarium for an immersive podcast release party under a simulated starry sky. Listen to a conversation C21 recorded with Mark Freeland, Director of the Electa Quinney Institute, who discusses …
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Collaboratory & Working Group Applications Due
FeaturedAbout 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 …
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Kyle Whyte: Kinship, Our Experience of Time, and Environmental Responsibility
FeaturedGolda Meir Library, 4th Floor Conference Center 2311 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesC21 Spring Lecture with Kyle Whyte Golda Meir Library 4th Floor Conference Center Join the Center for 21st Century Studies for our featured 2024-25 lecture with Kyle Whyte, the George Willis Pack Professor of Environment and Sustainability at the University …
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Slow Growing in the Time of Trees: Panel
Lynden Sculpture Garden 2145 West Brown Deer Road, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United StatesYevgeniya Kaganovich, Lisa Moline, Lane Hall, Katharine Beutner, and Jim Charles will discuss the outcomes of the speculative projects undertaken by the Slow Growing in the Time of Trees Collaboratory. Katharine Beutner will do a reading of work produced during …
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Attention Activism with the Strother School of Radical Attention
FeaturedTurner Hall 1040 N Vel R. Phillips Ave, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United StatesPalmer Room @ Turner Hall, 1040 N Vel R. Phillips Ave, Milwaukee, WI Overview: Join C21 and the Milwaukee Turners for a day-long series of workshops led by the Strother School of Radical Attention (SoRA), an organization that promotes human …
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Story Cart: Attention with Madeleine Doelker Berlin – Open Attention Walk
Cactus Club 2496 S Wentworth Ave, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United StatesIn the middle of a neighborhood block party, we’ll send people on undirected wanders. If they come back, we’ll ask them how it went. Madeleine will be taking interviews from 2:00 - 5:00 PM. C21 will be present to vibe …
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Human Club: Disappearance Jail Wisconsin discussion and workshop
Marquette Haggerty Museum of Art 530 N 13th St, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesTake a trip with Human Club to the Haggerty Museum of Art for a discussion and workshop about art and the impact of incarceration with artist Maria Gaspar along with Dr. Robert S. Smith, Director of the Center for Urban Research Teaching …