Julia Adeney Thomas: The “Human” in History and Biology (C21 Collaboratory Lecture)

Golda Meir Library, 4th Floor Conference Center 2311 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Join us for a World History Association & UWM Asian Studies Distinguished Lecture organized by the Critical East Asian Humanities C21 Collaboratory, who will be welcoming Julia Adeney Thomas for her talk, "The 'Human' in History and Biology: Questions of Scale, Questions …

Suzanne Leonard: Rethinking the 21st Century “Wife-Cycle”

Curtin 368 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

The Center for 21st Century Studies is proud to be co-sponsoring Suzanne Leonard's upcoming talk, "Rethinking the 21st Century 'Wife-Cycle': From Online Dating to the Campaign Trail." Suzanne Leonard (Associate Professor of English, Simmons College) will discuss her book, Wife Inc., as well as current issues surrounding gender …

Allison McCracken: America’s First Pop Idol: The Rise and Fall of Rudy Vallée

Curtin 118 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

The C21 Media Studies Research Collaboratory is excited to host a talk with Professor Allison McCracken from DePaul University based on her book, Real Mean Don’t Sing: Crooning in American Culture (Duke UP, 2015). American pop singing did not begin gently with …

All Derangements, Great and Small: A Roundtable Discussion with Amitav Ghosh

Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Join us for a roundtable with Amitav Ghosh featuring Richard Grusin (Center for 21st Century Studies), Arijit Sen (SARUP), Jasmine Alinder (History), Rina Ghose (Geography), and Anne Bonds (Geography). Acclaimed novelist Amitav Ghosh’s most recent book frames our collective failure to …

Roundtable Discussion: Popular Feminisms

Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Inspired by the Fall 2018 Distinguished Lecture Series event featuring feminist public intellectual Roxane Gay, this roundtable engages with public dialogues around feminism in the contemporary era and the circulation of debates, representations, and activism around gender, race, and other categories of social identity …

Podcasting the Past: An Evening with Ben Franklin’s World (Presented by Liz Covart)

Golda Meir Library, 4th Floor Conference Center 2311 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Poster for Liz Covart Podcasting the Past eventJoin WUWM, Wisconsin’s NPR, and C21's Sound Inquiry Collaboratory for an evening of audio history with Liz Covart, the host of the widely-popular podcast on the American Revolution, “Ben Franklin’s World.” In a conversation with WUWM "Lake Effect" host Mitch Teich, Covart will discuss how podcasting is helping a new generation of history buffs learn about the Founding Fathers.

Raine Koskimaa: “Introduction to eSport Culture”

Curtin 118 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

The C21 Serious Play Collaboratory is hosting a special lecture by Raine Koskimaa (University of Jyvaskyla) on Friday at 3:30 in Curtin Hall 118! In this talk, titled “Introduction to eSport Culture,” Koskimaa will survey the development of eSports and …

Brown Bag Discussion w/Edward Shanken

Golda Meir Library, 2nd Floor, DH Lab 2311 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Please join us for a special brown bag discussion with Edward Shanken (UC Santa Cruz) in the Digital Humanities Lab (Second Floor, East Wing of the Golda Meir Library) on Friday at noon. Shanken will lead an open discussion on …

Brown Bag w/Artist Nina Elder

Curtin 939 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

All graduate and undergraduate students are invited to join us for a special brown bag discussion with artist Nina Elder! Nina Elder focuses on solastalgia, the emotional sensation of environmental change. Solastalgia is a premonition of longing for the present …