Conferences
Midwest Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference (MIGC)
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesThis year's Midwest Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference will take place on February 15 and 16 in Curtin 175 (plus an offsite welcome event and creative showcase). MIGC is organized entirely by graduate students at UWM, who collectively decide on an annual... Read more
Power and Gendered Labor in the Academy: A Half-Day Symposium
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesC21 hosted a half-day symposium exploring issues of labor, power, precarity, and academic stardom. (Listen to Carol Stabile's keynote talk below.) The past two years have seen shockwaves of protest and activism in response to a growing awareness of sexual... Read more
Insecurity Conference
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesThis conference proposes the concept of “insecurity” as one of the governing logics of economic, political, and social life in the West at the end of the second decade of the 21st century. Insecurity picks up on, and challenges, several key concepts of 21st century studies, especially “precarity,” “securitization,” and “resilience.”
MIGC: Midwest Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference 2020
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesThe theme for this year’s Midwest Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference (MIGC) is Rendition. The conference will be held at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on February 21-22, 2020 with keynote speaker Dr. Ingrid E. Castro (Massachusetts Liberal Arts College). Renditions have generated... Read more
POSTPONED – Midwest Japan Seminar
Due to the current COVID-19 outbreak, this event has been postponed for the fall. Please check back then for a new date/info. Our Critical East Asian Humanities Collaboratory invites you to join us for the spring meeting of the Midwest... Read more
CANCELLED – #ArtInHigherEd Symposium
Mitchell Hall 3203 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States**Unfortunately the #ArtInHigherEd Symposium has been cancelled due to the campus-wide response to the COVID-19 outbreak. We hope to reschedule this event for sometime during spring 2021, and we will announce a new date once one has been decided. Sorry,... Read more
CANCELLED – Spring Conference: #ALT_MKE: Stories of a 21st Century City
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States***We're sad to announce our spring conference, #ALT_MKE: Stories of a 21st Century City, has been cancelled. It was going to be an extraordinary gathering, but in many ways, the work of the conference must now be done in our... Read more
L.A. Kauffman (#ALT_MKE Virtual Lecture): “I Want a Haircut”: Toward a History of the Ultra-Right in Milwaukee’s Suburbs (and Why It So Often Fails)
Author and activist L.A. Kauffman delivered a livestreamed version of her planned #ALT_MKE keynote address on Friday, May 8, at 3:30 p.m CDT via Zoom. (You can also find more from our planned plenary speakers, including their current work and... Read more
Monique Liston and Dasha Kelly Hamilton: Virtual #ALT_MKE Lecture and Reading
This special livestreamed version of Monique Liston’s planned #ALT_MKE plenary talk and a special reading by Dasha Kelly Hamilton was held on Friday, May 15 at 3:30 p.m CDT. We’re so happy to be able to share their wonderful work!... Read more
Live Streaming Symposium: Communities of Play
The Serious Play/Digital Cultures Collaboratory is hosting a Live Streaming Symposium on April 17-18, featuring online presentations of and about streaming of video gameplay and other performative activities, in and out of the academy. The event will feature streamers from... Read more