Midwest Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference (MIGC)

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

This 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 …

Power and Gendered Labor in the Academy: A Half-Day Symposium

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

C21 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 …

Insecurity Conference

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

This 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 States

The 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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …