Faculty and Staff
Events
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Humanities Publishing Roundtable
Golda Meir Library 2311 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesREGISTER HERE. Universities and their affiliated publishing landscapes continue to change rapidly. In the arts and humanities, presses, libraries, and humanities centers have all played different roles in publishing and dissemination. Open access and community-engaged efforts continue to redefine our …
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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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Research Fellowship Applications Due
Application Deadline: Friday, December 6, 2024 Background A UW System Center of Excellence, UWM’s Center for 21st Century Studies (C21) builds a community of scholars to address the pressing issues of our time. Each year, C21 offers fellowships to UWM faculty and …
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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 Application Webinar
C21 Director Jennifer Johung will host a virtual information session via Teams at 9:00 AM on Friday, February 28, covering C21's 2025-2026 Call for Collaboratories and Working Groups. Prior registration is required. Register here. This session will cover: Dr. Johung …
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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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Slow Growing in the Time of Trees: Carving Workshop with Daniel Minter
Lynden Sculpture Garden, 2145 West Brown Deer Road Milwaukee, WI 53217Call & Response artist-in-residence Daniel Minter pays a visit to Lynden Sculpture Garden as part of Slow Growing in the Time of Trees, a C21 Collaboratory. The Collaboratory brings together Lynden artist-in-residence Yevgeniya Kaganovich, her collaborators—Lisa Moline, Lane Hall, Kate …
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Slow Growing in the Time of Trees: Writing Workshop
Center for 21st Century Studies 3243 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United StatesWe’ll engage in a generative writing workshop about art and the most generative of living things: fungi. Come with a writing implement and paper, or birch bark, or whatever material you want to use for composition (and perhaps decomposition). Workshop …
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