Lecture
Women Film Pioneers Symposium
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States
Join us for our Women Film Pioneers Symposium on April 19! This half-day event is scheduled in conjunction with three programs of films by early women directors at the Oriental Theatre on Friday night, Saturday afternoon, and Saturday night, organized by Milwaukee Film and presented by the UWM Moving Image Society and C21's Media Studies Research Collaboratory.
Youth for Nation: Culture and Protest in Cold War South Korea (Critical East Asian Humanities Collaboratory)
Garland 104 2441 E. Hartford Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United States
In this talk, historian Charles Kim (University of Wisconsin - Madison) will explore the historical context of the April 19th Students’ Revolution in 1960, in which South Korean students overthrew the government. Kim advances a cultural explanation of that seminal event, including how post-Korean War media and statist texts helped establish youth protest as a cornerstone of national identity.
Bonnie ‘Bo’ Ruberg: Video Games Have Always Been Queer—CANCELED
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States
Join us for a special lecture with Bonnie 'Bo' Ruberg hosted by our Serious Play Collaboratory! Ruberg will discuss their new book, Video Games Have Always Been Queer. Ruberg models the ways game worlds offer players the opportunity to explore queer experience, affect, and desire. As players attempt to "pass" in Octodad or explore the pleasure of failure in Burnout: Revenge, Ruberg asserts that, even within a dominant gaming culture that has proved to be openly hostile to those perceived as different, queer people have always belonged in video games—because video games have, in fact, always been queer.
Brown Bag Discussion w/Henry Lovejoy
Curtin 939 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesDigital historian and Africa and African Diaspora scholar Henry Lovejoy will be hosting a special brown bag discussion at the Center for 21st Century Studies on Friday at noon. Lovejoy is an affiliate of CU Boulder’s Center for Research Data …
Henry Lovejoy: Probabilities of African Origins: The Collapse of the Kingdom of Oyo and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, 1816-1836
Curtin 118 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesBe sure to stop by C21 at noon on Friday for a special brown bag discussion with Henry before the talk. Join us for Henry Lovejoy's lecture, "Probabilities of African Origins: The Collapse of the Kingdom of Oyo and the …
Collaboratory Event: Karissa Hahn: “A Brighter Darkness”
Curtin 939 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesOur Media Studies Research Collaboratory is hosting Karissa Hahn for a special talk on "'A Brighter Darkness': Data, Pixels, and Celluloid." In this artist talk, LA-based film and video artist Karissa Hahn will discuss her production of “inkjet films,” a …
TL Taylor: Play as Transformative Work
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesIn this talk, Taylor explores the ways game live streamers are transforming their otherwise private play into public entertainment. Drawing on her research with live streamers, she offers a challenge to current models of IP and fandom, suggesting the work …
Media Studies Symposium: Mucking Up the Archives: Orphans, Amateurs, and Film Preservation
Curtin 118 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States
Join our Media Studies Research Group for an afternoon symposium on the orphan film movement and amateur film preservation! Featuring two exciting talks by distinguished scholars and archivists Dan Streible and Kim Tomadjoglou.
Collaboratory Event: Brigid Vance: Divining the Past
Garland 104 2441 E. Hartford Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesOur Critical East Asian Humanities Collaboratory is hosting a special lecture by Brigid Vance (Lawrence University) on "Divining the Past: Dream Encyclopedic Knowledge in China." In this talk, Professor Vance asks what happens to dreams after they are dreamed? How …
Brazilian Digital Media Studies: Two Talks
Curtin 118 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesC21’s visiting media scholars from Brazil present their research on digital media technologies. This event consisted of two short talks and a Q&A. Watch below! Fatima Regis Oliveira New Media Literacies: Developing Participatory and Playful Learning Methodologies …