Lecture
Interrogating Big Data
Curtin 108 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesA Digital Future Workshop Matthew Jockers (English, University of Nebraska) 9:00 am - 4:30 pm (lunch included), Curtin 108 Matthew Jockers’ research and teaching is focused on computational text analysis, specifically an approach he calls “macroanalysis.” He was the co-founder …
George Lipsitz (Black Studies, UC-Santa Barbara)
Golda Meir Library, 4th Floor Conference Center 2311 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesThe Ferguson Conjuncture: Why the Humanities Matter Now View Facebook Event Cosponsored with the Comparative Ethnic Studies Program, History Department, Africology Department, Cultures and Communities Program, Urban Studies Program, and College of Letters and Science.
Kimberly Blaeser (C21 Fellow)
Jones Gallery, Dwight Foster Public Library 209 Merchants Ave, Fort Atkinson, WI, United StatesGesture and Silence in Poetry of Place A poetry reading and talk, with book signing Wisconsin's Poet Laureate, Kimberly Blaeser, a C21 Fellow for 2015-16, will be reading some of her current poetry and giving a talk on "Gesture and …
Caroline Seymour-Jorn (C21 Fellow)
Golda Meir Library, 4th Floor Conference Center 2311 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesSocial Justice Activism among Muslims in Milwaukee A C21 Fellow's Presentation The 2015 Morris Fromkin Memorial Lecture with former C21 Fellows Anna Mansson McGinty and Kristin M. Sziarto
Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair (Native Studies, University of Manitoba)
Curtin 118 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesBagijiganan: Anishinaabe Ethics in Native Studies Recorded video (YouTube) Bagijiganan (offerings) are the foundations of Anishinaabe ethics. Found in practices from ceremonies to visiting, bagijiganan are embedded in early treaties made with Europeans and acted as both intention and recognition, …
Siobhan Senier (English, University of New Hampshire)
Curtin 118 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesIndigenizing Wikipedia: Expanding the Presence of Native Authors on the World's Largest Encyclopedia For better or worse, Wikipedia is now the first source to which most students, everyday citizens, and even scholars turn for basic information. What does it mean …
Stephen Graham Jones (English, Colorado)
Reading and Discussion Recorded video (Mediasite) Recorded video (YouTube) Stephen Graham Jones will be reading some of his flash fiction, short stories, and perhaps pieces of his novels, as well as providing some anecdotes accompanied by discussion--all followed by a …
Levi Bryant (Philosophy, Collin College)
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesThe Interior of Things MIGC keynote speaker On the ontology of the fold . . . Text of The Interior of Things (PDF) Brown bag lunch seminar Friday, February 19 12 noon Curtin 368 Reading: Levi R. Bryant, "The Gravity …
Patricia Richards (Sociology, Women’s Studies, Georgia)
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesRecollections of Violence and Survival in the Life Histories of Mapuche Women Elders Recorded Video (Mediasite) Recorded video (YouTube) -- no slides Cosponsored with UWM's Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) Professor Richards’ talk draws from the preliminary …
Joséphine Bacon (Innu poet)
Golda Meir Library, Special Collections, 4th Floor 2311 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesA Conversation with Joséphine Bacon (in English, French, and Innu) See Details Here Presented by UWM's American Indian Studies program