Faculty and Staff
Dan Kaufman: The Fall of Wisconsin: The Legacy of Divide-and-Conquer Politics and the Aftermath of the 2018 Elections
Golda Meir Library, 4th Floor Conference Center 2311 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesJoin us for this special talk on "The Fall of Wisconsin: The Legacy of Divide-and-Conquer Politics and the Aftermath of the 2018 Elections" with author Dan Kaufman. In his talk, Kaufman will examine recent attempts to transform Wisconsin’s political culture, culminating in Donald Trump’s Wisconsin victory in the 2016 election. Kaufman will focus special attention on the citizen activists who fought these efforts and the national Democratic Party leaders who largely ignored them, while also delving into the history of Wisconsin’s progressive tradition and that legacy’s profound influence on the nation.
Donna Haraway and Anna Tsing: Unblocking Attachment Sites for Living in the Plantationocene
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesPlease join us on April 17 at 3:30pm for a conversation with Donna Haraway and Anna Tsing from UC - Santa Cruz about exploring the arts of living on a damaged planet.
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 StatesIn 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 StatesJoin 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.
Podcasting the Past: An Evening with Ben Franklin’s World (Presented by Liz Covart)
Golda Meir Library, 4th Floor Conference Center 2311 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesJoin WUWM, Wisconsin’s NPR, and C21's Sound Inquiry Collaboratory for an evening of audio history with Liz Covart, the host of the widely-popular podcast on the American Revolution, “Ben Franklin’s World.” In a conversation with WUWM "Lake Effect" host Mitch Teich, Covart will discuss how podcasting is helping a new generation of history buffs learn about the Founding Fathers.
Teresa Mangum: Imagining an Alt-Alt-Ac Degree (Public Humanities PhD Collaboratory)
Curtin 118 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesJoin our Public Humanities PhD Collaboratory in welcoming Teresa Mangum for her talk, "What Would a Humanities PhD Look Like for Students Who Do NOT Want to Be Professors? Imagining an Alt-Alt-Ac Degree." Mangum's talk will consider the relationship(s) between the humanities and public life, the role of a humanities PhD within and beyond the academy, and options for PhD students going into non-academic fields.
Fellows Presentations and Open House
Curtin 118 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesJoin us for a fall open house featuring our 2018-19 Faculty Fellows, who will discuss their projects and present the research they completed during their residence at C21 last year. Presenters will include Joel Berkowitz (Foreign Languages and Literature), Rachel Buff (History), Elana …
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 …