Faculty and Staff
A Discussion with Sharon Marcus
Curtin 939 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesJoin us for a discussion with author Sharon Marcus, the Orlando Harriman Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. This discussion is open to all faculty and students, and will center on Marcus' new project, "The Drama of Celebrity: Imitation." …
Discussion with N. Katherine Hayles
Curtin 939 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesPlease join us for a brown-bag discussion of computer cognition and the politics of information with N. Katherine Hayles, James B. Duke Professor Emerita of Literature at Duke University. Later on Friday Hayles will also be giving a special lecture, …
Lecture: N. Katherine Hayles
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States*Join us before the talk for a special brown bag discussion with N. Katherine Hayles at noon in the Center for 21st Century Studies (Curtin 939). Please join us for a lecture by N. Katherine Hayles (Duke University) entitled "Computer …
Book Lecture: Jane Gallop
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesUWM's own Jane Gallop gave a special lecture in conjunction with her recently published book Sexuality, Disability, and Aging: Queer Temporalities of the Phallus (Duke, 2019). The talk addressed issues of mid-to-late-life disability and the impacts of disability and aging on …
Power and Gendered Labor in the Academy: A Half-Day Symposium
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesC21 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 …
Salam Yousry: Milwaukee Choir Project
Green Hall 3347 N. Downer, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesThe C21 Muslim Milwaukee Project Collaboratory is hosting a special performance by Salam Yousry, an Egyptian musician and theater director and creator of the international Choir Project. This will be the first time the Choir Project has been performed in Milwaukee. During the …
Discussion in Mathis Gallery: Strategies for Colonial Art (Nicholas Mirzoeff, Samantha Maloney, and David Pacifico)
Mathis Gallery 3203 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesPlease join us for "Strategies for Colonial Art" with Nicholas Mirzoeff (Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University), Samantha Maloney (Art History, UWM), and David Pacifico (Director, Emile H. Mathis Gallery) in UWM's Mathis Gallery (Mitchell Hall 170). …
Bending the Archive: Zines, Archiving, and the Digital Humanities
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesThis special roundtable discussion was held in coordination with Milwaukee Zine Fest, featuring Jenna Freedman (Barnard Library, NYC), Milo Miller (UWM and the Queer Zine Archive Project), and Lane Hall (English, UWM). Zines are non-commercial publications made by ordinary people using …
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 States
Join 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.