Lectures Conferences and Symposiums
(CANCELLED) Paul Booth: A Depressing Choose-Your-Own-Adventure: The Interactive Potentiality of Board Games
Curtin 118 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States**Due to the campus-wide response to the COVID-19 outbreak this talk by Paul Booth is cancelled. Sorry, folks! Wash your hands, stay healthy!** Please join our Serious Play/Digital Culture Collaboratory in welcoming Paul Booth (DePaul University) to campus! …
CANCELLED – #ArtInHigherEd Symposium
Mitchell Hall 3203 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States**Unfortunately the #ArtInHigherEd Symposium has been cancelled due to the campus-wide response to the COVID-19 outbreak. We hope to reschedule this event for sometime during spring 2021, and we will announce a new date once one has been decided. Sorry, …
CANCELLED – Hester Blum: Brown Bag Discussion and Annual Literature and Cultural Theory Lecture
Curtin 939 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesUnfortunately the annual Literature and Cultural Theory lecture on 4/23 and coordinated events (including this brown bag) have been cancelled. But happily Hester Blum has agreed to visit next academic year — details to follow. Join us for a special …
CANCELLED – Spring Conference: #ALT_MKE: Stories of a 21st Century City
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States***We're sad to announce our spring conference, #ALT_MKE: Stories of a 21st Century City, has been cancelled. It was going to be an extraordinary gathering, but in many ways, the work of the conference must now be done in our …
L.A. Kauffman (#ALT_MKE Virtual Lecture): “I Want a Haircut”: Toward a History of the Ultra-Right in Milwaukee’s Suburbs (and Why It So Often Fails)
Author and activist L.A. Kauffman delivered a livestreamed version of her planned #ALT_MKE keynote address on Friday, May 8, at 3:30 p.m CDT via Zoom. (You can also find more from our planned plenary speakers, including their current work and …
Monique Liston and Dasha Kelly Hamilton: Virtual #ALT_MKE Lecture and Reading
This special livestreamed version of Monique Liston’s planned #ALT_MKE plenary talk and a special reading by Dasha Kelly Hamilton was held on Friday, May 15 at 3:30 p.m CDT. We’re so happy to be able to share their wonderful work! …
Fellows Presentations and Open House
Virtual event: Once the event starts you can view the live video below or on our YouTube channel. Join us for a fall open house featuring our 2019-20 Faculty Fellows, who will discuss their projects and present the research they …
Bill Wood: “Hearst Ginda Verde: Following a Textile Pattern, Unraveling a Global Mimetic Meshwork”
Online event; email c21@uwm.edu to register and receive the link. Please join us for a special virtual talk with Bill Wood (Anthropology, UWM) on "Hearst Ginda Verde: Following a Textile Pattern, Unraveling a Global Mimetic Meshwork." This talk traces a …
“By Every Measure”: Discussion With Tarik Moody and Reggie Jackson
Virtual event: Once the event starts you can view the live video below or on our YouTube channel. Please join us for an exciting conversation with 88.9 Radio Milwaukee's Tarik Moody and journalist Reggie Jackson on their new podcast about …
Ronak Kapadia: “Reimagine Everything: How Insurgent Aesthetics and Queer Collective Care are Transforming Our Worlds”
Monica Trinidad, We Keep Each Other Safe, monicatrinidad.com Virtual event: Once the event starts you can view the live video below or on our YouTube channel. Join us for a conversation with Ronak K. Kapadia (UIC) as he explores how …