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Remembering the Center for 20th Century Studies
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesIn honor of the Center for 21st Century Studies marking 50 years of research and collaboration this coming academic year, we will be hosting a special 50th anniversary symposium on Friday, October 26, 2018.
All Derangements, Great and Small: A Roundtable Discussion with Amitav Ghosh
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesJoin us for a roundtable with Amitav Ghosh featuring Richard Grusin (Center for 21st Century Studies), Arijit Sen (SARUP), Jasmine Alinder (History), Rina Ghose (Geography), and Anne Bonds (Geography). Acclaimed novelist Amitav Ghosh’s most recent book frames our collective failure to …
Roundtable Discussion: Popular Feminisms
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesInspired by the Fall 2018 Distinguished Lecture Series event featuring feminist public intellectual Roxane Gay, this roundtable engages with public dialogues around feminism in the contemporary era and the circulation of debates, representations, and activism around gender, race, and other categories of social identity …
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 …
Midwest Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference (MIGC)
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesThis year's Midwest Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference will take place on February 15 and 16 in Curtin 175 (plus an offsite welcome event and creative showcase). MIGC is organized entirely by graduate students at UWM, who collectively decide on an annual …
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 …
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 …