Students
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.
Graduate Student Bagel Hour
Curtin 939 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesAll graduate students are invited to join us in the C21 office (Curtin 939) for this biweekly celebration of carbs and camaraderie. Start your Friday with some free coffee and bagels (provided by Benny's Bagels), and meet and chat with …
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.
Graduate Student Bagel Hour
Curtin 939 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesAll graduate students are invited to join us in the C21 office (Curtin 939) for this biweekly celebration of carbs and camaraderie. Start your Friday with some free coffee and bagels (provided by Benny's Bagels), and meet and chat with …
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 States
In 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.
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 States
Join 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 States
Join 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 …