Bagels for Lunch, with Christopher Newfield
Curtin 939 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesOn Tuesday, February 13, we’ll have a special lunch edition of our Friday Bagel Hour with guest Christopher Newfield (UC-Santa Barbara) who is on campus to deliver the L&S Dean’s Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities: Does the U.S. Need Public …
Our Heavenly Bodies (Wunder der Schöpfung)
UWM Union Cinema 2200 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesTHIS SCREENING IS FREE FOR EVERYONE! Live musical accompaniment by Coupler! In 1925, German director Hanns Walter Kornblum set out to create a film that would summarize all available astronomical knowledge and a dreamy investigation of what wonders might …
MIGC 2018: Asymmetry
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesThe theme of MIGC 2018 is Asymmetry, and features as keynote speaker Lisa Parks (MIT), a global media scholar whose research focuses on three areas: satellite technologies and media cultures; critical studies of media infrastructures; and media, militarization and surveillance. She …
Lisa Parks: Asymmetries of the Vertical: Mediating the War on Terror from 9/11 to Trump
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesMIGC Keynote with Lisa Parks (MIT) Lisa Parks’ talk will feature material from her upcoming book, Rethinking Media Coverage: Vertical Mediation and the War on Terror, which addresses power issues in drone wars and vertical power relations in the Trump …
Is Campus Protest Protected Speech?
UWM Student Union Ballroom 2200 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesGeoffrey Stone (Law, University of Chicago) "Free Speech on Campus: A Challenge of Our Times” UWM Student Union Ballroom *View the full recorded video of Geoffrey Stone's talk here or in the video player below. In "Free Speech on Campus: A Challenge …
Valerie Traub: Special Breakfast Bagel Hour and Brown Bag Discussion
Curtin 939 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesJoin us for a special breakfast edition of our graduate student bagel hour with visiting speaker Valerie Traub! Graduate students from all departments are invited to stop by for coffee, bagels, and casual conversation from 9 - 11 am. Following …
Local-Digital-Public Community Roundtable
Curtin 939 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesProject Local-Digital-Public is a C21 Collaboratory that examines how public discourse can remobilize civic action and rejuvenate academic thought. LDP is a social justice project that seeks to hear residents of Sherman Park and Washington Park speak back, speak out, and be …
Julia Adeney Thomas: The “Human” in History and Biology (C21 Collaboratory Lecture)
Golda Meir Library, 4th Floor Conference Center 2311 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesJoin us for a World History Association & UWM Asian Studies Distinguished Lecture organized by the Critical East Asian Humanities C21 Collaboratory, who will be welcoming Julia Adeney Thomas for her talk, "The 'Human' in History and Biology: Questions of Scale, Questions …
Social Media and Academic Freedom
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesGeorge Ciccariello-Maher (NYU), Steve Salaita (Writer) The explosion of social media in the 21st century has posed a host of new problems for public and private employers, including small businesses, large corporations, and local, state, and federal institutions. Over the past …
Suzanne Leonard: Rethinking the 21st Century “Wife-Cycle”
Curtin 368 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesThe Center for 21st Century Studies is proud to be co-sponsoring Suzanne Leonard's upcoming talk, "Rethinking the 21st Century 'Wife-Cycle': From Online Dating to the Campaign Trail." Suzanne Leonard (Associate Professor of English, Simmons College) will discuss her book, Wife Inc., as well as current issues surrounding gender …