Insecurity Conference
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesThis conference proposes the concept of “insecurity” as one of the governing logics of economic, political, and social life in the West at the end of the second decade of the 21st century. Insecurity picks up on, and challenges, several key concepts of 21st century studies, especially “precarity,” “securitization,” and “resilience.”
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.
Exploring Moving Image Archives: Practices, Theories, and Research
Curtin 939 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesA brown bag workshop with Grazia Ingravalle—bring your lunch! Sponsored by the Media Studies Research Group Collaboratory at C21 In the early 1930s, the transition to sound projected a new sense of historicity onto silent films—many of which were rapidly …
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 …
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, and meet and chat with other grad students from …
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 …
Brown Bag Discussion w/Henry Lovejoy
Curtin 939 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesDigital historian and Africa and African Diaspora scholar Henry Lovejoy will be hosting a special brown bag discussion at the Center for 21st Century Studies on Friday at noon. Lovejoy is an affiliate of CU Boulder’s Center for Research Data …
Henry Lovejoy: Probabilities of African Origins: The Collapse of the Kingdom of Oyo and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, 1816-1836
Curtin 118 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesBe sure to stop by C21 at noon on Friday for a special brown bag discussion with Henry before the talk. Join us for Henry Lovejoy's lecture, "Probabilities of African Origins: The Collapse of the Kingdom of Oyo and the …
Collaboratory Event: Karissa Hahn: “A Brighter Darkness”
Curtin 939 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesOur Media Studies Research Collaboratory is hosting Karissa Hahn for a special talk on "'A Brighter Darkness': Data, Pixels, and Celluloid." In this artist talk, LA-based film and video artist Karissa Hahn will discuss her production of “inkjet films,” a …
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 …