Beyond Crisis: The Humanities in Renewal
Zelazo Center, Blue Room 2419 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesA Symposium Dedicated to Ihab Hassan 3:30 pm Zelazo Center, Blue Room 5:00 pm Reception 2419 E Kenwood Blvd Presented by UWM's College of Letters and Science The Center for 21st Century Studies was greatly saddened to learn that UWM …
Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair (Native Studies, University of Manitoba)
Curtin 118 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesBagijiganan: Anishinaabe Ethics in Native Studies Recorded video (YouTube) Bagijiganan (offerings) are the foundations of Anishinaabe ethics. Found in practices from ceremonies to visiting, bagijiganan are embedded in early treaties made with Europeans and acted as both intention and recognition, …
Siobhan Senier (English, University of New Hampshire)
Curtin 118 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesIndigenizing Wikipedia: Expanding the Presence of Native Authors on the World's Largest Encyclopedia For better or worse, Wikipedia is now the first source to which most students, everyday citizens, and even scholars turn for basic information. What does it mean …
Stephen Graham Jones (English, Colorado)
Reading and Discussion Recorded video (Mediasite) Recorded video (YouTube) Stephen Graham Jones will be reading some of his flash fiction, short stories, and perhaps pieces of his novels, as well as providing some anecdotes accompanied by discussion--all followed by a …
Levi Bryant (Philosophy, Collin College)
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesThe Interior of Things MIGC keynote speaker On the ontology of the fold . . . Text of The Interior of Things (PDF) Brown bag lunch seminar Friday, February 19 12 noon Curtin 368 Reading: Levi R. Bryant, "The Gravity …
Nick Montfort (Digital Media, MIT)
Golda Meir Library, 2nd Floor, DH Lab 2311 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesExploratory Programming Workshop An MIGC workshop This workshop introduces how to think with computation, focusing on how computing can be used with language and literature. Programming is introduced as a way to iteratively design both artworks and humanities projects, in …
Patricia Richards (Sociology, Women’s Studies, Georgia)
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesRecollections of Violence and Survival in the Life Histories of Mapuche Women Elders Recorded Video (Mediasite) Recorded video (YouTube) -- no slides Cosponsored with UWM's Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) Professor Richards’ talk draws from the preliminary …
Joséphine Bacon (Innu poet)
Golda Meir Library, Special Collections, 4th Floor 2311 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesA Conversation with Joséphine Bacon (in English, French, and Innu) See Details Here Presented by UWM's American Indian Studies program
Becoming and Being a Refugee
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesEmergentC21 Forum An EmergentC21 forum on being a refugee in the Milwaukee area. Map image: Favim.com, image 26919 Community Panelists Mette Brogden State Refugee Coordinator, Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (PhD, Anthropology) Anwar Sallumi Refugee Services, …
Michael Twitty (Food Historian)
Milwaukee Public Library, Centennial Hall 733 N 8th St, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesKosher/Soul: Black & Jewish "Identity Cooking" See Details Here (PDF) "Culinary historian Michael W. Twitty to speak on food as identity" (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Presented by the Sam and Helen Stahl Center for Jewish Studies at UWM