Anthropocene Feminism
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesCoined by Nobel Prize-winning atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen at the inception of the 21st century, the concept of the Anthropocene postulates a new geological epoch defined by overwhelming human influence upon the earth beginning with the Industrial Revolution in the …
Workshop: Feminist Theory
Curtin Hall 939 A discussion of Silvia Federici, Revolution at Point Zero: Housework, Reproduction and Feminist Struggle (PM Press, 2012) The book can be ordered through the publisher. About the Workshop The Feminist Theory Research Workshop aims to bring together …
#BlackLivesMatterUWMKE: What Should We Do?
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesAn EmergentC21 forum to identify challenges and opportunities for UWM to join in ongoing racial justice movements in Milwaukee. Community Panelists Jeremy Triblett Angela Walker Khalil Coleman Jayme Montgomery Baker UWM Respondents Anne Bonds (Geography) Rob Smith (Cultures & Communities) …
After Extinction
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesWhat comes after extinction? In ongoing debates about the Anthropocene, the question of extinction is very much present, in relation both to the anthropogenic Sixth Extinction and to the premediated extinction of humans. Our predominant understanding of extinction today relates …
George Lipsitz (Black Studies, UC-Santa Barbara)
Golda Meir Library, 4th Floor Conference Center 2311 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesThe Ferguson Conjuncture: Why the Humanities Matter Now View Facebook Event Cosponsored with the Comparative Ethnic Studies Program, History Department, Africology Department, Cultures and Communities Program, Urban Studies Program, and College of Letters and Science.
C21 Fellows’ Presentations and Open House
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesPresentations by Last Year's Fellows, Followed by an Open House 3:30 pm Curtin 175 | Fellows' Presentations 5:00 pm Curtin 939 | C21 Open House Please join the Center for 21st Century Studies (C21) in welcoming a new assemblage of …
Kimberly Blaeser (C21 Fellow)
Jones Gallery, Dwight Foster Public Library 209 Merchants Ave, Fort Atkinson, WI, United StatesGesture and Silence in Poetry of Place A poetry reading and talk, with book signing Wisconsin's Poet Laureate, Kimberly Blaeser, a C21 Fellow for 2015-16, will be reading some of her current poetry and giving a talk on "Gesture and …
Caroline Seymour-Jorn (C21 Fellow)
Golda Meir Library, 4th Floor Conference Center 2311 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesSocial Justice Activism among Muslims in Milwaukee A C21 Fellow's Presentation The 2015 Morris Fromkin Memorial Lecture with former C21 Fellows Anna Mansson McGinty and Kristin M. Sziarto
A Town Called Brzostek
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesFilm and Talkback with Director Simon Target Talkback moderated by Neal Pease (UWM) Presented by The Sam and Helen Stahl Center for Jewish Studies at UWM Documentary, 50 min. | Poland www.handheldfeatures.com Free and open to the public Director Simon …
The Return
UWM Union Cinema 2200 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesFilm and talkback with director Adam Zucker Talkback moderated by Neal Pease (UWM) Presented by The Sam and Helen Stahl Center for Jewish Studies at UWM Documentary, 83 min. | USA/Poland www.thereturndocumentary.com In the wake of the Holocaust and Soviet …