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 …
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 …