BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Center for 21st Century Studies - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Center for 21st Century Studies X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://uwm.edu/c21 X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Center for 21st Century Studies REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20200308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20201101T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20210314T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20211107T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20220313T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20221106T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20260308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20261101T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20270314T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20271107T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211101T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211130T170000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20211029T005227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211029T005227Z UID:10000621-1635753600-1638291600@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Talking Walls: A C21 Exhibit DESCRIPTION:UWM’s Center for 21st Century Studies invites you to explore our space with us. \nHelp the walls do the talking by sharing your stories and responses to the space as well as your ideas for how to transform it to fit our mission – to build an inclusive\, collaborative community of scholars to address the most challenging questions of our time.   \nParticipate by Instagram at @c21cs; or live on the 9th floor of UWM’s Curtin Hall.  URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/talking-walls-a-c21-exhibit/ CATEGORIES:Exhibit X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220210T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220210T173000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20220131T205827Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220208T203313Z UID:10000755-1644508800-1644514200@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Asylum: A Memoir and a Manifesto DESCRIPTION:Asylum is Edafe’s new\, eye-opening\, thought-provoking memoir and manifesto\, which documents his experiences growing up gay in Nigeria\, fleeing to America\, navigating the immigration system\, and making a life for himself as a Black\, gay immigrant. Alongside his personal story is a blaring call to action–not only for immigration reform but for a just immigration system for refugees everywhere. This book imagines a future where immigrants and asylees are treated with fairness\, transparency\, and compassion. It aims to help us understand that home is not just where you feel safe and welcome but also how you can make it feel safe and welcome for others. \nRegister here! URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/asylum-a-memoir-and-a-manifesto/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220211T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220211T153000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20220126T172705Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220126T172705Z UID:10000752-1644588000-1644593400@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Asia in Conversation: Dialogues on Engaging Muslim Communities in Research DESCRIPTION:We would like to invite you to the first conversation in the Spring 2022 Asia: In Conversation Series. This first conversation will take place on Friday\, February 11\, 2-3:30pm (CT). \nJanan Najeeb\, President of the Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition\, will be in conversation with UWM faculty Anna Mansson McGinty\, Associate Professor of Geography and Women’s and Gender Studies\, Caroline Seymour-Jorn\, Professor of Comparative Literature\, and Kristin Sziarto\, Associate Professor of Geography. The event features a C21 Collaboratory\, the Muslim Milwaukee Project. \nYou may register for the event here. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/asia-in-conversation-dialogues-on-engaging-muslim-communities-in-research/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Collaboratory X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220216T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220216T160000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20220101T192328Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220124T190431Z UID:10000624-1645021800-1645027200@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Joseph Ewoodzie Jr. Lecture DESCRIPTION:  \n \nAbstract from above poster image: Joseph Ewoodzie Jr. spent more than a year following a group of socioeconomically diverse African Americans—from upper-middle-class patrons of the city’s fine-dining restaurants to men experiencing homelessness who must organize their days around the schedules of soup kitchens. Demonstrating how “foodways”—food availability\, choice\, and consumption—vary greatly between classes of African Americans in Jackson\, Mississippi\, Ewoodzie offers new insights into the lives of Black Southerners and helps challenge the persistent homogenization of blackness in American life. \nJoin us for a Zoom lecture session that promises to reveal the complexities of the phrase “you are what you eat.” Co-sponsored by AADS\, Architecture\, C21\, Geography\, Sociology\, and Urban Studies. \nRegister here for the Zoom session! \n  URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/joseph-ewoodzie-lecture/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220223T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220223T140000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20220218T142206Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220218T142621Z UID:10000759-1645619400-1645624800@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Paul Booth: Board Games as Media DESCRIPTION: URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/paul-booth-board-games-as-media/ LOCATION:Zoom X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220223T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220223T160000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20220101T192504Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220221T173648Z UID:10000625-1645628400-1645632000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Nigel Rothfels Book Launch DESCRIPTION:From prehistoric cave drawings in Europe and ancient rock art in Africa and India to burning pyres of confiscated tusks\, our thoughts about elephants tell a story of human history. In “Elephant Trails\,” Nigel Rothfels argues that\, over millennia\, we have made elephants into both monsters and miracles as ways to understand them but also as ways to understand ourselves. \nJoin us for a celebration and discussion of Nigel’s latest book\, “Elephant Trails”! \nRegister here! URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/nigel-rothfels-book-launch/ LOCATION:Zoom X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220225T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220225T170000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20220101T192641Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220216T150305Z UID:10000626-1645801200-1645808400@uwm.edu SUMMARY:WGS Feminist Lecture Speaker: Dean Spade DESCRIPTION:The WGS Feminist Lecture Series is sponsored by the Vilas Trust. \nRegister here! URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/wgs-feminist-lecture-speaker-dean-spade/ CATEGORIES:Co-Promotional X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220304T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220304T163000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20220210T211437Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221010T203443Z UID:10000757-1646406000-1646411400@uwm.edu SUMMARY:An Introduction to the Publishing Industry with the LA Review of Books Publishing Workshop DESCRIPTION:Join C21 in a conversation with the director and program manager of the LA Review of Books Publishing Workshop. This session is geared toward graduate students aiming to transfer and translate their skills to the publishing industry. \nRegister for the event here! URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/an-introduction-to-the-publishing-industry-with-the-la-review-of-books-publishing-workshop/ X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220327T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220327T163000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20220316T152328Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220316T152328Z UID:10000628-1648371600-1648398600@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Anthropology Student Union Colloquium\, "A World Reconstructed" DESCRIPTION:“A World Reconstructed: Anthropology and the Reconstruction of Experience” will feature Dr. Thomas Malaby as the Keynote Speaker. Conference presentations will take place in-person in Sabin Hall – G90. Dinner will be in the UWM Student Union Ballroom afterward. \nRegister here! URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/anthropology-student-union-colloquium-a-world-reconstructed/ X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220330T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220330T143000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20220127T223659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220215T211745Z UID:10000753-1648645200-1648650600@uwm.edu SUMMARY:"Lonely Infrastructure" Lonely No More! Roundtable DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversational roundtable that is part of C21’s Lonely No More! Symposia. \nHow might we study\, talk about\, and address loneliness and the built environment? What kinds of social arrangements might we foster to reconsider loneliness and connection\, especially between urban centers and rural villages? Are some populations more vulnerable to loneliness than others? This conversation will include the following experts: \nJason Danely (Oxford Brookes University)\nJoan Johnson (Milwaukee Public Library)\nEric Klinenberg (New York University)\nChikako Ozawa-de Silva (Emory University) \nRegister here! URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/lonely-infrastructure-lonely-no-more-roundtable/ X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220408 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220409 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20220101T192818Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220211T141302Z UID:10000750-1649376000-1649462399@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Gallop: A Pedagogical Retrospective DESCRIPTION:Join us for a celebration and academic analysis of the career of Jane Gallop. This one-day symposium will include two in-depth roundtables that feature Jane’s former graduate advisees. \nThis will be an in-person symposium with events on the 9th Floor at C21 and in Curtin Hall 175. Registration is required. We will be sure to stay in touch with all registrants about masking and vaccine parameters as they evolve. \nPlease visit this page for more information and to register for this event. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/gallop-symposium/ LOCATION:Curtin 175\, 3243 N Downer Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States X-TRIBE-STATUS: GEO:43.0764916;-87.8785926 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave Milwaukee WI 53211 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3243 N Downer Ave:geo:-87.8785926,43.0764916 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220413T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220413T143000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20220127T223909Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220302T162731Z UID:10000754-1649854800-1649860200@uwm.edu SUMMARY:"Nonhuman Kinship" Lonely No More! Roundtable DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversational roundtable that is part of C21’s Lonely No More! Symposia. \nIn what ways does loneliness manifest for nonhuman animals and in the nonhuman world? How might we rethink loneliness and connection with nonhumans in mind? As we reimagine and reinvent kin\, how do spaces for human-nonhuman connection grow and develop in the age of robots\, machines\, computers\, and AI? This conversation will include the following experts: \nBarbara J. King (William & Mary)\nKite aka Suzanne Kite (Concordia University)\nJuno Salazar Parreñas (Cornell University)\nSonia Zhang (New School) \nRegister here! URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/nonhuman-kinship-lonely-no-more-roundtable/ X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220415T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220415T120000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20220411T235243Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220414T235535Z UID:10000632-1650020400-1650024000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:The Ethos of Black Motherhood: Only White Women Get Pregnant DESCRIPTION:Register here! URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/the-ethos-of-black-motherhood-only-white-women-get-pregnant/ LOCATION:Zoom X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220418T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220418T200000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20220411T235352Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220414T235538Z UID:10000633-1650308400-1650312000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:"Doin' Black Rhetorics of Health Communication: A Framework for More Racially Just\, Community Engaged Care DESCRIPTION:Register here! URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/doin-black-rhetorics-of-health-communication-a-framework-for-more-racially-just-community-engaged-care/ LOCATION:Zoom X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220421T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220421T210000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20220418T164639Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220418T164639Z UID:10000634-1650567600-1650574800@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Remote Viewing of "The Box" DESCRIPTION:Join C21 with Historians at the Movies (#HATM) for this special remote screening event! We’ll have an in-real-time conversation and reactions on Twitter to The Box\, a play by Sarah Shourd in collaboration with other survivors of solitary confinement. \nAccess the Zoom recording of the play here\, press “play” at 7PM Central\, and join the conversation on Twitter following the #HATM and #LNMC21 hashtags! This event is connected to the Lonely No More! Roundtable on May 6th\, titled “Weaponizing Loneliness.” URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/remote-viewing-of-the-box/ X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220425T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220425T220000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20220331T123943Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220412T150718Z UID:10000630-1650913200-1650924000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Remote Film Screening of "Maksym Osa" DESCRIPTION:A Ukrainian film production that was interrupted by the Russian invasions in 2014 and again in 2022\, Maksym Osa is a fantasy thriller set in the 1600s\, yet deeply resonant with the present. Here\, the contemporary tenacity of Ukrainians in defense of their independence\, which has taken the world utterly by surprise\, is placed in a larger historical context. In its focus on the Cossacks\, a Ukrainian-created self-defense force\, as multidimensional figures\, Maksym Osa argues for the historical roots of Ukraine as a European and global nation. \nIn the misty sodden forests of late medieval Ukraine\, a group of Cossacks has been murdered and the gold entrusted to them for safekeeping stolen. Maksym Osa (Vasil’ Kukharsky)\, a forelocked warrior both ferocious and conniving\, as well as frequently drunk\, searches for clues near the Polish border that connect local nobility\, witchcraft\, and lycanthropy. Based on Igor Baranko’s graphic novel\, Makysm Osa (Myroslav Latyk\, 2022) relies on and updates Ukrainian folk cinema\, drawing inspiration from films such as The Eve of Ivan Kupalo (Yuri Ilyenko\, 1968) and The Lost Letter (Borys Ivchenko\, 1972). As in Ivchenko’s film\, Maksym Osa begins and ends with the same folk song: “The fish danced with the crawfish/The carrot with the porridge/The seahorse with the pearl/And the Cossack with the girl.” With tonal shifts and a sense of the absurd\, Osa showcases its take on Ukrainian lore alongside flashes of violence and dark humor. Like the many colorful and mysterious cinematic spectacles of Cossacks and magic that came before\, Maksym Osa is\, at heart\, an adventure. But also like those films\, salvation here doesn’t spring ex machina from deities\, sorcery\, or wealth. Instead\, it’s found in the fierce spirit of everyday people who defend their right to tell their own stories in the face of oppression. \nA Roundtable Introduction will feature a discussion with the Ukrainian filmmakers of the Maksym Osa project. \nRegister for the Thursday\, April 14th screening here! \nRegister for the Monday\, April 25th screening here! URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/remote-film-screening-of-maksym-osa/2022-04-25/ LOCATION:Zoom X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220428T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220428T170000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20220401T131828Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220401T131828Z UID:10000631-1651159800-1651165200@uwm.edu SUMMARY:"Dragons and Lice" Lecture with Łukasz Mieszkowski DESCRIPTION:An epidemic is an empirical phenomenon\, confirmed from the medical point of view and subject to historical description and biopolitical interpretation. By contrast\, plague\, according to its anthropological definition\, constitutes a part of a mythological landscape—a permanent element defining the crisis\, the transitional moment\, the end of the old world and the beginning of a new one. This talk covers the two biggest epidemics of infectious diseases\, typhus and influenza\, plaguing Poland’s population of that time and places them in a broader context of sanitary and social conditions in the early Second Polish Republic. \nThis event will be held in-person in Lubar Hall S185. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/dragons-and-lice-lecture-with-lukasz-mieszkowski/ LOCATION:Lubar Hall S185\, 3202 N Maryland Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220429 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220430 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20220101T193000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220331T152806Z UID:10000751-1651190400-1651276799@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Media And/As Infrastructure DESCRIPTION:To register for this event\, follow this link! Please note that you must register separately for each day. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/media-and-as-infrastructure/ CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220506T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220506T153000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20220216T150554Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220216T150554Z UID:10000758-1651845600-1651851000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:"Weaponizing Loneliness" Lonely No More! Roundtable DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversational roundtable that is part of C21’s Lonely No More! Symposia. \nHow is loneliness weaponized in practices of solitary confinement and infrastructures of incarceration? What do efforts toward its banning tell us about the rhetoric of loneliness as points of concern and control? How have individuals and communities resisted infrastructures of isolation linked to the carceral state? This conversation will include the following experts: \nStephanie Gibson (University of Pennsylvania)\nVijay Gupta (Street Symphony)\nKeramet Reiter (University of California – Irvine)\nSarah Shourd (Pulitzer Center) \nRegister here! URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/weaponizing-loneliness-lonely-no-more-roundtable/ X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220914T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220914T183000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20220907T215805Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220907T215805Z UID:10000766-1663176600-1663180200@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Chancellor Presents: A Conversation with Anne Basting DESCRIPTION:September 14\, 2022\n5:30 – 6:30 PM\nVirtual Event\n\nRegister to attend here! URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/chancellor-presents-a-conversation-with-anne-basting/ X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220922T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220922T163000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20220727T213400Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220909T170733Z UID:10000760-1663858800-1663864200@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Healing Spaces Roundtable (Lonely No More!) DESCRIPTION:September 22nd\n3-4:30PM\nCurtin 175 URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/healing-spaces-roundtable-lonely-no-more/ LOCATION:Curtin 175\, 3243 N Downer Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States X-TRIBE-STATUS: GEO:43.0764916;-87.8785926 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave Milwaukee WI 53211 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3243 N Downer Ave:geo:-87.8785926,43.0764916 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220922T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220922T190000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20220727T213431Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221012T154244Z UID:10000761-1663864200-1663873200@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Lonely No More! Exhibition Opening DESCRIPTION:September 22nd\n4:30-7PM\nLocation: Curtin 929\n\nPart of UWM Gallery Night\, so be sure to check out exhibits opening at UWM’s Emile H. Mathis Gallery\, Special Collections\, the American Geographic Society Library\, and Union Art Gallery as well! URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/lonely-no-more-exhibition-opening/ LOCATION:Curtin 929\, 3243 N Downer Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53212\, United States X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220928T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220928T210000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20220928T170731Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220928T170731Z UID:10000769-1664393400-1664398800@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Steve Lambert DESCRIPTION:Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Steve Lambert – Wednesday\, September 28\, 7:30 – 9:00 PM\, Virtual. \nSteve Lambert has worked alongside over 1400 artists and activists\, in 16 countries\, on 4 continents helping them use creative means to effect power. Trained in the arts\, he is known for large scale\, public projects that engage new audiences on difficult topics through the social science of comedy\, games\, theater\, and democratic participation. \nLambert is the co-founder and co-director of the Center for Artistic Activism\, a research and training institute helping activists be more creative and artists be more effective. As an artist\, Lambert’s work has been shown both nationally and internationally\, from art galleries to Times Square to protest marches\, featured in four documentary films\, and over two dozen books\, and collected by museums and The Library of Congress. His research is included in a United Nations report on the impact of advertising on cultural rights\, as well as the basis for a book on popular understandings of capitalism. \nSeries supported in part by the UWM Black and Gold Committee & Differential Tuition funds\, Frederick R. Layton Fund\, the John Colt Memorial Art Fund\, The Queer Curatorial Fund\, Center for 21st Century Studies\, Print Club\, Focus\, and OBJECT. \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nMeeting ID: 517 317 5108\nPasscode: 974465 URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/artists-now-guest-lecture-series-steve-lambert/ X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220930T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220930T170000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20220727T213519Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220928T131539Z UID:10000762-1664542800-1664557200@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Unstoppable Voters: Milwaukee DESCRIPTION:September 30th\n1PM – 5PM\nLearn more and apply for this dynamic day-long workshop about artistic activism here! URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/unstoppable-voters-milwaukee/ LOCATION:UWM Lubar Entrepeneurship Center X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221014T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221014T103000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20221006T163404Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221007T124459Z UID:10000768-1665738000-1665743400@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Story Experience Guest Lecture Workshop: Brad Lichtenstein DESCRIPTION:October 14: Fostering Trust in Storytelling with Brad Lichtenstein\, 9 – 10:30 AM (Curtin 939)  \nEmmy-award winning documentary filmmaker Brad Lichtenstein will facilitate a discussion on large scale story projects\, including processes he uses to build trust with interviewees; establishing consent; the “ground rules” he establishes during story project; and organizing/archiving story materials.    \nBrad is an award-winning filmmaker who has been making documentaries since 1998 and founded 371 Productions in 2003. His recent film\, When Claude Got Shot (produced with Stick Figure) premiered at the 2021 SXSW film festival\, was featured in May of 2022 on PBS’ series Independent Lens\, and won the 2022 Emmy for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking. He’s been nominated for two Emmys: one Sports Emmy for the VR film Ashe ’68\, which premiered at Sundance in 2019\, and a News and Documentary Emmy for the 2012 Independent Lens/PBS film As Goes Janesville. He’s won two Duponts: one for the 2016 Al Jazeera America series Hard Earned (produced with Kartemquin Films) and another for his 2001 film Ghosts of Attica (produced with Lumiere Productions). His latest work is American Reckoning (with producer/director Yoruba Richen) for Frontline\, a film about a Black resistance movement in Natchez\, MS\, and the murder of civil rights leader Wharlest Jackson\, Sr. With Emily Kuester\, he directed Messwood for Participant\, which premiered in 2021 at DocNYC. The film follows a high school football team made up of kids who come from two different communities; one suburban and white and the other urban and Black. Brad directed Metcalfe Park: Black Vote rising in 2020 with Miela Fetaw — a short for PBS/World Channel and The Intercept. His 2018 film There Are Jews Here won a Telly award and was broadcast on PBS/World. He was nominated for a Peabody for his radio series about gun violence\, Precious Lives.   \nLearn More https://www.371productions.com  \nZoom registration here. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/story-experience-guest-lecture-workshop-brad-lichtenstein/ LOCATION:Curtin 939\, 3243 N Downer Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States X-TRIBE-STATUS: GEO:43.0764916;-87.8785926 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Curtin 939 3243 N Downer Ave Milwaukee WI 53211 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3243 N Downer Ave:geo:-87.8785926,43.0764916 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221019T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221019T133000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20220907T215509Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220929T175055Z UID:10000764-1666180800-1666186200@uwm.edu SUMMARY:C21 Conversations: The Post-Roe Research Landscape DESCRIPTION:An open conversation about university research in the context of the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Featuring representatives from across campus\, including Donna McGee (Legal Affairs) and Sam Westcott (Office of Sponsored Programs) alongside Reproductive Justice Collaboratory Project members Maria Novotny and Rachel Bloom-Pojar.In person conversation will take place in Curtin 939. Online attendance via Zoom (registration required). \n\nOctober 19\, 2022\n12:00 – 1:30 PM\nGallop Seminar Room (Curtin 939) URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/c21-conversations-the-post-roe-research-landscape/ LOCATION:Curtin 939\, 3243 N Downer Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States X-TRIBE-STATUS: GEO:43.0764916;-87.8785926 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Curtin 939 3243 N Downer Ave Milwaukee WI 53211 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3243 N Downer Ave:geo:-87.8785926,43.0764916 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221104T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221104T110000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20221006T163641Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221013T162833Z UID:10000767-1667552400-1667559600@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Story Experience Guest Lecture Workshop: Liz Anna Kozik DESCRIPTION:November 4th Cartooning and Visual Storytelling with Liz Anna Kozik\, 9-11 AM (Curtin 939) \nLiz Anna Kozik will offer a workshop on visual storytelling for “non-artists” or people who vehemently claim “but I can’t draw!”  Liz is an interdisciplinary scholar who works at the intersection of science communication\, environmental humanities\, and art. Her research focuses on the myriad culturo-scientific facets of ecological restoration in the American Midwest. Through comics and an active social media presence\, she shares stories of the practices\, people\, and history of prairie restoration. Liz holds a PhD in Environment & Resource from UW Madison’s Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies\, and a BFA in Printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design. \nLearn More https://liz.kozik.net  \nRegister for virtual attendance here! URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/story-experience-guest-lecture-workshop-liz-anna-kozik/ LOCATION:Curtin 939\, 3243 N Downer Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States X-TRIBE-STATUS: GEO:43.0764916;-87.8785926 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Curtin 939 3243 N Downer Ave Milwaukee WI 53211 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3243 N Downer Ave:geo:-87.8785926,43.0764916 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221109T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221109T163000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20221019T145836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221026T223407Z UID:10000765-1668004200-1668011400@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Alonso Cueto: The Historical Novel's Uncertain Truth DESCRIPTION: The Historical Novel’s Uncertain Truth: On Writing about Francisca Pizarro\, the First Mestiza in South America  \nNovember 9\, 2022 at 2:30 p.m\, 4th Floor Conference Center\, UWM Golda Meir Library\, 2311 E. Hartford Ave. \n A native of Lima\, Peru\, Alonso Cueto is a major figure in contemporary Latin American literature. He is the author of novels\, short fiction\, plays\, and essays. His novels include The Blue Hour (2005 Herralde Prize for Novel)\, El Susurro de la Mujer Ballena (2007)\, and La Perricholi (2018). Cueto’s works have been translated into twenty languages and several have been made into films. He has received a Guggenheim Writer’s Grant\, the Berlin Anna Seghers Prize\, and the Medal for Service to Culture from the Government of Peru. Cueto holds a Ph.D. in Literature from the University of Texas-Austin and he is a member of the Peruvian Academy of Language.  \n Sponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese\, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies\, Global Studies\, Translation and Interpreting Studies\, UWM Libraries\, Sigma Delta Pi\, Roberto Hernández Center\, Department of Art History\, Center for 21st Century Studies\, Emile H. Mathis Gallery and UWM Art Collection.  URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/alonso-cueto-the-historical-novels-uncertain-truth/ LOCATION:UWM Golda Mier Library\, 4th Floor Conference Room\, 2311 E. Hartford Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221116T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221116T110000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20221026T152658Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221026T152658Z UID:10000648-1668591000-1668596400@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Breakfast Meet 'n Greet with Elizabeth Emery DESCRIPTION:Breakfast Meet ‘n Greet with special guest Elizabeth Emery\, Wednesday\, november 16\, 9:30 – 11:00 AM\, Curtin Hall\, Room 939 \nJoin us for breakfast and an opportunity to meet and chat with Elizabeth Emery\, Professor of World Languages and Cultures\, Montclair State University. \nLater on November 16\, Emery will be giving a free public talk about her recent book Reframing Japonisme: Women and the Asian Art Market in Nineteenth-Century France\, 1853-1914 (Bloomsbury Visual Arts\, 2020) and her digital humanities project with the National Institute (INHA) in Paris.  You can find the details for the talk here. \nSponsored by: C21\, Friends of Art History\, Honors College\, Anthropology Department\, History Department\, French\, Italian & Comparative Literature Program\, Women’s & Gender Studies URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/breakfast-meet-n-greet-with-elizabeth-emery/ LOCATION:Curtin 939\, 3243 N Downer Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States X-TRIBE-STATUS: GEO:43.0764916;-87.8785926 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Curtin 939 3243 N Downer Ave Milwaukee WI 53211 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3243 N Downer Ave:geo:-87.8785926,43.0764916 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221116T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221116T180000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20221019T150517Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221026T152833Z UID:10000643-1668616200-1668621600@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Elizabeth Emery: Hidden Treasure DESCRIPTION:Hidden Treasure: Finding Women Dealers and Collectors of Far Eastern Art in Paris\, 1858-1914\, Wednesday\, November 16\, Mitchell Hall\, Room 195\, 4:30-6:00pm \nElizabeth Emery\, Professor of World Languages and Cultures\, Montclair State University\, will be giving a free public talk about her recent book Reframing Japonisme: Women and the Asian Art Market in Nineteenth-Century France\, 1853-1914 (Bloomsbury Visual Arts\, 2020) and her digital humanities project with the National Institute (INHA) in Paris\, “Connoisseurs\, Collectors and Dealers of Asian Art in France\, 1700-1939.” \nBreakfast Meet n’ Greet\, CRT 939\, 9:30-11am. Find out more here. \nSponsored by: C21\, Friends of Art History\, Honors College\, Anthropology Department\, History Department\, French\, Italian & Comparative Literature Program\, Women’s & Gender Studies URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/elizabeth-emery-hidden-treasure/ LOCATION:Mitchell Hall 195\, 3203 N Downer Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230203T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230203T130000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20230126T195322Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230126T195322Z UID:10000774-1675425600-1675429200@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Gerardo Licon: Zoot Suit Riots\, Pachucas\, and Pachucos DESCRIPTION:GERARDO LICON: Zoot Suit Riots\, Pachucas\, and Pachucos: Mexican American Youth Culture in the U.S. Southwest \nAt this virtual Friday Lunch event\, you will learn about the mid-twentieth century fashion style of zoot suits and the riots that were blamed on that attire during World War II. More broadly\, you will learn about Mexican American youth culture during the first half of the twentieth century and the pachucas and pachucos who donned those suits. Dr. Licon will also introduce the audience to his research delving into the origins of pachuca/o culture. \nThis event is hosted by the Center for Humanities at UW Madison\, and co-sponsored by the Center for 21st Century Studies at UWM. \nThis virtual event (Zoom) is open to all but registration is required. Please sign up here.   \nGerardo Licon\, PhD is an Assistant Professor for the Program of Latin American and Latinx Studies at the University of Wisconsin\, Eau Claire. He is trained as a historian with a focus on Latino\, 19th and 20th Century US\, Immigration\, Race and Ethnicity\, and Immigration History. In recent years he’s presented at the annual conferences of the Organization of American Historians\, the National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies\, and the Latin American Studies Association.   URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/gerardo-licon-zoot-suit-riots-pachucas-and-pachucos/ LOCATION:Virtual Session X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230217T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230217T153000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20230131T164142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230131T164142Z UID:10000775-1676642400-1676647800@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Cynthia Laborde: “Making a Splash: Women Cartoonists in France” DESCRIPTION:Friday\, February 17\, 2023\, 2:00-3:30pm\, Lubar Entrepreneurship Center\, Room 107 \nIn her talk “Making a Splash: Women Cartoonists in France\,” Dr. Laborde will focus on the impact of women cartoonists/graphic novelists in France in the 21st century. She will trace how this new generation has been making their own rules and claiming their space in a traditionally male-dominated industry. Her analysis will focus on the socially and politically engaged aspects of their work\, concentrating especially on how they approach issues related to women. She will demonstrate that comics as a medium are able to articulate and disseminate feminist perspectives in new ways\, and that artists (such as Pénélope Bagieu and Emma\, among others) are having a real-life impact\, as the lines become more and more blurred between the individual and the artist via social media. \nHosted by the Department of Global Studies; co-sponsored by Digital Arts and Culture; the MA in Language\, Literature\, and Translation; the Center for 21st Century Studies; Women’s and Gender Studies; and the Women’s Resource Center. This event is partially funded by the U.S. Department of Education Title VI NRC Grant. \nThis event will be followed later in the day by the opening film of the 26th annual UWM Festival of Films in French\, February 17-26\, 2023. Please join us there as well! \nWhile at UWM\, Dr. Laborde will also present a French immersion workshop\, “Enseigner (avec) les bandes dessinées en français/Teaching (with) graphic novels and comic in French\,” on Saturday\, February 18\, 1:00-4:00 pm. Free; registration is required. For more information\, read about the event here. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/cynthia-laborde-making-a-splash-women-cartoonists-in-france/ LOCATION:UWM Lubar Entrepeneurship Center X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230223T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230223T143000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20230105T181146Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230214T153557Z UID:10000655-1677157200-1677162600@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Nourishing Trust: Trust in Context Roundtable DESCRIPTION:Nourishing Trust: Trust in Context Roundtable Conversation.  A conversation about the histories that inform food and land justice efforts today.  Featuring Laura Manthe (Oneida Nation)\, Adrienne Petty (William & Mary College)\, and Jayson Porter (Brown University). \nThursday\, February 23\, 2023\, 1:00 – 2:30 PM (Central).  Virtual Session. \nRegister here! URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/nourishing-trust-trust-in-context-roundtable/ LOCATION:Virtual Session X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230307T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230307T130000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20230131T173700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230131T174423Z UID:10000776-1678188600-1678194000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Trauma Informed Teaching Workshop DESCRIPTION:Trauma-Informed Teaching Workshop\, Tuesday\, March 7\, 2023\, 11:30 – 1:00 PM\, Lubar Entrepreneurship Center – Dream Studio. \nHelp students achieve essential learning outcomes through a balance of flexibility and accountability\, high standards and care for students. This trauma-informed workshop aims to provide frameworks for practicing intentionality and care in the classroom.  A coordinated effort between the Dean of Students\, Campus Cares\, and the Center for 21st Century Studies. In-person workshop to be head at the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center Dream Studio (1st floor\, next to the atrium). \nFor in-person attendance\, please register at this Eventbrite link. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/trauma-informed-teaching-workshop-2/ LOCATION:UWM Lubar Entrepeneurship Center X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230310T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230310T130000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20230225T002600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230225T002703Z UID:10000781-1678449600-1678453200@uwm.edu SUMMARY:After Dobbs: A Roundtable Discussion DESCRIPTION:Friday\, March 10\, 2023\, 12-1 PM\, Library Conference Center (Golda Mier Library\, 4th Floor) \nAfter Dobbs: A Roundtable Discussion – With UWM and UW-System Experts and professionals discussing student resources in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. \nModerated by: Danielle Koepke (Rhetoric\, Professional Writing\, & Community Engagement) \nFeaturing:\nJamie Cimpl-Wiemer (Office of Equity/Diversity Services)\nAriana Myers (UWM LGBTQ+ Resource Center)\nKacie Otto (UWM Women’s Resource Center)\nStephanie Rytilahti (UW System WGS Consortium)\nKarate Ashlee Zubek (UWM Student Health and Welness) \nRegister here! \n  URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/after-dobbs-a-roundtable-discussion/ LOCATION:UWM Golda Mier Library\, 4th Floor Conference Room\, 2311 E. Hartford Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230316T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230316T193000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20230209T194131Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230315T190357Z UID:10000780-1678986000-1678995000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:On Public Health: Nourishing Trust DESCRIPTION:Established in 1968\, UWM’s Center for 21st Century Studies (C21) has focused on the significance of interdisciplinary work in building a community of scholars to address the pressing issues of our time. Under new leadership\, C21 has taken this longstanding mission in a new direction\, attending to the role of the arts and humanities in creating stakeholder-informed and community-engaged public programming. \nDuring this in-person panel discussion\, C21 Director Anne Basting and Deputy Director Nicole Welk-Joerger will speak about the unique methodologies they used to develop C21’s current programming: Nourishing Trust. Nourishing Trust attends to the historical and philosophical dimensions of food and land justice while showcasing current initiatives toward improving food access and equity. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/on-public-health-nourishing-trust/ LOCATION:Zilber School Triplex\, Room 119\, 1240 N. 10th Street\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53205\, United States X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230330T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230330T143000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20230105T182146Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230330T004321Z UID:10000657-1680181200-1680186600@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Nourishing Trust: Trust in Theory Roundtable DESCRIPTION:Nourishing Trust: Trust in Theory Roundtable. A conversation about the philosophies behind equitable food production systems built on trust. Featuring Elizabeth Gabriel (Soul Fire Farms Speakers Collective)\, Cherie Rivers (UNC Chapel Hill)\, and Martice Scales (Full Circle Healing Farms). \nThursday\, March 30\, 2023. 1:00 – 2:30 PM (Central). Virtual Session. \nRegister here! URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/nourishing-trust-trust-in-theory-roundtable/ LOCATION:Virtual Session X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230403T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230403T153000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20230331T195634Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230331T195634Z UID:10000787-1680525000-1680535800@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Cuentos de Confianza: A Digital Storytelling Event DESCRIPTION:Cuentos de Confianza: A Digital Storytelling Event\, April 3-6\, Digital Humanities Lab\, Golda Meir Library (2nd Floor) \nA bilingual (Spanish/English) digital storytelling exhibit that hosts the stories of promotores de salud (health promoters) on the path toward reproductive justice.  Experience the exhibit and contribute to a collaborative art project in response to the stories.  The Cuentos team will be available to chat about the project. \n\nMonday & Tuesday: 12:30 – 3:30 PM\nWednesday 9:30 – 11:30 AM\nThursday: 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM\n\nThe exhibit was sponsored in part by a Mellon/ACLS Scholars and Society Fellowship and the Center for 21st Century Studies \n  URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/cuentos-de-confianza-a-digital-storytelling-event/ LOCATION:Digital Humanities Lab\, 2311 E. Hartford Ave.\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230403T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230403T200000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20230308T171120Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230308T171120Z UID:10000783-1680544800-1680552000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Play to the Polls! DESCRIPTION:Play to the Polls! Monday\, April 3\, 6:00 – 8:00 PM.  Wisconsin Room Lounge in the UWM Student Union. \nJoin us for an evening of board games\, card games\, and snacks the night before Milwaukee’s April election polls open! \nHosted by: Panthers Vote\, the Center for 21st Century Studies\, and Serious Play. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/play-to-the-polls/ LOCATION:UWM Student Union\, Wisconsin Room Lounge\, 2200 E Kenwood Blvd\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230414T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230414T190000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20230324T205140Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230407T212535Z UID:10000785-1681486200-1681498800@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Arboreal Humanities: A Roundtable Conversation DESCRIPTION:Arboreal Humanities: A Roundtable Conversation\, April 14\, 3:30 PM\, Curtin Hall 175 \nJoin us for a conversation about trees and their significance in art\, philosophy\, and community engagement. In-person presentations and roundtable discussion in Curtin Hall 175\, followed by a reception and community art project at C21. \nFeaturing: Richard Grusin (UWM English Department)\, Meg Wilson (UW-Madison)\, Mishiikenh Vernon Altiman (UWM Electa Quinney Institute) \nRegister here for in-person attendance! \nRegister here to attend virtually! URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/arboreal-humanities-a-roundtable-conversation/ LOCATION:Curtin 175\, 3243 N Downer Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States X-TRIBE-STATUS: GEO:43.0764916;-87.8785926 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave Milwaukee WI 53211 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3243 N Downer Ave:geo:-87.8785926,43.0764916 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230418T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230418T200000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20230331T200403Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230331T200537Z UID:10000788-1681840800-1681848000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Folk-arts for Peace: A public talk on craft and globalism DESCRIPTION:Folk Arts for Peace: A public talk on craft and globalism\, Dr. Deborah Dorotinsky Alperstein (Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas & Universidad Autónoma de México) will discuss HemisFair ’68 and the Cultural Olympics in Mexico’s 1968 Olympiad during the Cold War.  April 18\, 6PM\, Mitchell hall 191. \nCo-Sponsored by UWM Anthropology\, Center for 21st Century Studies\, Center for Latin American Studies\, Emile H. Mathis Gallery\, History\, and Spanish & Portuguese URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/folk-arts-for-peace-a-public-talk-on-craft-and-globalism/ LOCATION:Mitchell Hall 191\, 3203 N. Downer Ave.\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230420T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230420T143000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20230105T183017Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230214T153639Z UID:10000659-1681995600-1682001000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Nourishing Trust: Trust in Action Roundtable DESCRIPTION:Nourishing Trust: Trust in Action Roundtable.  A conversation about how trust operates in current food and land justice efforts.  Featuring Linda Black Elk (United Tribes Technical College) and Anton Seals\, Jr. (Grow Greater Englewood)\, and Brittany Koteles (Nuns & Nones Land Justice Project). \nThursday\, April 20\, 2023\, 1:00 – 2:30 PM (Central). Virtual Session. \nRegister here! URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/nourishing-trust-trust-in-action-roundtable/ LOCATION:Virtual Session X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230421T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230421T160000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20230323T171801Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230417T234657Z UID:10000784-1682071200-1682092800@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Quilting Bee DESCRIPTION:Quilting Bee\, Friday\, April 21\, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM \nLearn about quilting by contributing a stitch to finish the backing of a quilt.  Featuring artists Heidi Parkes and Molly Hassler.  Visit and contribute a stitch\, no experience is necessary\, and supplies are provided. \nFrom 10:00 AM until 12:30 PM\, the Quilting Bee will be set up in the Golda Mier Library near the Circulation Desk \nFrom 1:00 PM until 4:00 PM\, the Quilting Bee will be set up in the Women’s Resource Center (Student Union EG37) \nSponsored by: UWM Student Union and Student Involvement\, Women’s Resource Center\, Women’s and Gender Studies\, Art History\, History\, The Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Artists\, and the Center for 21st Century Studies. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/quilting-bee/ LOCATION:Women’s Resource Center\, 2200 E Kenwood Blvd\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230424T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230424T190000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20230331T184302Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230331T193027Z UID:10000786-1682355600-1682362800@uwm.edu SUMMARY:The Power of Stories in Advancing Reproductive Justice DESCRIPTION:The Power of Stories in Advancing Reproductive Justice\, Monday\, April 24\, 5-7 PM\, Lubar Entrepreneurship Center \nA community networking event featuring projects from the C21 Reproductive Justice Collaboratory and a panel of community experts.  We will celebrate storytelling as a tool to advance community action in reproductive justice. \nFeaturing:\n\nThe ART of Infertility\nCuentos de Confianza\nMapping Reproductive (In)Justice\nOther “in-progress” work related to obstetric violence & male infertility experiences\n\n\nRemarks by:\n\n\nHeddy Keith\, President and CEO of the Center for Leadership of Afrikan Women’s Wellness (CLAWW) \nKatinka Hooyer\, Assistant Professor\, Center for Healthy Communities and Research\, Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW)\nMaria Barker\, Interim Director of Community Education\, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin  (PPWI)\nAnne Basting\, Professor\, Director of the Center for 21st Century Studies\, UW-Milwaukee  (UWM)\n\n\nRegister here! URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/the-power-of-stories-in-advancing-reproductive-justice/ LOCATION:UWM Lubar Entrepeneurship Center X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230428T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230429T143000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20230421T220313Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230421T220313Z UID:10000789-1682679600-1682778600@uwm.edu SUMMARY:MIGC 2023: Nourish\, Food & Trust DESCRIPTION:Nourish. Food & Trust. \n18th Annual Midwest Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference\n \nHeld virtually on April 28-29\, 2023 (Schedule below)\, this year’s MIGC conference centers on issues of food and land justice through an intersectional\, interdisciplinary lens in alignment with the Center for 21st Century Studies 3-year programming arc of Nourishing Democracy and annual theme of Nourishing Trust.  The conference features 4 panels of graduate students to exploring the theme of Nourish with the following guiding questions:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow do scholars across disciplines approach the connection between food and trust within the broad theme of nourish? \n\n\nHow do scholars approach human rights\, such as access to food\, in a way that fosters trust among non-academics?  \n\n\nHow can scholars center queer and BIPOC cultural ways of knowing when approaching topics related to food and land justice? \n\n\nWe are also pleased to announce this year’s keynote as Suparna Kure Kudesia\, PhD. She is the executive director of CoFED: Cooperative Food Empowerment Directive\, a QTBIPOC-led organization that partners with young folks of color to build food and land co-ops. \nRegister here! \n\n\n\n\nMIGC 2023 Schedule – Nourish. Food & Trust (all times in Central Time)\n  \nKeynote Friday\, April 28\, 11a-12:30p  (Virtual)\nPresentation and Q&A Session \nSuparna Kure Kudesia (she/they) \nCooperative Food Empowerment Directive \n  \nIntersections of Trust (Panel 1) – Friday\, April 28\, 1:00-2:15 (Virtual)\nTrust After 9/11: Sikh Approaches to Postsecular Love \nGurkirat Singh Sekhon (He/Him)\n \nEnglish and Women’s and Gender Studies – University of Michigan – Ann Arbor \n  \nJustice Without Accessibility? Exploring a Food Justice / Disability Justice Way Forward \nEmunah Woolf (They/Them) \nCritical Disability Studies – York University \n  \nOn Making Public Trust\, A New Environmental Podcast\n \nRichelle Wilson (She/Her) \nGerman\, Nordic\, and Slavic+ – University of Wisconsin – Madison \n  \nNourishing Culture (Panel 2) – Saturday 10:15-11:30 (Virtual)\nJewish Food as Resistance \nRobbie Teel (He/Him) \nEducational Policy & Community Studies – University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee (Alum) \n  \nA Qualitative Study of Community Nutritional Counseling\n \nAmber Chavez (She/Her) \nEnglish – Public Rhetorics and Community Engagement – University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee \n  \nFood as a Global Soft Power Tool in the 21st Century with Special Reference to India’s Culinary Diplomacy \nAditi Basu (She/Her) \nPolitical Science \n  \nFood: Desert\, Oasis & Apartheid – Saturday 1:00 – 2:30 (Virtual)\nUrban Agriculture Strategies\, Organizations\, and Outcomes: A Milwaukee Case Study (Lightning) \nNick DeMarsh (He/Him) \nDepartment of Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture – University of Wisconsin-Madison \n  \nPlanting the “Mother Tree”: Land and Arboreal Futures in Pumzi \nEmma Knickebine (She/Her) \nEnglish – University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee \n  \nRaising the Chance of Successful Grocery Store Openings: Survey-based Application of Bayesian Trust Games \nJared Grant (He/Him) –  \nAgricultural and Applied Economics – University of Georgia \n  \nFree school meals for children are foundational but not all we need to consider \nJeydelyn Martinez (She/Her) \nCollege of Nursing – Master of Sustainable Peacebuilding – University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee \n  URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/migc-2023-nourish-food-trust/ X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230512T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230512T130000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20230502T173615Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230502T173615Z UID:10000790-1683891000-1683896400@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Annual Showcase of the Milwaukee Story Experience Project DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Annual Showcase of the Milwaukee Story Experience Project\, Friday\, May 12\, 11:30AM – 1:00 PM\, Milwaukee Turner Hall \nFor the past year\, UWM and Marquette students collaborated with communities and organizations across the city to shape and share stories – of who we’ve been\, who we are\, and who we dream of being. Come learn about the projects and the techniques behind them\, from oral histories to “beautiful questions;” from video to origami. \nWith support from the Milwaukee Turners\, the Wisconsin Humanities Council\, and the President’s and Chancellor’s Challenge Award. \nRegister here! URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/annual-showcase-of-the-milwaukee-story-experience-project/ LOCATION:Milwaukee Turner Hall\, 1040 Vel R. Phillips Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53203\, United States X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230914T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230914T180000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20230707T160851Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230908T175838Z UID:10000792-1694707200-1694714400@uwm.edu SUMMARY:C21 Open House DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Center’s annual Open House event! This will include a sneak-peek of our in-house Mobile Story Cart exhibition and activities showcasing the work of fellows\, collaboratories\, and community partners. \nAll C21 events are free and open to the public. Register Here. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/c21-open-house-2/ LOCATION:Curtin 939\, 3243 N Downer Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Alumni & Community,Faculty and Staff,Public,Students X-TRIBE-STATUS: GEO:43.0764916;-87.8785926 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Curtin 939 3243 N Downer Ave Milwaukee WI 53211 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3243 N Downer Ave:geo:-87.8785926,43.0764916 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230921T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230921T190000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20230629T205919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230920T143556Z UID:10000791-1695312000-1695322800@uwm.edu SUMMARY:UWM Gallery Night DESCRIPTION:Atlas Novus Coelestis by  J.B. Homann and J.G. Doppelmayr 1742 courtesy of the American Geographical Society Library UWM. \n  \nExplore the galleries across UWM’s campus after hours\, with choice artwork\, historical pieces\, and performances that pay tribute to the relationships between terrestrial / celestial and art / science. Visit the campus galleries in the Golda Meir Library (Special Collections\, AGSL\, Grind)\, Architecture and Urban Planning (SARUP Gallery)\, Mitchell Hall (Mathis Gallery – *open at 4:30PM*)\, Union (Union Art Gallery)\, Kenilworth Square East\, and Curtin Hall (9th floor\, C21 and WGS spaces). \nWe recommend starting at either Kenilworth\, Union’s gallery (with an opportunity to see the renovation-in-progress)\, or the SARUP gallery\, then moving to Mitchell Hall (1st floor\, open 4:30PM)\, taking the 2nd floor pedestrian bridge to Curtin Hall (9th floor) and then moving to the library spaces for the poetry slam and AGSL conversation. \nPop-up events will help guide your flow through the spaces and include: \n\n\n4:30-6:00PM – Mathis Gallery – Art History Welcome Event\n5:00-6:00PM – UWM Library Grind space / cases – Poetry Slam\n5:30PM – Curtin Hall 9th Floor – WGS Quilt Rehanging\n6:00-6:30PM – UWM American Geographical Society Library – Star Maps Discussion led by Marcy M Bidney\n\n\nA Gallery Night Passport will be available at most locations. You can mark where you have visited for a chance to win an art-themed prize. \n\nAll galleries and activities are free and open to the public. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/uwm-gallery-night/ LOCATION:Golda Meir Library\, 2311 E Hartford Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Public X-TRIBE-STATUS: GEO:43.0771478;-87.880293 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Golda Meir Library 2311 E Hartford Ave Milwaukee WI 53211 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2311 E Hartford Ave:geo:-87.880293,43.0771478 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230930 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231001 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20230829T005454Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230915T203842Z UID:10000793-1696032000-1696118399@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Wisconsin Campus Voting Summit DESCRIPTION:Join us for the 2023 Wisconsin Campus Voting Summit. The summit focuses on voter registration skills and factors around voter registration on campuses. A state-wide program\, this event is hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee this year – in-person at the LEC. \nFree and open to the public. Please register for the event here. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/wisconsin-campus-vote-summit/ LOCATION:UWM Lubar Entrepeneurship Center CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231020T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231020T170000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20231003T231321Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231012T180404Z UID:10000819-1697810400-1697821200@uwm.edu SUMMARY:The Privilege of Play DESCRIPTION:The Digital Cultures Collaboratory (sponsored by the Center for 21st Century Studies)\, in cooperation with the Honors College and Student Involvement\, is very excited to present a series of Fall Geek Weekend events on the afternoon of Friday\, October 20th.   \nSoutheast Wisconsin has a special status in the history of the globe-spanning phenomenon of tabletop roleplaying games\, and Dungeons & Dragons (born in Lake Geneva) has never been more popular than it is now. At the same time\, D&D has also been almost exclusively fueled by the fantasy imagination of Northern Europe\, leading many to call for an expansion of the source material so as to reflect the global inclusivity of D&D players.   \nThese events center around these reflections\, kicked off by a talk at 2 pm in Curtin 386 by Dr. Aaron Trammell (UC Irvine)\, who will speak about his recent work related to inclusivity and game culture.  \n2:00-3:30 PM\, Curtin Hall 368\nThe Privilege of Play: Connecting Games and Race in the 20th Century  \nThe histories of race and games in the 20th century have long been siloed. Popular histories of games often render invisible the race of the white men that they celebrate\, thus inviting readers to take for granted the somewhat homogenous demographics of the games industry. Far from being coincidental\, Trammell argues that race has been central to the history of games. He will present historical research in this talk that shows how the early leaders of the game industry were able to thrive due to their community ties. He terms these white communities “networks of privilege” and offers evidence for how these networks developed of the course of the 20th century and used dog whistles to keep BIPoC people out. Thus\, in this talk he will foreground how the invisible politics of whiteness have shaped the history of games itself.  \nThen\, join us for associated Geek Weekend events beginning with a discussion on diversity and inclusion in gaming with Dr. Trammell in the Union Fireside Lounge at 4:30 PM.   \nWizards of the Coast (the publisher of D&D) has also recognized these issues\, and last year published Journeys through the Radiant Citadel\, a series of small adventures for D&D groups\, with each of the fourteen chapters written by a BIPoC contributor. We’ll follow the 4:30 discussion with Dr. Trammel with a playthrough of “The Salted Legacy\,” the first in that series of Dungeons & Dragons adventures. Students are invited to join tables of 4-5 players\, each led by a “Dungeon Master” who has prepped specifically for the event.  \n—  \nAaron Trammell is an Associate Professor of Informatics at UC Irvine. He is interested in how tabletop games further values of white privilege and hegemonic masculinity in geek culture. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Analog Game Studies and the co-editor for the Tabletop Gaming series at University of Michigan Press. He has two books Repairing Play (2023 MIT Press) is a theory of play that centers BIPOC people and The Privilege of Play (2023 NYU Press) is a history of games and race in the 20th Century.  URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/the-privilege-of-play/ CATEGORIES:Collaboratory,Lectures Conferences and Symposiums X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231103T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231103T123000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20231023T172946Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231023T175631Z UID:10000821-1699002000-1699014600@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Humanities Publishing Roundtable DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE. \nUniversities and their affiliated publishing landscapes continue to change rapidly. In the arts and humanities\, presses\, libraries\, and humanities centers have all played different roles in publishing and dissemination. Open access and community-engaged efforts continue to redefine our work. \nHow might we reimagine these roles in this space of change? How do we attend to the mission of the university for humanities research generation and sharing? Join us for a two-day conversation about publishing in the humanities as we map out current roles and imagine new processes at the center\, library\, university\, press\, and regional university system levels. \nIncludes conversation and guidance from: \n\nLauren Cooper\n\nDigital Scholarship Librarian and Managing Director\, Center for Black Digital Research/#DigBlk\, Penn State University \n\nLisa Janicke Hinchliffe \n\nProfessor & Coordinator for Research and Teaching Professional Development\, University of Illinois \n\nJasmine Mulliken \n\nProduction and Preservation Manager\, Digital Projects Stanford University Press \nSCHEDULE: \nFRIDAY\, NOVEMBER 3 | 9AM CST \nFormer Digital Humanities Lab\, E272 \nLauren Cooper\, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe\, and Jasmine Mulliken\, “Mapping Current and Future Roles in Humanities Publishing Projects” \nFollowed by role identification\, asset mapping\, and creative reimagining exercises facilitated by the UWM Center for 21st Century Studies. \nWorkshop will aim to end at 12:30PM CST. \n  \nFree and open to the public. Includes refreshments\, coffee\, and tea on each day. REGISTER HERE. \n  \nTraveling to Milwaukee? \nWe welcome visitors who can travel to Milwaukee for this special workshop event. All parts of the event are free and open to the public\, with the last portion of the workshop dedicated to time mapping out current and dream publishing infrastructures for humanities-based research and learning. In-person attendance helps make that mapping and workshopping possible – especially in conversation with regional and national systems. \nRecommended airport: Milwaukee International Airport. (O’Hare International has access to a train that can take visitors from Chicago to Milwaukee). \nRecommended hotel: Saint Kate – The Arts Hotel \n  \nWorkshop made possible by the Consortium for Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI) and the UWM College of Letters & Sciences. Thursday lecture made possible by UWM Libraries. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/the-future-of-humanities-publishing-workshop-day-2/ LOCATION:Golda Meir Library\, 2311 E Hartford Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Academic Dates and Deadlines,Faculty and Staff,Public,Workshops X-TRIBE-STATUS: GEO:43.0771478;-87.880293 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Golda Meir Library 2311 E Hartford Ave Milwaukee WI 53211 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2311 E Hartford Ave:geo:-87.880293,43.0771478 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231104T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231104T110000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20231024T190854Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231024T190918Z UID:10000822-1699088400-1699095600@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Milwaukee Food Journeys Exhibit: Opening Celebration DESCRIPTION:Milwaukee Food Journeys: A Story Exhibition \nExhibition Opening: Saturday\, November 4\, 2023 \nWhen: 9AM-11AM \n(with Fondy’s Milwaukee Winter Market\, open until 2PM) \nLocation: The Table\, 5305 W. Capitol Drive \nA collaborative art exhibit inspired by the stories of hundreds of Milwaukeeans will hold its opening reception alongside the first day of Fondy’s Milwaukee Winter Market at The Table on Capitol Drive. Featuring artists’ works from LUNA and TRUE Skool\, Milwaukee Food Journeys: A Story Exhibition is an interactive mixed media art installation that highlights issues of food access\, food justice\, and how Milwaukeeans think about nourishment and trust when engaging with Wisconsin’s larger food system. Storytellers and partners of the project have been invited to the opening on Saturday\, November 4 from 9-11AM to celebrate the work. \nThe exhibit is the culmination of over a year’s work of hearing sessions\, collaborations\, and story gathering hosted in part by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s (UWM) Center for 21st Century Studies (C21). Over the summer and fall of 2023\, UWM graduate students\, researchers\, and faculty traveled with a mobile Story Cart and asked strangers across 25 locations about where they most commonly gather their food\, how they get to those places\, and what meaningful\, trusting\, food connections look like to them. The resulting data – with over 10 hours of audio footage\, hundreds of photographs\, and dozens of drawings – were then interpreted creatively by artists affiliated with LUNA and TRUE Skool. The exhibition will be located in the gathering hall of The Table at 5305 W. Capitol Drive until the end of the winter market season. \nMilwaukee Food Journeys was an effort that featured multiple collaborators and site partners\, including the Milwaukee Food Council\, Fondy Market\, the Milwaukee Farmer’s Market Coalition\, and the Milwaukee Public Libraries. Through the Milwaukee Food Council’s Food Justice Initiative\, the project was funded in part by the USDA’s Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program – SNAP with additional support from UWM’s College of Letters & Sciences and Center for 21st Century Studies\, The Table\, and Alice’s Garden. Register here. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/11182/ LOCATION:The Table\, 5305 W. Capitol Drive\, Milwaukee\, 53216\, United States CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Public X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231114T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231114T170000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20231023T140328Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231023T151003Z UID:10000820-1699975800-1699981200@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Gorfinkel Lecture: Sleeping in the Movie Theater DESCRIPTION:Sleeping in the Movie Theater (After Wanda Goronski) \nNavigating recent interest in nocturnal imaginaries and the valence of sleep for understanding cinematic spectatorship\, this talk takes up the sleeping spectator as it figures in Barbara Loden’s landmark independent film Wanda (1970) to examine the function of night\, weariness\, precarity and itinerancy in the film\, exploring some tensions that inhere in analyses of sleep as a domain of repose or abandon. Following an essayistic and meandering logic that mimes the perambulations of the titular Wanda Goronski herself\, this talk enacts a series of experiments with forms of description\, the unraveling of archival aporias drawn from the film’s shooting script and other historical anecdotes\, and larger theorisations of cinema as medium of exhaustion. The talk emerges as one product of several years of archival research on Barbara Loden\, sketching out a path from one research project (a monograph on Loden’s film Wanda) to another about Barbara Loden as a feminist film historical subject and site of thorny questions about authorship\, biography\, the unfinished\, and feminist film writing. \nBio \nElena Gorfinkel is Reader in Film Studies at King’s College London. Prior to King’s she was Associate Professor of Art History & Film Studies at UW-Milwaukee. Her research interests concern independent\, adult\, & experimental cinemas and women’s film practices. She is the author of Lewd Looks: American Sexploitation Cinema in the 1960s (Minnesota\, 2017)\, and co-editor of Taking Place: Location & the Moving Image (Minnesota\, 2011)\, and Global Cinema Networks (Rutgers\, 2018). Forthcoming in 2024 are two books\, Wanda (BFI Film Classics\, Bloomsbury)\, and The Prop\, with John David Rhodes (Fordham/ Cutaways series). She is at work on two projects\, a book on “cinemas of exhaustion” which was awarded an Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant\, and a history of Barbara Loden’s creative life and feminist legacies. She is a member of the London Film Critics Circle and her criticism appears in Criterion\, Sight & Sound\, Artforum\, among other venues. More info at: elenagorfinkel.com URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/gorfinkel-lecture-sleeping-in-the-movie-theater/ LOCATION:Curtin 939\, 3243 N Downer Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Alumni & Community,Arts and Culture,Faculty and Staff X-TRIBE-STATUS: GEO:43.0764916;-87.8785926 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Curtin 939 3243 N Downer Ave Milwaukee WI 53211 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3243 N Downer Ave:geo:-87.8785926,43.0764916 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240315T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240315T103000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20240221T201452Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T201452Z UID:10000829-1710495000-1710498600@uwm.edu SUMMARY:A Conversation With... James Levy DESCRIPTION:Virtual. Register Here. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/a-conversation-with-james-levy/ CATEGORIES:Lecture,Students X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240328T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240328T150000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20230829T010434Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T171513Z UID:10000795-1711632600-1711638000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Trust and the Vote: The University and Its Role in Democracy DESCRIPTION:The first roundtable in our Trust the Vote symposia. Co-sponsored by Milwaukee Turners. Join us online. \nRegister Here. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/trust-and-the-vote-the-university-and-its-role-in-democracy/ CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2024/02/FINAL-Eventbrite-March-LARGE.jpg X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240404T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240404T150000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20230829T010735Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T171600Z UID:10000796-1712237400-1712242800@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Trust and the Vote: Scaling Trust and the Emotions of Voting DESCRIPTION:Our second roundtable discussion in our Trust the Vote symposia. Co-sponsored by Milwaukee Turners\, The Thompson Center\, and UWM Political Science. Join us in-person at Curtin 175 or online. \n  \nRegister Here URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/trust-and-the-vote-scaling-trust-and-the-emotions-of-voting/ CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2024/02/Roundtable-1920-April-FINAL-LARGE.jpg X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240903T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240903T140000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20240819T013852Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240819T013853Z UID:10000833-1725364800-1725372000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Story Cart @ Sociocultural Spectacular DESCRIPTION:The Story Cart is a mobile story collection program that travels to community spaces and engages Milwaukeeans in conversations about their lived experiences. Building on the momentum of the summer 2024 Story Cart series Trust and the Vote\, C21 is trotting out the cart to register new voters all fall.   \n\n\n\nOur first stop is the Sociocultural Spectacular at Spaights Plaza. Talk to our Story Cart fellows\, get to know UWM’s Sociocultural Programming\, and enjoy live music\, crafts\, and giveaways.   \n\n\n\nReady to register? It only takes a minute! Register to vote now. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/story-cart-sociocultural-spectacular/ CATEGORIES:Co-Promotional,Story Cart,Trust and the Vote ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2024/08/Story-Cart-Voter-Reg-01-e1724031504258.jpg X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240917T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240917T180000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20240819T162248Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240819T162249Z UID:10000834-1726585200-1726596000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Story Cart @ Milwaukee Central Library DESCRIPTION:Celebrate democracy with Story Cart and Milwaukee Public Library!  \n\n\n\nThe Story Cart is a mobile story collection program that travels to community spaces and engages Milwaukeeans in conversations about their lived experiences. Building on the momentum of the summer 2024 Story Cart series Trust and the Vote\, C21 is trotting out the cart to register new voters all fall.  \n\n\n\nWe’re teaming up with Milwaukee Public Library to register new (and new-to-Wisconsin) voters in honor of National Voter Registration Day! Come by the cart at Milwaukee Central Library to get signed up\, get informed about the candidates\, or voice your opinions to our Story Cart fellows. And thanks to the Milwaukee Public Library’s National Voter Registration Day Mini Carnival\, you can also vote in a mock election and spin the prize wheel to win some MPL swag.  \n\n\n\nWant to register to vote right now? It only takes a minute! Register to vote.  URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/story-cart-milwaukee-central-library/ LOCATION:Milwaukee Central Library\, 814 W. Wisconsin Ave.\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, 53233\, United States CATEGORIES:Story Cart,Trust and the Vote ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2024/08/Story-Cart-Voter-Reg-02-e1724084514396.jpg X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240919T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240919T190000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20240818T231910Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240903T200558Z UID:10000832-1726761600-1726772400@uwm.edu SUMMARY:C21 Fall Open House   DESCRIPTION:Join us for C21’s annual open house! Get to know the work of C21’s fellows\, collaboratories\, and community partners. See a sneak-peek of the Story Cart: Trust and the Vote exhibition. Meet our new leadership team and take the opportunity to ask them what “slow knowing” is and why it’s C21’s next theme.   \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public.  URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/c21-fall-open-house/ LOCATION:Curtin 939\, 3243 N Downer Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Alumni & Community,Faculty and Staff,Public ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2024/08/C21_Open-House_reduced-e1724022998606.jpg X-TRIBE-STATUS: GEO:43.0764916;-87.8785926 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Curtin 939 3243 N Downer Ave Milwaukee WI 53211 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3243 N Downer Ave:geo:-87.8785926,43.0764916 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240919T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240919T210000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20240805T205656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240805T205657Z UID:10000831-1726772400-1726779600@uwm.edu SUMMARY:James Loeffler: The Crime of Menticide  DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public.  \n\n\n\nThe Stahl Center for Jewish Studies proudly hosts James Loeffler\, presenting “The Crime of Menticide: Antisemitism and Hate Speech in American Law.”  \n\n\n\nIn 1977\, a group of Holocaust survivors from Skokie\, Illinois\, filed a lawsuit to stop a planned neo-Nazi march by alleging menticide – the psychological equivalent of genocide. In this lecture\, historian James Loeffler reconstructs this curious legal episode and discusses its larger implications for the contemporary debate over antisemitism and free speech.  URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/james-loeffler-the-crime-of-menticide/ LOCATION:Golda Meir Library\, 4th Floor Conference Center\, 2311 E Hartford Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored,Lecture X-TRIBE-STATUS: GEO:43.0771478;-87.880293 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Golda Meir Library 4th Floor Conference Center 2311 E Hartford Ave Milwaukee WI 53211 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2311 E Hartford Ave:geo:-87.880293,43.0771478 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240925T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240925T153000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20240905T231735Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240906T152839Z UID:10000841-1727263800-1727278200@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Wisco Soundoff DESCRIPTION:Sound off to let elected officials know that Gen Z wants to build a better Milwaukee!  \n\n\n\nThe Center for 21st Century Studies and Panthers Vote are teaming up with DoSomething to drive voter engagement and platform young voices. Come by Spaights Plaza to participate in 3-minute interviews\, take selfies\, get snacks\, win prizes\, learn about the upcoming election\, and more! Your story will also be amplified in DoSomething’s National Youth Agenda and shared with the people in power!   \n\n\n\nFeaturing the Milwaukee Bucks’ DJ Shawna on Sept. 25!  \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. Rain location: UWM Student Union Concourse.  URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/wisco-soundoff/ LOCATION:Spaights Plaza\, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd.\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Public,Story Cart,Student Life,Students,Trust and the Vote,UWM Campus Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2024/09/Wisco-Soundoff-Flyer-UWM-2024-e1725635988292.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240926T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240926T153000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20240906T152207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240912T142415Z UID:10000842-1727350200-1727364600@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Wisco Soundoff   DESCRIPTION:Sound off to let elected officials know that Gen Z wants to build a better Milwaukee!  \n\n\n\nThe Center for 21st Century Studies and Panthers Vote are teaming up with DoSomething to drive voter engagement and platform young voices. Come by Spaights Plaza to participate in 3-minute interviews\, take selfies\, get snacks\, win prizes\, learn about the upcoming election\, and more! Your story will also be amplified in DoSomething’s National Youth Agenda and shared with the people in power!   \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. Rain location: UWM Student Union Concourse.  URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/wisco-soundoff-2/ LOCATION:Spaights Plaza\, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd.\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Public,Story Cart,Student Life,Students,Trust and the Vote,UWM Campus Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2024/09/Wisco-Soundoff-Flyer-UWM-2024-e1725635988292.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241005T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241005T153000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20240805T202921Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240930T194115Z UID:10000830-1728135000-1728142200@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Slow Growing in the Time of Trees: Tree and Mushroom Walk  DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public. Space is limited; advance registration required. Click here to register online. \n\n\n\nRobert Kaleta\, Land Manager\, will lead the walk around the Lynden Sculpture Garden to tell the story of the existing trees: identify various species\, and learn about the physiological changes that trees go through each season and how each tree species fits into the larger ecosystem. Yevgeniya Kaganovich will discuss her tree intuit chair growing sculptures\, as part of her divergent fates project at Lynden. Participants will encounter fruiting myceliated sculptures\, as well as naturally occurring species at Lynden Sculpture Garden\, while collaborators Yevgeniya Kaganovich\, Lisa Moline\, Lane Hall and Jim Charles identify the mushrooms and discuss the symbiotic relationship between mushrooms and trees\, as well as their collaborative intervention into this symbiosis through cultivated species.  \n\n\n\nAbout the Participants: \n\n\n\nRobert Kaleta\, Lynden’s land manager\, has worked for more than a decade in the field of ecological restoration\, and has spent almost a lifetime enjoying what nature has to offer. \n\n\n\nLynden artist-in-residence Yevgeniya Kaganovich is a Belarus-born\, Milwaukee-based artist\, whose hybrid practice encompasses jewelry and metalsmithing\, sculpture and installation. Yevgeniya received an MFA from the State University of New York at New Paltz and a BFA in Metal/Jewelry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Yevgeniya has been an active art practitioner since 1992\, exhibiting her work nationally and internationally. Her work has received numerous awards and has been published widely. \n\n\n\nYevgeniya’s interest in craft scholarship and pedagogy lead her to undertake curatorial projects\, panel and symposium organizing\, and other contributions to contemporary craft discourse. Yevgeniya has worked as a Designer/Goldsmith at Peggie Robinson Designs\, Studio of Handcrafted Jewelry in Evanston\, Illinois and has taught Metalsmithing at Chicago State University\, Chicago\, Illinois\, and Lill Street Studios\, Chicago Illinois. Currently Yevgeniya is a Professor in the Department of Art and Design\, Peck School of the Arts\, at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee\, heading a thriving Jewelry and Metalsmithing Area with a graduate and undergraduate programs. \n\n\n\nThe Lynden Sculpture Garden offers a unique experience of art in nature through its collection of more than 50 monumental sculptures sited across 40 acres of park\, lake and woodland. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/slow-growing-in-the-time-of-trees-tree-and-mushroom-walk/ LOCATION:Lynden Sculpture Garden\, 2145 West Brown Deer Road\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, 53217\, United States CATEGORIES:Collaboratory,SLOW,Slow Knowing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2024/08/Mushroom-Walk-Smol-File-e1727453508964.jpg X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241008T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241008T130000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20240904T155746Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240930T193844Z UID:10000838-1728390600-1728392400@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Mindfulness Under the Stars @ the Planetarium DESCRIPTION:Take a break for 30 minutes of guided mindfulness and stargazing activities!  \n\n\n\nHosted by the UWM Planetarium in partnership with the Student Health and Wellness Center and Human Resources.  \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by the Center for 21st Century Studies for C21’s Slow Knowing event series.   \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to UWM students\, faculty\, and staff. Space is limited and registration is required. Click here to register. Contact planetarium@uwm.edu for more details.  URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/mindfulness-under-the-stars-the-planetarium/ LOCATION:Manfred Olson Planetarium\, 1900 E Kenwood Blvd #139\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored,SLOW,Slow Knowing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2024/09/Mindfulness-Under-the-Stars-Flyer-e1726256957836.png ORGANIZER;CN="Manfred Olson Planetarium":MAILTO:planetarium@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241015T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241015T190000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20240823T201814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240930T193755Z UID:10000835-1729015200-1729018800@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Verified Reading Group with Milwaukee Public Library DESCRIPTION:Join Milwaukee Public Library librarians at the Center for 21st Century Studies for a small-group discussion of Verified: How to Think Straight\, Get Duped Less\, and Make Better Decisions About What to Believe Online by Mike Caulfield & Sam Wineburg. Learn how to identify red flags\, get quick context and understand the strengths and drawbacks of information sources like Google and Wikipedia.   \n\n\n\nRegister to attend one of the five sessions using the MPL calendar of events at mpl.org/calendar and receive a free copy of the book (while supplies last).   \n\n\n\nDon’t think you’ll have enough time to finish the book? Register anyway\, we’re excited to have you join us. This is a great opportunity to delve into these critical topics\, exchange ideas\, and engage in thoughtful conversation.   \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\nRegistration begins August 26.   URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/verified-reading-group-with-mpl/ LOCATION:Curtin 939\, 3243 N Downer Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored,Public,Story Cart,Trust and the Vote ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2024/08/Verified-Reading-Group-e1724444244361.jpg X-TRIBE-STATUS: GEO:43.0764916;-87.8785926 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Curtin 939 3243 N Downer Ave Milwaukee WI 53211 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3243 N Downer Ave:geo:-87.8785926,43.0764916 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241018T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241018T190000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20240926T212019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240930T193626Z UID:10000844-1729267200-1729278000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Story Cart: Trust & the Vote Exhibition Opening DESCRIPTION:With an historic U.S. presidential election on the horizon\, UWM’s Center for 21st Century Studies\, in the summer of 2024\, interviewed over 60 people in Milwaukee County about their relative trust or distrust in the U.S. voting system. Story facilitators connected with a wide range of communities through the Center’s mobile Story Cart to understand how people across diverse backgrounds experienced civic engagement. Story Cart: Trust and the Vote features select interviews\, images\, and other memoranda documenting these exchanges that reflect Milwaukee County’s collective hopes\, doubts\, and ideas for transforming democracy.  \n\n\n\nJoin the Center for 21st Century Studies on October 18 for some pre-election button-making\, voter resources\, and light refreshments. This opening is part of UWM Gallery Night and Gallery Night MKE. \n\n\n\nThe collected stories in this exhibition were made possible through community collaborations with Milwaukee Public Libraries\, Milwaukee Turners\, the League of Women Voters\, UWM’s Children’s Learning Center\, DoSomething\, and UWM’s Peck School of the Arts design instructors and students.  Special thanks to the 2024 Story Cart Fellows and C21’s 2024-2025 Graduate Fellows\, who conducted\, recorded\, and edited the interviews. Story Cart: Trust and the Vote was also made possible by a grant from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/story-cart-trust-the-vote-exhibition-opening/ LOCATION:Center for 21st Century Studies\, 3243 N. Downer Ave.\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, United States CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Public,Story Cart,Trust and the Vote,UWM Campus Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2024/09/SCTTV-Exhibition-Square-1-e1727385460782.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241018T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241018T190000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20240911T183517Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241007T204754Z UID:10000843-1729267200-1729278000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:UWM Gallery Night  DESCRIPTION:About\n\n\n\nExplore galleries across UWM’s campus with six exhibitions to peruse. Celebrate the work of Milwaukee’s Latine-identified artists at Union Art Gallery. Think politics with two shows that examine the ways we engage with modern political systems. Check out pins and Picassos with exhibitions honoring prolific collectors. More into artifacts than art? Head to the American Geographical Society Library to learn more about the history of American explorations of Antarctica.  \n\n\n\nAll events are free and open to the public\, run 4-7 PM on Friday\, October 18\, and are located on the main campus at UW-Milwaukee. Information about parking can be found here. UWM Gallery Night is organized by the Center for 21st Century Studies at UWM. Questions? Email c21@uwm.edu.  \n\n\n\nSee event on Gallery Night MKE’s website. \n\n\n\nDownload a map of gallery locations. \n\n\n\nParticipating Galleries:\n\n\n\nAmerican Geographical Society Library \n\n\n\n\nAmerican Ambitions in the Antarctic  | American Ambitions in the Antarctic tells the story of how the United States began exploring the southernmost continent. Beginning with the Western world’s earliest explorations in the region\, this exhibit leads viewers through history with maps\, atlases\, books\, and artifacts from several major expeditions to Antarctica. \n\n\n\n\n\nGolda Meir Library\, 3rd Floor\, East Wing\, 2311 E. Hartford Ave. \n\n\n\n\nCenter for 21st Century Studies \n\n\n\n\nStory Cart: Trust and the Vote  | In the spring and summer of 2024\, with an historic U.S. presidential election on the horizon\, UWM’s Center for 21st Century Studies interviewed over 60 Milwaukeeans about their relative trust\, or distrust\, in the U.S. voting system. Story Cart: Trust and the Vote features select interviews\, images\, and other memoranda documenting these exchanges—MKE’s collective hopes\, doubts\, and ideas for transforming democracy. \n\n\n\n\n\nCurtin Hall\, 9th Floor\, Room 929\, 3243 N. Downer Ave. \n\n\n\n\nEmile H. Mathis Art Gallery\n\n\n\n\nModern Impacts: Celebrating 50 Years of the Rosenberg Collection at UWM | Modern Impacts honors the fiftieth anniversary of the Rosenberg Art Collection bequest to UWM by showcasing the extensive number of modern paintings\, prints\, and sculptures donated to support teaching and learning on campus. This exhibition features artwork by such legendary twentieth-century artists as Pablo Picasso\, Joan Miró\, Ernst Kirchner\, Jean Arp\, Barbara Hepworth\, and more. \n\n\n\n\n\nMitchell Hall\, First Floor\, Room 170\, 3203 N. Downer Ave. \n\n\n\n\nSpecial Collections\, 4th Floor Exhibition Gallery \n\n\n\n\nJewelry Speaks: The Voice of the Jill Wine-Banks Pin Collection   | Distinguished attorney Jill Wine-Banks is a MSNBC Legal Analyst\, podcast host\, and a specific kind of jewelry collector who uses the pin as a messaging device. This exhibition and archiving project features pins mined from her personal collection accumulated over a lifetime of work in the political and legal landscape of the US. The exhibition also features work by emerging and established artists and jewelers\, and UWM Jewelry & Metalsmithing students who have created artwork that act as messaging devices inspired by items from the Special Collections. \n\n\n\n\n\nGolda Meir Library\, Room 472\, 2311 E. Hartford Ave. \n\n\n\n\nUnion Art Gallery \n\n\n\n\nColors of Our Communidad: Latine Artists in Celebration | Colors of Our Communidad: Latine Artists in Celebration\, is an exhibition that spotlights the creative brilliance of Latine artists\, whose works reflect the multifaceted heritage\, identity\, and vibrant community spirits that define Latine culture within Milwaukee and the Midwest. This exhibition will highlight local artists including Nicole Acosta\, Conhg Lopez\, Richie Morales\, Melissa Mursch-Rodriguez\, and Mi Salgado and is cosponsored by Sociocultural Programming and the Roberto Hernandez Center. \n\n\n\n\n\nUWM Student Union\, 1st Floor\,  2200 E. Kenwood Blvd.\n\n\n\n\nUWM Archives Exhibit Gallery \n\n\n\n\nThe Art of Organizing in Latinx Milwaukee  | Explore the visual culture of protest through art from Voces de la Frontera and earlier generations of Latinx activists. \n\n\n\n\n\nGolda Meir Library W307\, 2311 E. Hartford Ave.  URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/uwm-gallery-night-2/ LOCATION:Center for 21st Century Studies\, 3243 N. Downer Ave.\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, United States CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Co-Promotional,Exhibit,Public,Public,Story Cart,Student Life,Trust and the Vote,UWM Campus Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2024/09/UWM-Gallery-Night-Fall-2024-640px640px.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241101T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241101T213000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20241023T151147Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T152000Z UID:10000845-1730484000-1730496600@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Slow Knowing Film Series: About Dry Grasses DESCRIPTION:Nestled away in snowy\, isolated Anatolia\, public school art teacher Samet yearns to leave the sleepy village for cosmopolitan Istanbul. He finds a silver lining in Nuray\, a fellow teacher and firebrand who forces him to confront what he can’t readily accept. \n\n\n\n(Nuri Bilge Ceylan\, Turkey\, 2023\, Turkish w/ Eng sub\, 197 min\, DCP) \n\n\n\nC21 is kicking off our Slow Knowing Film Series by co-sponsoring this Union Cinema screening of About Dry Grasses. C21’s Slow Knowing Film Series will run throughout the chilly months of the fall and spring academic terms\, inviting you to chill out\, cozy up\, and contemplate the cinematic riches of slow-paced films. \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/slow-knowing-film-series-about-dry-grasses/ LOCATION:UWM Union Cinema\, 2200 E Kenwood Blvd\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Co-Sponsored,SLOW,Slow Knowing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2024/10/About-Dry-Grasses.jpg X-TRIBE-STATUS: GEO:43.0752308;-87.881425 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=UWM Union Cinema 2200 E Kenwood Blvd Milwaukee WI 53211 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2200 E Kenwood Blvd:geo:-87.881425,43.0752308 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241102T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241102T203000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20241023T151908Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241023T151909Z UID:10000846-1730566800-1730579400@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Slow Knowing Film Series: About Dry Grasses DESCRIPTION:Nestled away in snowy\, isolated Anatolia\, public school art teacher Samet yearns to leave the sleepy village for cosmopolitan Istanbul. He finds a silver lining in Nuray\, a fellow teacher and firebrand who forces him to confront what he can’t readily accept. \n\n\n\n(Nuri Bilge Ceylan\, Turkey\, 2023\, Turkish w/ Eng sub\, 197 min\, DCP) \n\n\n\nC21 is kicking off our Slow Knowing Film Series by co-sponsoring this Union Cinema screening of About Dry Grasses. C21’s Slow Knowing Film Series will run throughout the chilly months of the fall and spring academic terms\, inviting you to chill out\, cozy up\, and contemplate the cinematic riches of slow-paced films. \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/slow-knowing-film-series-about-dry-grasses-2/ LOCATION:UWM Union Cinema\, 2200 E Kenwood Blvd\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Co-Sponsored,SLOW,Slow Knowing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2024/10/About-Dry-Grasses.jpg X-TRIBE-STATUS: GEO:43.0752308;-87.881425 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=UWM Union Cinema 2200 E Kenwood Blvd Milwaukee WI 53211 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2200 E Kenwood Blvd:geo:-87.881425,43.0752308 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241206T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241206T235900 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20241028T191725Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241028T192350Z UID:10000847-1733472000-1733529540@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Research Fellowship Applications Due DESCRIPTION:Application Deadline:   Friday\, December 6\, 2024 \n\n\n\n\n\nBackground\n\n\n\nA UW System Center of Excellence\, UWM’s Center for 21st Century Studies (C21) builds a community of scholars to address the pressing issues of our time. Each year\, C21 offers fellowships to UWM faculty and academic staff\, as well as UW System faculty\, that provide the time\, space\, and collegial support to generate new knowledge and ideas. C21 centers the humanities in its belief that innovation comes from diversity of opinions\, disciplines\, and experiences. \n\n\n\nTheme\n\n\n\nIn dialogue with our advisory council and community partners\, C21 has identified SLOW as the theme that will inform our offerings for three years (2024-2027). Slow movements—across food\, cities\, science\, scholarship and beyond — call attention to embodied processes of building and maintaining collective life that resist the fast-paced efficiency models\, rapid rewards\, and short attention spans that increasingly dominate human responses to 21st century social\, political\, and ecological challenges. The theme is intentionally broad to capture a wide range of scholarship and practice while encouraging innovative methodologies.   \n\n\n\nC21’s 2025-2026 programming focuses on SLOW CARE. Across health\, climate\, labor\, technology and more\, we ask how pacing affects the institutions\, policies\, cultural infrastructures\, and social and political processes that support or disassemble an ethic of care. We welcome multiple interpretations of this open topic\, including explorations of time\, pace\, and speed as they relate to pressing issues of our time and/or work inside and outside the university. Methodological\, pedagogical\, and research topical interests are all welcome in relation to this theme.  \n\n\n\nResearch Projects\n\n\n\nApplicants should propose a research project related to this thematic area.  Projects can be individual or collaborative.  Examples of projects include: \n\n\n\n\nResearching / preparing syllabi for innovative\, interdisciplinary team-teaching initiatives or credit-bearing programs such as certificates\, minors\, degrees. \n\n\n\n\n\nResearching / preparing material for public presentation in a wide variety of forms including (but not limited to) monographs\, essays\, podcasts\, performances; art installation/exhibits\, community programs; digital interfaces; archives or artifacts.    \n\n\n\n\n\nResearching for / development of large-scale collaborative projects (grant proposals\, building networks etc.).    URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/research-fellowship-applications-due/ CATEGORIES:Academic Dates and Deadlines,Academic Dates and Deadlines,Faculty and Staff,Faculty and Staff,SLOW X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241206T130000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20240904T160616Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241010T212900Z UID:10000839-1733486400-1733490000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:UW System Faculty Lecture Series: Derek Handley  DESCRIPTION:This virtual event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. Click here to register. \n\n\n\nThe UW System Faculty Lecture Series and The Center for 21st Century Studies at UWM proudly present Derek Handley: Struggle for the City: Rhetorics of Citizenship and Resistance in the Black Freedom Movement.  \n\n\n\nThe urban renewal policies of the 1950s and 1960s destroyed the economic centers of many Black neighborhoods in the United States. Struggle for the City recovers the agency and solidarity of African American residents confronting this diagnosis of “blight.”  This presentation discusses how African American residents in the Hill District of Pittsburgh\, the Bronzeville neighborhood of Milwaukee\, and the Rondo neighborhood of St. Paul enacted Black Rhetorical Citizenship to fight for their communities. By centering the residents in their own narratives of displacement\, this presentation demonstrates how local organizers\, leaders\, and residents used rhetorics of placemaking\, community organizing\, and critical memory to resist the bulldozing visions of urban renewal.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDerek G. Handley is an assistant professor in the English Department\, affiliated faculty in African and African Diaspora Studies department\, and affiliated faculty in the Urban Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.  He is co-director of the Mapping Racism and Resistance in Milwaukee County (MRR-MKE) project\, which comprehensively maps racial covenants and uncovers Black resistance to such discrimination.  \n\n\n\nThe UW System Lecture Series is co-hosted by C21 and UW-Madison’s Center for the Humanities and highlights faculty research across the Universities of Wisconsin.  URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/uw-system-faculty-lecture-series-derek-handley/ CATEGORIES:Co-Sponsored,Lecture,Virtual Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2024/09/Screenshot-2024-10-10-at-4.24.42 PM-e1728595577700.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250130T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250130T190000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20250115T170245Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T203826Z UID:10000849-1738252800-1738263600@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Spring Hangout DESCRIPTION:Curtin Hall\, 9th Floor \n\n\n\n“…mutual aid and pleasure are linked\, that the ties that bind are grounds for celebration as well as obligation.” ― Rebecca Solnit\, A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe get it. The weather is cold. The news is yikes. The days are short and dark. \n\n\n\nBut strong social ties are good for you. In-person friendships are even better. Just ask science.   \n\n\n\nC21 is kicking off the new semester with an event that puts the human in humanities. Join us on the 9th floor of Curtin Hall for some face time\, skyline views\, collaborative actions\, snacks\, and lunar new year gifts. We miss you. Come say hi.  \n\n\n\nWant to talk shop anyway? Come by and have a chat about our spring events\, Kyle Whyte\, attention activism\, and our next call for collaboratories. \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/spring-hangout/ LOCATION:939 Curtin Hall\, 3243 N Downer Ave\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Alumni & Community,Alumni & Community,Faculty and Staff,Faculty and Staff,Health and Well-being,Health and Well-being,Public,Public,Student Life,Students,Students,UWM Campus Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2025/01/C21-Spring-Hangout-25-square-e1736972206544.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250213T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250213T160000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20250127T182521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250205T175821Z UID:10000859-1739458800-1739462400@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Slow Knowing: An Immersive Podcast DESCRIPTION:Join the Center for 21st Century Studies and the UWM Planetarium for an immersive podcast release party under a simulated starry sky.   \n\n\n\nListen to a conversation C21 recorded with Mark Freeland\, Director of the Electa Quinney Institute\, who discusses the Anishinaabe worldview\, and unpacks how language and cultural specificity can shape a person’s relationship to time\, space\, and even the moon and stars.   \n\n\n\nDr. Freeland will be present to take audience questions post-podcast.   \n\n\n\nThe podcast episode release will be accompanied by an exploration of moon phases\, tides\, and moon gazing with Planetarium Director Jean Creighton\, including an interactive activity to engage directly with the phases of the moon.  \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMark Freeland is the Director of the Electa Quinney Institute and an Associate Professor of Anthropology at UWM. His research critically identifies the role of Indigenous worldview as an integral component of cultural and linguistic translations.   \n\n\n\nThe Center for 21st Century Studies (C21) fosters innovative research and community engagement at the intersection of the humanities\, arts\, and sciences. C21’s theme for 2024-2025 is Slow Knowing: The Pace of Being Human\, with programming and sponsored research that calls attention to embodied processes of building and maintaining collective life that resist the fast-paced efficiency models and short attention spans that increasingly define human responses to 21st century social\, political\, and ecological challenges.  \n\n\n\nC21’s podcasts are produced by Graduate Fellows Jamee Pritchard and Yuchen Zhao. \n\n\n\nThe UWM Planetarium connects the community to the beauty of the night sky and the wonders of the cosmos through live\, interactive programs that engage audiences in entertaining\, innovative\, and accessible ways. By bringing people together\, we spark curiosity and share science in a welcoming atmosphere for all.  URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/immersive-podcast/ LOCATION:Manfred Olson Planetarium\, 1900 E Kenwood Blvd #139\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Alumni & Community,Alumni & Community,Arts and Culture,Arts and Culture,Co-Promotional,Faculty and Staff,Faculty and Staff,Public,Public,SLOW,Slow Knowing,Student Life,Student Life,Students,Students,UWM Campus Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2025/01/Slow-Knowing-Immersive-Podcast-Square-389KB-e1738776541967.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250214T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250214T203000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20250115T181523Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250131T200612Z UID:10000851-1739559600-1739565000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Slow Film Series: Twilight DESCRIPTION:After discovering the murdered body of a young girl deep in a mountainous forest\, a hardened homicide detective pushes himself to increasingly obsessive ends in his quest to catch the serial killer — known only as “The Giant” — responsible for the crime. A much admired but long unavailable masterpiece by influential Hungarian auteur and regular Béla Tarr collaborator György Fehér\, Twilight (Szürkület) is at once an existential murder mystery and an expansive meditation on time and space. \n\n\n\n(György Fehér\, Hungary\, 1990\, Hungarian w/ Eng sub\, 105 min\, DCP) \n\n\n\nThe screening includes an introduction by Slow Film Series curator Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece\, Associate Professor of English and Film Studies\, and Director of UWM’s Film Studies Program. \n\n\n\nFree for members (Includes UWM students) $5 admission for all others.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis screening of György Fehér’s Twilight is part of C21’s Slow Film Series\, featuring movies at Union Cinema throughout the chilly months of the fall and spring academic terms that invite you to chill out\, cozy up\, and contemplate the cinematic riches of slow-paced films.  URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/slow-film-series-twilight/ LOCATION:UWM Union Cinema\, 2200 E Kenwood Blvd\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Co-Sponsored,SLOW,Slow Knowing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2025/01/Twilight-Event-Cal-Square-e1736964838921.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: GEO:43.0752308;-87.881425 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=UWM Union Cinema 2200 E Kenwood Blvd Milwaukee WI 53211 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2200 E Kenwood Blvd:geo:-87.881425,43.0752308 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250228T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250228T100000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20250213T172435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250213T172435Z UID:10000862-1740733200-1740736800@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Collaboratory Application Webinar DESCRIPTION:C21 Director Jennifer Johung will host a virtual information session via Teams at 9:00 AM on Friday\, February 28\, covering C21’s 2025-2026 Call for Collaboratories and Working Groups.  \n\n\n\nPrior registration is required. Register here. \n\n\n\nThis session will cover: \n\n\n\n\nChanges to eligibility and requirements for Collaboratories\n\n\n\nChanges to application review and acceptance policy for Working Groups\n\n\n\nApplication changes for both Collaboratories and Working Groups\n\n\n\nAn overview of C21’s 2025-2026 theme\, Slow Care\n\n\n\nTips on writing a strong proposal\n\n\n\nFrequently asked questions\n\n\n\n\nDr. Johung will take questions after the presentation. Attending this webinar is not required to apply for Collaboratory/Working Group funding\, but it is strongly encouraged. A recording of the webinar will be made available in March. \n\n\n\nAll applicants are strongly encouraged to review the Call for Collaboratories in full before attending this webinar. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/collaboratory-application-webinar/ CATEGORIES:Academic Dates and Deadlines,Collaboratory,Faculty and Staff,Virtual Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2025/02/Webinar-Thumbnail.jpg X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250312T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250312T193000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170817 CREATED:20250127T184712Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250306T183704Z UID:10000860-1741804200-1741807800@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Slow Silencing: Panel Discussion DESCRIPTION:Curtin Hall\, Room 939\, 3243 N. Downer Ave. \n\n\n\nJoin the Center for 21st Century Studies and the Muslim Milwaukee Project for a panel discussion with Milwaukee artists Amal Azzam and Liala Amin. \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. \n\n\n\nPrior registration is requested for the purposes of estimating attendance. Please complete the form below. No personal information will be collected. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPanelist Amal Azzam is a Muslim American Artist from the Midwest. Her work reflects the layers of trauma\, freedom and misconceptions she carries within her identity. Amal experiments with wearables\, screen printing\, found objects and photography to express her ideas on the inner struggles of her identity. \n\n\n\nLiala Amin is a multidisciplinary artist\, and current artist-in-residence at Var Gallery\, who focuses on themes of faith\, spirituality\, personal identity\, and symbolism. She views her practice as healing\, emphasizing art as an outlet to express personal narratives.  \n\n\n\nThe Muslim Milwaukee Project aims to further understanding of the Muslim communities in the Milwaukee area\, to highlight the diversity of identities and experiences and challenge anti-Muslim racism\, and to build networks among scholars\, artists\, and community members who share these goals.  URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/slow-silencing-panel-discussion-with-fanana-banana/ LOCATION:Center for 21st Century Studies\, 3243 N. Downer Ave.\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2025/01/Slow-Silencing-Minimal-Square-Blue-e1739994559431.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250313T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250313T203000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20250115T183755Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250227T165231Z UID:10000852-1741892400-1741897800@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Slow Film Series: Nainsukh DESCRIPTION:Experimental filmmaker Amit Dutta is a singular presence in Indian cinema… This debut feature\, shot on 16mm film\, is an imagined biopic of Nainsukh\, an 18th-century miniature painter from the Himalayan Kangra Valley. Taking inspiration from that age-old visual form\, which privileges traditional Indian epistemological perspectives over visual and temporal realism\, Dutta creates an unparalleled piece of cinema with a unique approach to image\, depth\, space\, time\, and storytelling.  (Summary from Museum of Modern Art) \n\n\n\nThe screening includes an introduction by Slow Film Series curator Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece\, Associate Professor of English and Film Studies\, and Director of UWM’s Film Studies Program. \n\n\n\nThis screening is free and open to the public. See Union Cinema listing. \n\n\n\n(Amit Dutta\, India\, 2010\, Dogri w/ Eng Sub\, 90 min\, DCP) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis screening of Amit Dutta’s Nainsukh is part of C21’s Slow Film Series\, featuring movies at Union Cinema throughout the chilly months of the fall and spring academic terms that invite you to chill out\, cozy up\, and contemplate the cinematic riches of slow-paced films.  URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/slow-film-series-nainsukh/ LOCATION:UWM Union Cinema\, 2200 E Kenwood Blvd\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Co-Sponsored,Film,SLOW,Slow Knowing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2025/01/Nainsukh-v2-Event-Cal-Square-e1736966157885.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: GEO:43.0752308;-87.881425 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=UWM Union Cinema 2200 E Kenwood Blvd Milwaukee WI 53211 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2200 E Kenwood Blvd:geo:-87.881425,43.0752308 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250328T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250328T235900 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20250212T223001Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250212T223002Z UID:10000861-1743120000-1743206340@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Collaboratory & Working Group Applications Due DESCRIPTION:Application deadline: Friday\, March 28\, 11:59 PM \n\n\n\nAccess complete application instructions here.\n\n\n\nVirtual information session: Friday\, February 28\, 9:00-10:00 AM | Register here.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout\n\n\n\nC21 believes that the complex challenges we face in the 21st century are best met through collaborations across areas of expertise and experience\, and that the humanities are a vital part of addressing these challenges.  \n\n\n\nCollaborative project funding provides an opportunity to bring together teams of scholars across disciplines\, across university and community partnerships\, and across emerging and established scholars (students / staff / faculty) to generate new ideas and knowledge. \n\n\n\nC21 Collaboratories provide opportunities to bring new\, humanities-informed ideas and knowledge to many different audiences both on and off campus. Collaboratories are also foundational to the Center’s annual programming. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFunding Tiers: Collaboratories and Working Groups\n\n\n\nC21 offers two distinct funding tiers for collaborative research projects: \n\n\n\nCollaboratories are collaborative projects developed with a specific project or public outcome in mind. These collaboratives are eligible for up to $10\,000 in funding\, though most projects receive around $5\,000. Awarded funds can be used as seed funding to establish proof-of-concept or complete research legwork to find additional funding or sustainable support structures. Or\, funds can support short-term research projects that include a specific public programming component or culminate in a public presentation of some form. Preference will be given to project proposals that 1) address the pressing issues of our time and correlate with C21’s annual theme of Slow Care1 for the granting period\, 2) include team members with expertise in disciplines outside of the humanities\, 3) experiment with new formats for presenting\, conveying\, or disseminating humanities research\, 4) demonstrate potential for longevity beyond the grant period\, and/or 5) engage the public in meaningful ways. All project proposals MUST include a public-facing component or other tangible final deliverable. Funded Collaboratories will be required to submit a brief final report at the end of the grant cycle. \n\n\n\nWorking Groups are groups that gather for ongoing discussions\, networking\, and idea generation. Theses groups are eligible for $500 in funding\, and may be newly formed or pre-existing groups with an ongoing dialogic process or collaborative project. They do not necessarily have to have a fully formed project plan with a final deliverable in mind\, nor must their proposed project cohere with C21’s annual theme. Working Group funding presents an opportunity to build momentum towards a Collaboratory project proposal or an externally funded project. For FY26\, C21 will fund a maximum of three proposals from returning Working Groups (Working Groups that have received Collaboratory funding from C21 in the past) and two proposals from new Working Groups (groups that have never before received Collaboratory funding from C21). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQuestions?\n\n\n\nC21 strongly encourages questions and inquiries in advance of proposals. Please review application details in full and contact C21 Managing Director Katie Waddell with questions at waddelke@uwm.edu. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/collaboratory-working-group-apps-due/ CATEGORIES:Academic Dates and Deadlines,Alumni & Community,Collaboratory,Faculty and Staff,Faculty and Staff,Students X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250329T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250329T150000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20250305T174149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T194621Z UID:10000863-1743253200-1743260400@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Slow Growing in the Time of Trees: Carving Workshop with Daniel Minter DESCRIPTION:Call & Response artist-in-residence Daniel Minter pays a visit to Lynden Sculpture Garden as part of Slow Growing in the Time of Trees\, a C21 Collaboratory. \n\n\n\nThe Collaboratory brings together Lynden artist-in-residence Yevgeniya Kaganovich\, her collaborators—Lisa Moline\, Lane Hall\, Kate Beutner and Jim Charles—and their guests to cultivate an interdisciplinary creative space that examines the durational nature of trees\, mushrooms\, and humans\, and the symbiosis between trees and human and non-human partners.  \n\n\n\nMinter will revisit sites of importance from his two-year residency\, IN THE HEALING LANGUAGE OF TREES: a natural act of transformation restructured for curing many ills. The walk-and-talk will be followed by a wood-carving workshop suitable for carvers of all levels.  \n\n\n\nFree and open to the public. Space is limited. Prior registration is required. \n\n\n\n—  \n\n\n\nDaniel Minter is an American artist known for his work in the mediums of painting and assemblage who works in varied media. His overall body of work deals with themes of displacement and diaspora\, ordinary/extraordinary blackness; spirituality in the Afro Atlantic world; and the (re)creation of meanings of home. Minter’s work has been featured in numerous institutions and galleries including the Portland Museum of Art\, Seattle Art Museum\, Tacoma Art Museum\, Bates College\, University of Southern Maine\, Center for Maine Contemporary Art\, The David C. Driskell Center\, and the Northwest African American Art Museum. As founding director of Maine Freedom Trails\, he has helped highlight the history of the Underground Railroad and the abolitionist movement in New England. In 2018\, Minter co-founded the Indigo Arts Alliance\, a creative center in the city of Portland\, Maine\, dedicated to increasing the visibility of\, and support for\, Black and Brown artists. Indigo is the manifestation of a lifelong dream to create a place where art\, ingenuity\, social justice\, and diasporic collaboration is seeded and nurtured. Minter was a Call & Response Artist-in-Residence at Lynden from 2021-2023. \n\n\n\nArtist-in-residence Yevgeniya Kaganovich is a Belarus-born\, Milwaukee-based artist\, whose hybrid practice encompasses jewelry and metalsmithing\, sculpture and installation. Yevgeniya received an MFA from the State University of New York at New Paltz and a BFA in Metal/Jewelry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Yevgeniya has been an active art practitioner since 1992\, exhibiting her work nationally and internationally. Her work has received numerous awards and has been published widely. Yevgeniya’s interest in craft scholarship and pedagogy lead her to undertake curatorial projects\, panel and symposium organizing\, and other contributions to contemporary craft discourse. Yevgeniya has worked as a Designer/Goldsmith at Peggie Robinson Designs\, Studio of Handcrafted Jewelry in Evanston\, Illinois and has taught Metalsmithing at Chicago State University\, Chicago\, Illinois\, and Lill Street Studios\, Chicago Illinois. Currently Yevgeniya is a Professor in the Department of Art and Design\, Peck School of the Arts\, at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee\, heading a thriving Jewelry and Metalsmithing Area with a graduate and undergraduate programs. \n\n\n\nIn 2019\, Kaganovich planted trees on the Lynden grounds for her tree intuits chair residency project. They have continued to grow in and out of the shape of chairs ever since. Slow Growing in the Time of Trees considers and contextualizes the time and materiality of the trees themselves\, as well as the trees in relation to the human and non-human species that come into contact and engage in transformations with them. It focuses on the aesthetic possibilities of intermixing human and nonhuman processes in complex webs of entanglement inherent in durational processes. Throughout the growing season\, Kaganovich and her collaborators will create speculative forms out of reused plastic bags and cardboard\, inoculate grain and straw medium with three varieties of oyster mushroom spores\, and situate the forms in and around the trees on the grounds of Lynden Sculpture Garden\, documenting the ways in which these cultivated fruiting bodies develop and distort Kaganovich’s fabricated forms. \n\n\n\nC21 is the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee College of Letters & Sciences Center for 21st Century Studies. C21 believes that the complex challenges we face in the 21st century are best met through collaborations across areas of expertise and experience\, and that the humanities are a vital part of addressing these challenges.Collaboratory funding is an opportunity to bring together teams of scholars across disciplines\, across university and community partnerships\, and across emerging and established scholars (students / staff / faculty) to inspire the generation of new ideas. \n\n\n\nPart of C21’s Slow Knowing program series.  URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/slow-growing-in-the-time-of-trees-carving-workshop-with-daniel-minter/ LOCATION:Lynden Sculpture Garden\, 2145 West Brown Deer Road Milwaukee\, WI 53217 CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Collaboratory,Faculty and Staff,Lecture,Off-campus,Public,Students,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2025/03/Slow-Growing-CW-Square-316KB-e1741385959255.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250403T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250403T170000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20250115T172908Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250303T205558Z UID:10000850-1743694200-1743699600@uwm.edu SUMMARY:What Winter Did to Us: A Nature & Poetry Walk  DESCRIPTION:Join Sociocultural Programming and the Center for 21st Century Studies for a nature and poetry walk celebrating the work of Ada Limón\, 24th Poet Laureate of the United States.  \n\n\n\nSpring is coming to Milwaukee. So is Ada Limón. Prepare for both with a patient\, plodding ramble through Downer Woods\, featuring reflective writing exercises\, group poetry readings\, and acts of radical attention. The walk will commence at 3:30 sharp at Curtin Hall‘s 1st floor lobby and will end with a fire circle outside of Merill Hall. Bring a pen\, warm clothes\, sturdy shoes\, and a willingness to be here\, with poetry in the natural world.  \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\n— \n\n\n\n…the leaves come. Patient\, plodding\, a green skin growing over whatever winter did to us\, a return to the strange idea of continuous living despite the mess of us\, the hurt\, the empty. Fine then\, I’ll take it\, the tree seems to say\, a new slick leaf unfurling like a fist to an open palm\, I’ll take it all.  \n\n\n\n– From “Instructions on Not Giving Up\,” Ada Limón  \n\n\n\n— \n\n\n\nAda Limón the author of six books of poetry\, including The Carrying\, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award. As the 24th Poet Laureate of The United States\, her signature project is called You Are Here and focuses on how poetry can help connect us to the natural world. You can catch Ada Limón\, the Spring 2025 speaker for UWM’s Distinguished Lecture Series\, at the Student Union on April 15\, 7-9 PM.  \n\n\n\nUWM students can also submit their original poems inspired by the theme “Poetry in the Natural World\,” as curated by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limon. These poems will be compiled into a special anthology\, As We Are\, representing the UWM community in all its natural habitats. The collection will be presented to Ada Limon during her lecture and reading on Tuesday\, April 15th.   \n\n\n\n—  \n\n\n\nThe Center for 21st Century Studies (C21) fosters innovative research and community engagement at the intersection of the humanities\, arts\, and sciences. C21’s theme for 2024-2025 is Slow Knowing: The Pace of Being Human\, with programming and sponsored research that calls attention to embodied processes of building and maintaining collective life that resist the fast-paced efficiency models and short attention spans that increasingly define human responses to 21st century social\, political\, and ecological challenges. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/nature-poetry-walk-distinguished-lecture-series-companion-event/ LOCATION:Curtin Hall\, 3242 N. Downer Ave.\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Alumni & Community,Arts and Culture,Athletics and Recreation,Co-Promotional,Co-Sponsored,Distinguished Lecture Series Companion Event,Faculty and Staff,Health and Well-being,Public,Public,SLOW,Slow Knowing,Student Life,Students,UWM Campus Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2025/01/what-winter-did-to-us_395KB-e1752528613267.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250410T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250410T170000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20250115T195013Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250313T172700Z UID:10000853-1744300800-1744304400@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Attentive or Absentminded: Habits of Mind in the Age of AI with Meghan O'Gieblyn  DESCRIPTION:Golda Meir Library\, 4th Floor Conference Center \n\n\n\nJoin the Center for 21st Century Studies and the AI and the Humanities Collaboratory for lecture by Meghan O’Gieblyn\, author of God Human Animal Machine and the essay collection Interior States\, which won the 2018 Believer Book Award.  \n\n\n\nAt a moment when we are outsourcing many intellectual and creative tasks to machines\, it’s worth thinking about the point of thinking itself. Is it a means to an end\, or an end in itself? Are humans just “stochastic parrots\,” mindlessly producing language in a way that is not so different from AI\, as some tech luminaries contend\, or is there something more going on in our minds?   \n\n\n\nWhile these questions may seem new\, they harken back to older debates about the relationship between thought and language\, freedom and necessity\, and the fine line that exists between attention and automaticity. Long before the advent of digital technologies\, two twentieth century philosophers\, Hannah Arendt and Simone Weil\, wrote about some of these questions through the lens of the technologies of their times. Their writing anticipates many of the challenges of the age of AI and calls attention to the more ordinary and insidious ways that consciousness becomes ossified by social convention\, as well as the moral and political risks that arise when we fail to “think what we are doing.”  \n\n\n\nFree street parking available in neighborhoods near venue. Paid parking available at the Union Garage (Lot #22). \n\n\n\nRefreshments will be served at 3:30 PM. Lecture begins at 4 PM. This event is free and open to the public.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrior registration is requested for the purposes of estimating attendance. Please complete the form below. No personal information will be collected. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event was organized by AI and the Humanities\, a C21-sponsored collaboratory formed to consider one of the most pressing questions for higher education: what is the future of humanities in the context of AI?   \n\n\n\nPart of C21’s Slow Knowing program series.  URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/meghan-ogieblyn/ LOCATION:Golda Meir Library\, 4th Floor Conference Center\, 2311 E Hartford Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Alumni & Community,Collaboratory,Faculty and Staff,Lecture,Lectures Conferences and Symposiums,Lectures Conferences and Symposiums,Public,SLOW,Slow Knowing,Students,UWM Campus Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2025/03/AI-Hum_Habits-of-Mind_Square-e1741386525792.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: GEO:43.0771478;-87.880293 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Golda Meir Library 4th Floor Conference Center 2311 E Hartford Ave Milwaukee WI 53211 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2311 E Hartford Ave:geo:-87.880293,43.0771478 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250417T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250417T160000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20250115T200458Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250307T221745Z UID:10000854-1744902000-1744905600@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Slow Growing in the Time of Trees: Writing Workshop DESCRIPTION:We’ll engage in a generative writing workshop about art and the most generative of living things: fungi. Come with a writing implement and paper\, or birch bark\, or whatever material you want to use for composition (and perhaps decomposition).   \n\n\n\nWorkshop led by Katharine Beutner. \n\n\n\nSpace is limited. Registration is required. \n\n\n\n\n\n—  \n\n\n\nThis event was organized by Slow Growing in the Time of Trees\, a C21-sponsored collaboratory formed to cultivate an interdisciplinary creative space that examines the long duration of tree-time in the face of human and non-human interventions.  \n\n\n\nPart of C21’s Slow Knowing program series.  URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/slow-growing-writing-workshop/ LOCATION:Center for 21st Century Studies\, 3243 N. Downer Ave.\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, United States CATEGORIES:Alumni & Community,Collaboratory,Faculty and Staff,Faculty and Staff,Public,Public,SLOW,Slow Knowing,Students,UWM Campus Events,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2025/01/Slow-Growing-WW-Square-338KB-e1741385122377.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250424T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250424T183000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20241119T212019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250422T172633Z UID:10000848-1745515800-1745519400@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Kyle Whyte: Kinship\, Our Experience of Time\, and Environmental Responsibility DESCRIPTION:C21 Spring Lecture with Kyle Whyte\n\n\n\n\n\nGolda Meir Library 4th Floor Conference Center \n\n\n\nJoin the Center for 21st Century Studies for our featured 2024-25 lecture with Kyle Whyte\, the George Willis Pack Professor of Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOverview\n\n\n\nWe are often given mixed signals about the relationship between our responsibility to take action to address climate change and our sense of time. Is there a climate crisis that is so urgent that we must take whatever measures are necessary to lower carbon footprints? Or will buying too much into emotions of urgency generate hasty solutions that actually stymie progress? Some Indigenous traditions offer ethics based on responsibility and kinship that present ways in which time and ethics can be aligned\, allowing us to be urgent but moral\, and address the physical causes of climate change while fostering solidarity with the communities who experience climate injustice.  \n\n\n\nDr. Whyte’s research addresses moral and political issues concerning climate policy and Indigenous peoples\, the ethics of cooperative relationships between Indigenous peoples and science organizations\, and problems of Indigenous justice in public and academic discussions of food sovereignty\, environmental justice\, and the anthropocene. He is an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. \n\n\n\nThe Center for 21st Century Studies (C21) fosters innovative research and community engagement at the intersection of the humanities\, arts\, and sciences. C21’s theme for 2024-2025 is Slow Knowing: The Pace of Being Human\, with programming and sponsored research that calls attention to embodied processes of building and maintaining collective life that resist the fast-paced efficiency models and short attention spans that increasingly define human responses to 21st century social\, political\, and ecological challenges.  \n\n\n\nFree street parking available in neighborhoods near venue. Paid parking available at the Union Garage (Lot #22). \n\n\n\nDoors open at 5:00pm. Refreshments will be served before and after the talk. \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. Prior registration is requested. \n\n\n\nQuestions? Email C21 at c21@uwm.edu. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAttend Virtually\n\n\n\nCan’t make it in person? You can join us via Teams by clicking the button below. \n\n\n\n\nATTEND VIRTUALLY NOW\n\n\n\n\nMeeting ID: 272 140 071 995 7 \n\n\n\nPasscode: Ki3gh3r7 \n\n\n\nDial in by phone \n\n\n\n+1 414-253-8850\,\,549903673# United States\, Milwaukee \n\n\n\nFind a local number \n\n\n\nPhone conference ID: 549 903 673# URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/slow-knowing-kyle-whyte/ LOCATION:Golda Meir Library\, 4th Floor Conference Center\, 2311 E Hartford Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Alumni & Community,Alumni & Community,Faculty and Staff,Faculty and Staff,Lecture,Lectures Conferences and Symposiums,Lectures Conferences and Symposiums,Public,Public,SLOW,Slow Knowing,Students,Students,UWM Campus Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2025/03/Kyle-Whyte-C21_Square-499KB-e1742496544772.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: GEO:43.0771478;-87.880293 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Golda Meir Library 4th Floor Conference Center 2311 E Hartford Ave Milwaukee WI 53211 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2311 E Hartford Ave:geo:-87.880293,43.0771478 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250502T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250502T160000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20250115T201314Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250307T222645Z UID:10000855-1746194400-1746201600@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Slow Growing in the Time of Trees: Panel    DESCRIPTION:Yevgeniya Kaganovich\, Lisa Moline\, Lane Hall\, Katharine Beutner\, and Jim Charles will discuss the outcomes of the speculative projects undertaken by the Slow Growing in the Time of Trees Collaboratory. Katharine Beutner will do a reading of work produced during the Collaboratory.    \n\n\n\n—  \n\n\n\nThe Lynden Sculpture Garden offers a unique experience of art in nature through its collection of more than 50 monumental sculptures sited across 40 acres of park\, lake and woodland.  \n\n\n\nThis event was organized by Slow Growing in the Time of Trees\, a C21-sponsored collaboratory formed to cultivate an interdisciplinary creative space that examines the long duration of tree-time in the face of human and non-human interventions.  \n\n\n\nPart of C21’s Slow Knowing program series.  URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/slow-growing-in-the-time-of-trees-panel/ LOCATION:Lynden Sculpture Garden\, 2145 West Brown Deer Road\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, 53217\, United States CATEGORIES:Alumni & Community,Arts and Culture,Collaboratory,Faculty and Staff,Off-campus,Panel,Public,SLOW,Slow Knowing ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2025/01/Slow-Growing-Panel-Square-326KB-e1741384914244.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250503T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250503T163000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20250116T154931Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250424T173616Z UID:10000856-1746264600-1746289800@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Attention Activism with the Strother School of Radical Attention  DESCRIPTION:Palmer Room @ Turner Hall\, 1040 N Vel R. Phillips Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOverview:\n\n\n\nJoin C21 and the Milwaukee Turners for a day-long series of workshops led by the Strother School of Radical Attention (SoRA)\, an organization that promotes human well-being through attention activism.    \n\n\n\nAs the 21st century waxes\, our attention wanes. Digital platforms drown us in endless noise\, diverting our awareness from the real people and spaces around us to a haze of information overload\, hot takes\, and commodity-over-community. We’re losing the focus required to nurture embodied connections and create the vibrant spaces of care that enliven our city.   \n\n\n\nHow might our capacity for sustained attention affect how we see each other and our city\, and how might these perceptions lead to actions that reshape our respective communities and environments? What happens when we get quiet\, stay still\, and take it all in? Do we miss the world beyond the screen?   \n\n\n\nDuring this day of attention activism\, SoRA facilitators will lead participants through two of their signature attention-cultivation workshops—an Attention Lab and Sidewalk Study.   \n\n\n\nAttention Labs are an experiential\, participatory workshop curriculum dedicated to the exploration of radical human attention. Through group attention practices and guided discussions\, participants create and test tools to build sanctuaries of attention — as well as networks of solidarity to sustain them.   \n\n\n\nSidewalk Study is a form of group inquiry combining theory\, practice\, and public space. Participants meet at a predetermined location where they read through a selected text. They are then given the address of a second location along with an exercise that activates questions posed by the text\, to be performed en route and in relation to the streets and sidewalks around them. Upon arriving at the destination\, participants share their experiences in an open-ended discussion.  \n\n\n\nFree and open to the public\, but space is limited. Prior registration is required. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWorkshop Schedule:\n\n\n\n\n9:00 AM – Doors open\n\n\n\n9:30 AM – Coffee\, tea\, and opening remarks\n\n\n\n9:30 AM to 12:00 PM – Attention Lab\n\n\n\n12:00 to 1:00 PM – Lunch (provided)\n\n\n\n1:00 to 3:30 PM – Sidewalk Study\n\n\n\n3:30 to 4:30 PM – Reconvene for discussion at second location (TBD)\n\n\n\n4:30 PM – Event end\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout:\n\n\n\nThe Strother School of Radical Attention (SoRA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to Attention Activism: the movement to push back against the fracking of human attention by coercive digital technologies. We advance this mission through the study and practice of radical attention\, or those diverse forms of attention which resist commodification. SoRA’s seminar courses\, experiential Attention Lab workshops\, and other hybrid forms of group teaching and learning seek to deepen our shared understanding of attention’s relation to human flourishing.  \n\n\n\nThe Center for 21st Century Studies (C21) fosters innovative research and community engagement at the intersection of the humanities\, arts\, and sciences. C21’s theme for 2024-2025 is Slow Knowing: The Pace of Being Human\, with programming and sponsored research that calls attention to embodied processes of building and maintaining collective life that resist the fast-paced efficiency models and short attention spans that increasingly define human responses to 21st century social\, political\, and ecological challenges.  \n\n\n\nFounded in 1853\, the Milwaukee Turners are the oldest civic group in the city with a rich history of civic engagement; they offer non-partisan civic educational programs and mental and physical wellness programming for all Milwaukeeans.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHumanities Under Threat:\n\n\n\nThe Center for 21st Century Studies was awarded a Major Grant from the Wisconsin Humanities to support this event. \n\n\n\nOn April 2\, Wisconsin Humanities\, which relies on the National Endowment for the Humanities\, received notice from the Acting Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities that effective April 2nd all awarded grants — including their 5-year General Operating Grant and other program-specific awards — were canceled in their entirety. As a result\, C21 lost the Major Grant\, but we were able to make alternative arrangements to cover the costs of this event just in time to ensure it’s continuance for the May 3 date. \n\n\n\nC21 leadership believes that the erosion of attention\, or attention fracking — a term coined by members of the Strother School — is one of the most pressing issues of our time\, and is a major contributor to the precarious political\, social\, economic\, and media environment that we must now not only fight\, but survive. It is our great pleasure to welcome Peter and Quinn from the Strother School of Radical Attention to Milwaukee to share the attention-building tools SoRA has developed over many years of practice. \n\n\n\nWe hope you will join us on May 3\, as we work together to build sanctuaries of attention. \n\n\n\nWisconsin Humanities\, unfortunately\, will not be able to sustain the loss of NEH funding\, and will close its doors very soon. State agencies across the country share their fate. We urge you to learn more about the scope of this loss. If your work is being impacted by DOGE’s actions against NEH\, please\, share your story with the National Humanities Alliance. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/attention-activism/ LOCATION:Turner Hall\, 1040 N Vel R. Phillips Ave\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, 53203\, United States CATEGORIES:Alumni & Community,Faculty and Staff,Health and Well-being,Off-campus,Public,SLOW,Slow Knowing,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2025/01/Attention-Activism-Square-1-1-e1744856673718.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250529T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250529T120000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20250122T223839Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250514T165309Z UID:10000857-1748512800-1748520000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Critical Making Residency: Critical Workshop with Jennifer Johung DESCRIPTION:Critical Making Residency brings together UWM hosts Yevgeniya Kaganovich and Erica Meyer\, visiting artists Cappy Counard\, Susie Ganch\, Anya Kivarkis\, Heidi Lowe\, Mary Pearse\, and Lori Talcott with scholar Jennifer Johung for a week of critical dialogue and speculative making from May 23 to May 30.  \n\n\n\nThe residency concludes with Critical Workshop\, during which Jennifer Johung and the residency participants will discuss their exhibition\, work accomplished during the residency\, and group’s future endeavors.   URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/critical-making-workshop/ LOCATION:Kenilworth Square East Gallery\, 2155 N. Prospect Ave.\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, United States CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Arts and Culture,Collaboratory,Public,SLOW,Slow Knowing,UWM Campus Events,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2025/01/Critical-Making-Residency-Workshop-e1737585368243.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250529T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250529T190000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20250122T224450Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250514T165018Z UID:10000858-1748538000-1748545200@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Critical Making Residency: Workshop Reception DESCRIPTION:Join us for this reception for the Critical Making Residency’s Critical Workshop. \n\n\n\nThe Critical Making Residency UWM hostsYevgeniya Kaganovich and Erica Meyer\, visiting artists Cappy Counard\, Susie Ganch\, Anya Kivarkis\, Heidi Lowe\, Mary Pearse\, and Lori Talcott with scholar Jennifer Johung for a week of critical dialogue and speculative making.  URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/critical-making-residency-workshop-reception/ LOCATION:Kenilworth Square East Gallery\, 2155 N. Prospect Ave.\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, United States CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Arts and Culture,Collaboratory,Public,Public,SLOW,Slow Knowing,UWM Campus Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2025/01/Critical-Making-Residency-Workshop-e1737585368243.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250918T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250918T190000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20250826T210918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250912T165314Z UID:10000864-1758211200-1758222000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:C21 Open House DESCRIPTION:Join us for C21’s annual open house! Come for the snacks\, stay for the conversation about slow care\, attention activism\, making art with machines\, the state of the humanities in Milwaukee\, and the latest news from C21’s fellows\, collaboratories\, and community partners. \n\n\n\n*Plus* \n\n\n\nAre you a human? Pass the c21CAPTCHA to be inducted into Human Club\, C21’s newest initiative for humans and other people. \n\n\n\nLight refreshments will be provided. This event is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNot familiar with UWM’s campus? \n\n\n\nWe recommend parking in the UWM Student Union parking garage or the Lubar Business parking garage\, which are $3 for the first hour\, then $1 for each additional hour. The Zelazo Surface Lot offers limited free parking after 3PM. Free\, time-limited street parking is available in the neighborhoods near Curtin Hall. \n\n\n\nCurtin Hall is the tall\, Brutalist building located just off Downer Ave. You can find us on this interactive campus map. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/open-house-2025/ LOCATION:939 Curtin Hall\, 3243 N Downer Ave\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Alumni & Community,Faculty and Staff,Human Club,Public,Students,UWM Campus Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2025/08/OH-Fall-2025-Square.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250927T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250927T120000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20250902T221608Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250907T005506Z UID:10000865-1758963600-1758974400@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Story Cart: Attention with Adam Carr - Beach Class DESCRIPTION:Welcome to Beach Class!   \n\n\n\nAmong the waves\, sand and stones\, this morning will be devoted to “attention experiments” along Lake Michigan. Our time together will include a series of facilitated beach combing activities — inspecting what’s on the beachfront\, spending time with lake rocks and other treasures\, cleaning up after the flood and more.   \n\n\n\nAfter time spent noticing and seeking\, we will chat about our experiences\, sharing where our attention and curiosity was drawn.   \n\n\n\nPlease bring your curiosity\, playful spirit and beach-appropriate footwear.  \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. Questions? Email c21@uwm.edu. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdam Carr is an independent writer\, artist\, journalist\, community historian and organizer based in Milwaukee. Carr was director of strategic partnerships at Milwaukee Park Foundation from 2022-2025 and producer at 88Nine RadioMilwaukee from 2008-2011. Working in communities throughout Milwaukee\, his work ranges from journalism to public art\, film/photography to coalition building\, dialogue facilitation to community history\, writing to in-depth tours.    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStory Cart is a mobile story collection program that travels to community spaces and engages Milwaukeeans in conversations about their lived experiences. Our Story Fellows craft questions related to the current C21 research theme\, record participant responses to those questions\, and add them to our Story Cart digital archive (forthcoming). Supported by the Wisconsin Institute for Citizenship and Civil Dialogue\, Story Cart’s current run introduces Milwaukeeans to practices of radical attention. From September 2025 through May 2026\, our community Story Fellows will lead workshop pop-ups throughout the city and will record discussions with participants about the experience of paying attention. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/sc-adam-carr-beach-class/ LOCATION:Klode Park\, 5960 N Lake Dr\, Whitefish Bay\, Wisconsin\, 53217 CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Attention,Health and Well-being,Off-campus,Public,SLOW,Slow Care,Story Cart ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2025/09/SCAttn-Klode-Beach-Tile-3.jpeg X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251002T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251002T163000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20250918T173859Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250918T173900Z UID:10000870-1759419000-1759422600@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Book Talk: Mountain Dharma by David DiValerio DESCRIPTION:C21’s Critical Asian Humanities Reading Group presents a book talk by UWM History professor David DiValerio about his newly published book Mountain Dharma. \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. \n\n\n\n\nThursday\, October 2\, 3:30 PM\n\n\n\n939 Curtin Hall\, 3243 N Downer Ave\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Mountain Dharma: Meditative Retreat and the Tibetan Ascetic Self\n\n\n\nA groundbreaking exploration of individual long-term meditative retreat in Tibetan Buddhism\, Mountain Dharma tracks developments in ascetic discourse and practice from the twelfth century to the twentieth. David M. DiValerio provides a comprehensive reading of texts that offer instruction on the eremitic endeavor\, comparing how dozens of authors have treated six key orienting concerns: place\, people\, food\, sources of danger\, the spiritual lineage\, and time. The book traces a genealogy of the Tibetan ascetic self\, demonstrating an increasing tendency to adopt practices that contrast the meditator with earlier generations of enlightened masters\, defining the latter-day retreatant as a being in time. By viewing instructions for how to live in retreat as technologies of self\, this book sheds new light on how the history of this tradition has been driven by evolving notions of personhood. \n\n\n\nMethodologically innovative and richly sourced\, Mountain Dharma sets a new standard for the historical study of asceticism. \n\n\n\nAbout the Author\n\n\n\nDavid M. DiValerio is associate professor of history and religious studies at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. He is the author of The Holy Madmen of Tibet (2015) and translator of The Life of the Madman of Ü (2016). URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/book-talk-mountain-dharma-by-david-divalerio/ LOCATION:939 Curtin Hall\, 3243 N Downer Ave\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Arts and Culture,Co-Promotional,Co-Sponsored,Collaboratory,Faculty and Staff,Faculty and Staff,Health and Well-being,Lecture,Lectures Conferences and Symposiums,Lectures Conferences and Symposiums,Public,Public,SLOW,Slow Care,UWM Campus Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2025/09/mountain-dharma-square.jpg X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251004T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251004T190000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20250907T021110Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250918T175307Z UID:10000866-1759582800-1759604400@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Story Cart: Attention with Madeleine Doelker Berlin – Open Attention Walk  DESCRIPTION:In the middle of a neighborhood block party\, we’ll send people on undirected wanders. If they come back\, we’ll ask them how it went. \n\n\n\nMadeleine will be taking interviews from 2:00 – 5:00 PM. \n\n\n\nC21 will be present to vibe and distribute C21 info from 1:00 – 7:00 PM. \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMadeleine Doelker Berlin (LPC-IT) is an Associate Licensed Professional Counselor\, Social Scientist\, and a few other things—like an immigrant\, a parent\, and someone who’s lived through big transitions. Born\, raised\, and partially professionally trained in Germany\, she has a background in social inequality research and a professional path that weaves through mental health\, public service\, and community advocacy. In both her life and work\, Madeleine brings an intersectional\, systems-aware lens to understanding how people move through the world. Her current work draws on liberation psychology\, existentialist psychology\, and feminist psychology to explore how personal healing is connected to social context\, meaning-making\, and resistance. She’s especially interested in the stories we carry\, the cultures that shape us\, and the quiet\, radical act of paying attention. Madeleine holds graduate degrees in Social Sciences and Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Her approach is grounded\, curious\, and deeply human. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBeet Street Fall Festival is the Cactus Club’s annual\, all-ages block party\, featuring bands on an open-air stage and community organizations and local vendors along the streets.   \n\n\n\nStory Cart is a mobile story collection program that travels to community spaces and engages Milwaukeeans in conversations about their lived experiences. Our Story Fellows craft questions related to the current C21 research theme\, record participant responses to those questions\, and add them to our Story Cart digital archive (forthcoming). Supported by the Wisconsin Institute for Citizenship and Civil Dialogue\, Story Cart’s current run introduces Milwaukeeans to practices of radical attention. From September 2025 through May 2026\, our community Story Fellows will lead workshop pop-ups throughout the city and will record discussions with participants about the experience of paying attention. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/sc-mdb-attention-walk/ LOCATION:Cactus Club\, 2496 S Wentworth Ave\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, 53207\, United States CATEGORIES:Alumni & Community,Arts and Culture,Attention,Off-campus,Public,SLOW,Slow Care,Story Cart ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2025/09/SCAttn-Beet-Street-Tile-1.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251009T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251009T180000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20250911T163502Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250914T230656Z UID:10000867-1760029200-1760032800@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Human Club: Disappearance Jail Wisconsin discussion and workshop DESCRIPTION:Take a trip with Human Club to the Haggerty Museum of Art for a discussion and workshop about art and the impact of incarceration with artist Maria Gaspar along with Dr. Robert S. Smith\, Director of the Center for Urban Research Teaching & Outreach (CURTO)\, and members of the CURTO Education Preparedness Program staff.  \n\n\n\nFree and open to the public. Space is limited. Prior registration required (below). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Disappearance Jail Wisconsin” discussion and workshop is part of the Haggerty Museum of Art‘s No One Knows All It Takes\, an exhibition of work by four artists (Bryana Bibbs\, Raoul Deal\, Maria Gaspar\, and Swoon [Caledonia Curry]) who explore the effects of concealed trauma and the inextricable ties between personal health and collective wellness. By addressing issues like addiction\, incarceration\, immigration\, and a lack of systemic support for caregivers\, the artists emphasize the power of personal stories to illuminate problems that are often overlooked or purposefully hidden from view. Moving beyond self-care and individualized treatments\, the work directs us to some of the root causes of trauma and highlights systemic issues that undermine societal well-being. \n\n\n\nMaria Gaspar is a Chicago-born\, first-generation\, interdisciplinary artist negotiating the politics of location through installation\, sculpture\, sound\, and performance. Gaspar’s body of work addresses issues of spatial justice in order to amplify\, mobilize\, or divert structures of power through individual and collective gestures. For the past decade\, Gaspar has been recognized nationally for her multi-year projects that attempt to dismantle borders\, transcend penal matter\, and turn places of precarity into places of possibility. Formative works like “Radioactive: Stories from Beyond the Wall” and the “96 Acres Project” include site interventions at the largest single-site jail in the country\, the Cook County Department of Corrections\, in her childhood neighborhood. \n\n\n\nDr. Robert S. Smith is the Director of the Center for Urban Research\, Teaching & Outreach (CURTO) and Harry G. John Professor of History at Marquette University. His research and teaching interests include African American history\, civil rights history\, and exploring the intersections of race and law. Rob is the author of Black Liberation from Reconstruction to Black Lives Matter in the Debating American History Series\, and Race\, Labor & Civil Rights: Griggs v. Duke Power and the Struggle for Equal Employment Opportunity. Rob also serves on the Board of Curators for the Wisconsin Historical Society\, is the Resident Historian for America’s Black Holocaust Museum\, and is Chair of the Milwaukee County Human Rights Commission. \n\n\n\nHuman Club\, C21’s newest initiative\, features free field trips around Milwaukee and humanities gatherings with your fellow humans. Comes with a membership punch-card!  URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/hc-disappearance-jail-wisconsin/ LOCATION:Marquette Haggerty Museum of Art\, 530 N 13th St\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53233\, United States CATEGORIES:Alumni & Community,Arts and Culture,Co-Promotional,Faculty and Staff,Human Club,Off-campus,Student Life ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2025/09/HC-at-Haggerty-10-09-TILE-2.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: GEO:43.0369968;-87.9277926 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Marquette Haggerty Museum of Art 530 N 13th St Milwaukee WI 53233 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=530 N 13th St:geo:-87.9277926,43.0369968 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251030T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251030T183000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20250914T211635Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251020T205421Z UID:10000868-1761840000-1761849000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:State of the Humanities MKE DESCRIPTION:REGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, October 30\, 4:00 – 6:30 PM\n\n\n\n175 Curtin Hall\n\n\n\n3243 N Downer Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOverview\n\n\n\nJoin the Center for 21st Century Studies (C21) at UW-Milwaukee for a panel discussion that explores how Milwaukeeans and Milwaukee organizations might sustain\, expand\, and care for the humanities across our city. \n\n\n\nIn October 2024\, the Consortium for Humanities Centers and Institutes’ World Humanities Report warned of extinction risk to human knowledge. In the year that’s passed since that report’s publication\, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting lost its federal funding\, the National Endowment for the Humanities was radically restructured\, causing state humanities agencies to lose funding to the point of near closure\, and multiple U.S. universities have taken steps to shrink\, pause\, or shutter humanities degree-granting programs. \n\n\n\nBut the resilience of humanities practices and institutions in the face of so much uncertainty evinces their value\, and merits further dialogue. \n\n\n\nThe State of the Humanities MKE panel\, moderated by C21 Director Jennifer Johung\, invites four Milwaukee-based humanities advocates—Michael Carriere (MSOE)\, Art Derse (MCW)\, Jodi Eastberg (MIAD)\, and Maggie Nettesheim Hoffmann (Marquette)—to discuss: \n\n\n\n\nWhat’s important about the humanities in Milwaukee\, especially in our current moment? \n\n\n\nWhat are we fighting to sustain\, expand\, or ideate? \n\n\n\nHow can we care for the humanities in MKE? What does this look like? \n\n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. Space is limited. Prior registration is required. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAfter the panel\, guests are invited to head upstairs to C21’s headquarters for a reception with light refreshments and breakout discussions about actionable steps everyone can take to make Milwaukee a haven for humanists. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Panelists\n\n\n\nMichael H. Carriere is a professor of history at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE)\, where he also serves as director of the MSOE Honors Program. His work has appeared in such publications as the Journal of Urban History\, the Journal of Planning History\, Cultural History\, Reviews in American History\, Pitchfork.com\, and Salon.com. He is the co-author\, with David Schalliol\, of The City Creative: The Rise of Urban Placemaking in Contemporary America (The University of Chicago Press\, 2021). He holds a Ph.D. in American history from The University of Chicago.  \n\n\n\nArthur R. Derse\, M.D.\, J.D. is Director of the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities\, and is Julia and David Uihlein Chair in Medical Humanities\, and Professor of Bioethics and Emergency Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW). He directs the MCW Medical Humanities Program and is co-director of the school’s Bioethics and Medical Humanities Scholarly Concentration. He directs the Art of Medicine through the Humanities course. Dr. Derse is past president of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH). He is a fellow of the Hastings Center for Bioethics and of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He is a member of the American Law Institute.  \n\n\n\nJodi Eastberg\, PhD\, serves as the Vice President for Academic Affairs at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. Eastberg moved to Milwaukee in 1998 as a graduate student in the Marquette University history department where she received her PhD. She then served as a professor of history and in various leadership roles at Alverno College for 20 years. In her new role at MIAD\, Eastberg leads a dynamic and passionate faculty offering high quality art and design programs. As a world historian\, Eastberg specializes in sites of cultural and diplomatic interaction\, especially those between Great Britain and China. Eastberg serves as the Vice President of the Layton Art Collection\, Inc. an independent not-for-profit organization that acts as steward of the Layton Art Collection displayed at the Milwaukee Art Museum\, on the board of the Wisconsin Policy Forum\, and as a Trustee of the Higher Learning Commission.  \n\n\n\nMargaret (Maggie) Nettesheim Hoffmann is the Director of Graduate School Community Initiatives and Student Experience at Marquette University. She is also the PI for a $1.3M grant from the Mellon Foundation and the Humanities Without Walls consortium to Marquette. HWW is a consortium of 16 midwestern universities headquartered at the Humanities Research Institute at the University of Illinois\, Urbana-Champaign and aims to create new avenues for collaborative and interdisciplinary research\, publicly engaged scholarship\, and professional opportunities for faculty and graduate students in the humanities. She has consulted on humanities doctoral education reform with the American Council of Learned Societies\, American Historical Association\, the University of Texas\, Washington University in St. Louis\, the University of Pittsburgh\, and more. An historian by training\, her research tracks the transformation of philanthropy in the Unites States during the Gilded Age and Progressive era with a special focus on political discourses critical of private giving to public institutions and has published her work with Bloomsbury\, Adam Matthew\, and Marquette University Press.  \n\n\n\nPanel moderator Jennifer Johung is the Director of the Center for 21st Century Studies and Professor of Contemporary Art and Architectural History at UW-Milwaukee. Her book\, Vital Forms: Biological Art\, Architecture\, and the Dependencies of Life (University of Minnesota\, 2019)\, focuses on the ways in which contemporary biological art and architecture actively engage in formulations of life. She is also the author of Replacing Home: From Primordial Hut to Digital Network in Contemporary Art (University of Minnesota\, 2012) which considers modes of dwelling and belonging in an ever-changing world\, and the co-editor of Landscapes of Mobility: Culture\, Politics and Placemaking (Ashgate\, 2013). She has published widely on topics across performance\, visual\, and urban studies as well as bio-art and biotechnology. In addition to her research\, she has curated exhibitions in Milwaukee\, New York\, LA\, and Australia. With a background in performance studies\, she teaches courses in contemporary art\, new media\, performance\, and art museum studies. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGetting Here & FAQ\n\n\n\nWe recommend parking in the UWM Student Union parking garage or the Lubar Business parking garage\, which are $3 for the first hour\, then $1 for each additional hour. The Zelazo Surface Lot offers limited free parking after 3PM. Free\, time-limited street parking is available in the neighborhoods near Curtin Hall. \n\n\n\nCurtin Hall is the tall\, Brutalist building located just off Downer Ave. You can find us on this interactive campus map. \n\n\n\nThis event will not be livestreamed\, but it will be recorded and posted to C21’s YouTube channel at a later date. \n\n\n\nQuestions? Email us at C21@uwm.edu. \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. Space is limited. Prior registration is required. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/soh-mke/ LOCATION:Curtin 175\, 3243 N Downer Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Alumni & Community,Alumni & Community,Faculty and Staff,Faculty and Staff,Lectures Conferences and Symposiums,Lectures Conferences and Symposiums,Panel,Public,Public,SLOW,Slow Knowing,State of Humanities MKE,Students,Students,UWM Campus Events,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2025/09/SoH-MKE-TILE.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: GEO:43.0764916;-87.8785926 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave Milwaukee WI 53211 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3243 N Downer Ave:geo:-87.8785926,43.0764916 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251108T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251108T140000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20251001T164911Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251106T155235Z UID:10000871-1762603200-1762610400@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Story Cart: Attention with Symphony Swan – Memory Activation  DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, November 8\, 12-2 PM\n\n\n\nTHE CR8TV HOUSE\, Old North Milwaukee\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Memory Activation\n\n\n\nMemory Activation\, led by artist and THE CR8TV HOUSE founder Symphony Swan Zawadi\, focuses on the celebration and reconciliation of family histories through archival photographs\, artifacts\, and other forms of ephemera. \n\n\n\nThe work invites participants to tap into memory—unearthing and documenting personal and collective stories—as a way of building archives that reflect the full spectrum of the Black experience\, particularly in Milwaukee. This reflective practice is intentionally slow\, requiring quiet time with oneself in order to truly re-member. \n\n\n\nWe ask that participants bring photographs—old or new—from their personal collections as a starting point for their memory activation. Participants may bring original photographs\, physical copies of originals\, or print-ready digital images. Participants with digital images can share them with C21 in advance so that C21 staff can print them prior to the event’s start. Any original photographs brought to the workshop can be duplicated onsite to ensure the originals remain unharmed. \n\n\n\nBeyond the act of sitting with memory\, the impact of revisiting personal artifacts with others lies in sparking connection. By sharing and weaving together their experiences and stories\, participants create a sense of belonging that culminates in a collective mini-exhibition for the group. As bell hooks reminds us in Art on My Mind: “the word remember (re-member) evokes the coming together of severed parts\, fragments becoming whole.” (In Our Glory: Photography and Black Life\, p. 64). \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. Space is limited; 7 open spots remain as of November 6. Prior registration is required (below). \n\n\n\nPlease arrive no later than 12:00 PM and plan to stay for the duration of the workshop. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Symphony Swan\n\n\n\nSymphony Swan Zawadi is an artist\, cultural strategist\, and founder of THE CR8TV HOUSE\, an arts and community institution reimagining space\, storytelling\, support and memory keeping for Black and Brown creatives. With over a decade of experience spanning arts education\, nonprofit leadership\, and philanthropy\, Symphony brings a deep commitment to equity\, imagination\, and community care.   \n\n\n\nSymphony channels her interdisciplinary expertise into building creative ecosystems that honor legacy\, foster healing\, and invest in future generations. Her work has earned her recognition as the 2023 Milwaukeean of the Year by Shepherd Express\, 2024 Gener8tor Art Fellowship Recipient and most recently the 2025 City of Milwaukee Friends of the Arts. She also serves as a trustee for the Milwaukee Art Museum. She continues to advocate for artist-led systems change that reflect the communities they serve.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout CR8TV HOUSE & Story Cart\n\n\n\nTHE CR8TV HOUSE is a community art centered third space\, providing a platform for Black and Brown artists to explore\, critique\, celebrate\, and address community issues and triumphs through their artistic practices. \n\n\n\nStory Cart is a mobile story collection program that travels to community spaces and engages Milwaukeeans in conversations about their lived experiences. Our Story Fellows craft questions related to the current C21 research theme\, record participant responses to those questions\, and add them to our Story Cart digital archive (forthcoming). Supported by the Wisconsin Institute for Citizenship and Civil Dialogue\, Story Cart’s current run introduces Milwaukeeans to practices of radical attention. From September 2025 through May 2026\, our community Story Fellows will lead workshop pop-ups throughout the city and will record discussions with participants about the experience of paying attention. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/sc-symphony-swan-memory/ LOCATION:The CR8TV HOUSE CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Arts and Culture,Attention,Public,SLOW,Slow Care,Story Cart,UWM Campus Events,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2025/10/SC-Attn-Swan-Memory-Activation-Tile-IG-1.jpeg X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251115T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251115T163000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20251003T212138Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T165513Z UID:10000872-1763217000-1763224200@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Story Cart with Madeleine Doelker Berlin - The Listening / Soundbath of the Ordinary DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, November 15\, 2:30-4:30pm (retreat runs 12:30-4:30pm)\n\n\n\nHaggerty Museum of Art\, 1234 W Tory Hill St\n\n\n\nPart of the Community Art & Wellness Retreat; registration requested\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Listening / Soundbath of the Ordinary\n\n\n\nAt the Haggerty Museum of Art’s Community Art & Wellness Retreat\, we’ll attend to silence\, noise\, and everything in-between. \n\n\n\nThen\, we’ll talk about it\, recording our conversations for the Story Cart’s digital archive. \n\n\n\nAbout the Community Art & Wellness Retreat\n\n\n\nThe Haggerty Museum of Art invites you to become inspired\, rejuvenated and reminded of the powerful role art plays in our collective well-being.  \n\n\n\nRunning from 12:30 to 4:30pm\, this day of overlapping programming includes a talk by installation artist Jan Tichy\, a reflective artmaking activity led by art therapists Emily Drenovsky (Marquette University Wellness Center) and Jodi Brown (Mount Mary Graduate Student)\, contemplative dialogue with spiritual guide Heather Schmidt\, printmaking with art therapist Erica Browne\, weaving with artist Bryana Bibbs\, a performance by Catey Ott Dance Collective\, a sound bath by Melissa Blue Muhammad\, and attention activism with C21’s Story Cart. \n\n\n\nThe retreat celebrates the Haggerty’s No One Knows All It Takes\, an exhibition of work by four artists (Bryana Bibbs\, Raoul Deal\, Maria Gaspar\, and Swoon) who explore the effects of concealed trauma and the inextricable ties between personal health and collective wellness. By addressing issues like addiction\, incarceration\, immigration\, and a lack of systemic support for caregivers\, the artists emphasize the power of personal stories to illuminate problems that are often overlooked or purposefully hidden from view. Moving beyond self-care and individualized treatments\, the work directs us to some of the root causes of trauma and highlights systemic issues that undermine societal well-being. \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. Prior registration for the Community Art & Wellness Retreat is requested by the Haggerty Museum of Art. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Madeleine Doelker Berlin\n\n\n\nMadeleine Doelker Berlin (LPC-IT) is an Associate Licensed Professional Counselor\, Social Scientist\, and a few other things—like an immigrant\, a parent\, and someone who’s lived through big transitions. Born\, raised\, and partially professionally trained in Germany\, she has a background in social inequality research and a professional path that weaves through mental health\, public service\, and community advocacy. In both her life and work\, Madeleine brings an intersectional\, systems-aware lens to understanding how people move through the world. Her current work draws on liberation psychology\, existentialist psychology\, and feminist psychology to explore how personal healing is connected to social context\, meaning-making\, and resistance. She’s especially interested in the stories we carry\, the cultures that shape us\, and the quiet\, radical act of paying attention. Madeleine holds graduate degrees in Social Sciences and Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Her approach is grounded\, curious\, and deeply human. \n\n\n\nAbout Story Cart\n\n\n\nStory Cart is a mobile story collection program that travels to community spaces and engages Milwaukeeans in conversations about their lived experiences. Our Story Fellows craft questions related to the current C21 research theme\, record participant responses to those questions\, and add them to our Story Cart digital archive (forthcoming). Supported by the Wisconsin Institute for Citizenship and Civil Dialogue\, Story Cart’s current run introduces Milwaukeeans to practices of radical attention. From September 2025 through May 2026\, our community Story Fellows will lead workshop pop-ups throughout the city and will record discussions with participants about the experience of paying attention. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/sc-mdb-the-listening/ LOCATION:Marquette Haggerty Museum of Art\, 530 N 13th St\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53233\, United States CATEGORIES:Alumni & Community,Arts and Culture,Attention,Health and Well-being,Off-campus,Public,SLOW,Slow Care,Story Cart,Student Life,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2025/10/SC-MBD-Sound-Bath-IG-Tiles-1.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: GEO:43.0369968;-87.9277926 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Marquette Haggerty Museum of Art 530 N 13th St Milwaukee WI 53233 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=530 N 13th St:geo:-87.9277926,43.0369968 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251116T235900 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251116T235900 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20250917T214453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250917T214454Z UID:10000869-1763337540-1763337540@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Call for Graduate Public Humanities Programming DESCRIPTION:DEADLINE: November 16\, 2025\, 11:59 PM \n\n\n\nAPPLY NOW \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaster’s and Doctoral students in any discipline at UW-Milwaukee are invited to propose an event or program to the Center for 21st Century Studies for the Spring 2026 semester. Selected submissions will be developed in collaboration with C21 staff and will be provided with a working budget of $1\,000. This event programming offers a hands-on opportunity that will make a strong addition to any graduate CV. Applications may be submitted by individual students or groups. C21 reserves the right to have final approval of all projects.   \n\n\n\nC21 is seeking proposals that take up the theme of Slow Care. The theme invites graduates to investigate critical questions surrounding slowness\, attention\, and practices of care for the self\, community health\, and mutual aid. Proposals might consider how thoughtful and deliberate care can support resilience\, foster collective well-being\, or address the social and health needs of Milwaukee communities.   \n\n\n\nProposals MUST: \n\n\n\n\nBe rooted in\, or linked to\, humanities practices\n\n\n\nInclude a component that is accessible to the public\n\n\n\nBe achievable by May 17\, 2026 with a $1k budget\n\n\n\nMust comply with UWM rules\, regulations\, and spending restrictions\n\n\n\n\nPossible events might include (but are not limited to): \n\n\n\n\nPublic workshops \n\n\n\nSymposium  \n\n\n\nVisual art exhibitions \n\n\n\nOriginal live performances \n\n\n\nFilm screenings \n\n\n\nExperimental museum education programming \n\n\n\nOther public humanities programming\n\n\n\n\nIn addition to funding\, C21 staff can provide in-kind support in coordinating logistics\, making connections\, and communicating about the project or any public events\, and limited graphic design support. The event(s) will be included in C21’s event calendar and promoted as a C21-supported program. C21 can also provide a dedicated working space for programming endeavors\, which may include private office space and/or access to one of three reservable meeting spaces. \n\n\n\nPlease note that funds are provided by UWM. Expenditures must therefore adhere to any regulations\, guidelines\, or restrictions mandated by UWM and the College of Letters & Science. \n\n\n\n**C21’s theme for 2025-2026 is Slow Care. Across health\, climate\, labor\, technology and more\, we ask how pacing affects the institutions\, policies\, cultural infrastructures\, and social and political processes that support or disassemble an ethic of care. We welcome multiple interpretations of this open topic\, including explorations of time\, pace\, and speed as they relate to pressing issues oof our time and/or work inside and outside the university. Methodological\, pedagogical\, and research topical interests are all welcome in relation to this theme.  URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/call-for-graduate-public-humanities-programming/ CATEGORIES:Academic Dates and Deadlines,Academic Dates and Deadlines,Career and Leadership Development,Career and Leadership Development,Graduate Students,Students,Students ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2025/09/C4GPHP-Tile.jpeg X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251121T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251121T153000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20251009T204251Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T164857Z UID:10000874-1763733600-1763739000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Slow AI: A Human Training Workshop DESCRIPTION:Friday\, November 21\, 2:00 – 3:30 PM\n\n\n\nGolda Meir Library Fourth Floor Conference Center\n\n\n\n\nPrompting isn’t just for ChatGPT. In this workshop\, we’ll return our attention to older ways of writing and thinking that get hijacked by – but are also prototypes for – contemporary productivity models. \n\n\n\nThe first ten attendees to register will receive a notebook and pen. \n\n\n\nThis event is brought to you by the Human Club\, Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece\, Ann Hanlon\, and Anne Pycha. \n\n\n\nFree and open to the public. Space is limited. Registration is required. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/slow-ai-a-human-training-workshop/ LOCATION:Golda Meir Library Fourth Floor Conference Center\, 2311 E Hartford Ave\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Faculty and Staff,Human Club,Public,Public,SLOW,Slow Care,Students,UWM Campus Events,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2025/10/Slow-AI-Quick-Square.jpeg X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251205T235900 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251205T235900 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20251009T190240Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251009T190241Z UID:10000873-1764979140-1764979140@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Call for Research Fellows DESCRIPTION:DEADLINE: December 5\, 2025\, 11:59 PM \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBackground\n\n\n\nA UW System Center of Excellence\, UWM’s Center for 21st Century Studies (C21)\, builds a community of scholars to address the pressing issues of our time. Each year\, C21 offers fellowships to UWM faculty and academic staff that provide the time\, space\, and collegial support to generate new knowledge and ideas. C21 centers the humanities in its belief that innovation comes from diversity of opinions\, disciplines\, and experiences.  \n\n\n\nTheme\n\n\n\nIn dialogue with our advisory council and community partners\, C21 has identified SLOW as the theme that informs our offerings for three years (2024-2027). Slow movements—across food\, cities\, science\, scholarship\, and beyond — call attention to embodied processes of building and maintaining collective life that resist the fast-paced efficiency models\, rapid rewards\, and short attention spans that increasingly dominate human responses to 21st century social\, political\, and ecological challenges. The theme is intentionally broad to capture a wide range of scholarship and practice while encouraging innovative methodologies.    \n\n\n\nC21’s 2026-2027 programming focuses on SLOW ACTION. Building upon slow knowing and slow care\, C21 explores the practices\, methodologies\, histories\, and theories of collective organizing across communities and institutions\, with a focus on building values-rooted systems and deliberate\, actionable pathways that endure over time to support shared goals. We welcome multiple interpretations of this open topic\, including explorations of attention and pace as they relate to organizing around the pressing issues of our time and/or work inside and outside the university. Methodological\, pedagogical\, and research topical interests are all welcome in relation to this theme.     \n\n\n\nResearch Projects\n\n\n\nApplicants should propose a research project related to this thematic area.  Projects can be individual or collaborative.  Examples of projects include: \n\n\n\n\nResearching / preparing material for public presentation in a wide variety of forms including (but not limited to) monographs\, essays\, podcasts\, performances; art installation/exhibits\, community programs; digital interfaces; archives or artifacts.    \n\n\n\nResearching for / development of large-scale collaborative projects (grant proposals\, building networks etc.).   \n\n\n\nResearching / preparing syllabi for innovative\, interdisciplinary team-teaching initiatives or credit-bearing programs such as certificates\, minors\, degrees. \n\n\n\n\nTerms/Eligibility for UWM Faculty*\n\n\n\nUWM faculty who hold the rank of assistant\, associate\, or full professor may apply. Faculty Fellows in the College of Letters and Science receive a reduction in their teaching responsibilities by one course per semester and will be relieved of major committee work.* Applicants must seek approval from their department chairs before applying; C21 does not provide course buyouts for course reductions. C21 will provide each Fellow with access to our inspiring office spaces on the ninth floor of Curtin Hall. Fellows are expected to participate in C21 Fellows’ research seminars and to attend C21 public programs throughout the year. No one may hold a C21 fellowship more than once in a three-year period. Active C21 Fellows may not serve on the C21 Advisory Council in the same year.    \n\n\n\n*Faculty outside of the College of Letters and Science must seek pre-approval from their department Chairs and Deans to support course reductions before applying.  \n\n\n\nTerms/Eligibility for UWM Academic Staff**\n\n\n\nUWM academic staff may apply for a fellowship. In these cases\, C21 will work with academic staff in the College of Letters and Science on a case-by-case basis to determine a reduced course load.* Applicants must seek approval from their department chairs before applying; C21 does not provide course buyouts for course reductions. C21 provides each Fellow with access to our inspiring office spaces on the ninth floor of Curtin Hall. Fellows are expected to participate in C21 Fellows’ research seminars and to attend C21 public programs throughout the year. No one may hold a C21 fellowship more than once in a three-year period. Active C21 Fellows may not serve on the C21 Advisory Council in the same year.     **Academic staff outside of the College of Letters and Science must seek pre-approval from their department Chairs and Deans to support course reductions before applying.  \n\n\n\nProcedures\n\n\n\nApplication Deadline:   Friday\, December 5\, 2025\, 11:59 PM  \n\n\n\nSubmit a single PDF including the following components as an email attachment to c21@uwm.edu: \n\n\n\n\nan application cover sheet \n\nNOTE: Your chair must sign the cover sheet to confirm that they are aware and willing to have your teaching load reduced and have you released from service.\n\n\n\n\n\na four-page statement (roughly 1\,000 words) that describes your research project and specifically addresses: \n\na) your project’s relation to C21’s theme\n\n\n\nb) how it fits into your past research (if applicable) and future research plans\n\n\n\nc) how being part of a community of scholars addressing the pressing issues of our time will benefit you and the project\n\n\n\n\n\na curriculum vitae/resume\n\n\n\na recent offprint\, manuscript (article length)\, or example of your work that best demonstrates your capacity to complete your proposed project.\n\n\n\n\nIf you are applying in collaboration (two people)\, please follow these same guidelines (submit just one\, four-page statement) and add cv/resumes and research/writing samples for each applicant. \n\n\n\nEmailed applications should have the subject line “C21 [YEAR] Research Fellow Application – [LAST NAME].” \n\n\n\nQuestions? Email c21@uwm.edu. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/call-for-research-fellows/ CATEGORIES:Academic Dates and Deadlines,Academic Dates and Deadlines,Career and Leadership Development,Career and Leadership Development,Graduate Students,Students,Students ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2025/10/C4RF_Square.jpg X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260212T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260212T120000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20260112T011954Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260129T180118Z UID:10000892-1770894000-1770897600@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Language as Collaborator: Co-Creating with Thinking Machines DESCRIPTION:Kenilworth Square East Gallery\, 2155 N Prospect Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI 53202\n\n\n\nFree and open to the public; prior registration required\n\n\n\nFebruary 12\, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout\n\n\n\nTo coincide with the exhibition Generation to Generation: Conversing with Kindred Technologies by Nathaniel Stern and Sasha Stiles\, this workshop with the artists explores language as a vital creative material and as a medium for collaborative authorship. Through hands-on experimentation\, participants will engage questions of imagination\, translation\, and meaning-making in the age of AI. \n\n\n\nThis event is part of the Center for 21st Century Studies’ Aesthetics\, Art\, & AI series\, produced in collaboration with the Center for the Humanities at UW-Madison\, with support from the Consortium for Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI). \n\n\n\nSpace is limited to 25 participants. Prior registration is required. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSasha Stiles\n\n\n\nSasha Stiles is a first-generation Kalmyk-American poet\, artist and AI researcher whose work bridges tradition and innovation through hybrid poetics\, generative imagination and collaborative intelligence. Her transmedia practice reframes poetry as both art and technology — a means of encoding human experience across space and time — and blends word\, image and algorithm to explore the role of human voice in a digital age.  \n\n\n\nSince 2018\, Stiles has been at the forefront of human-machine co-creation\, using language as a lens to probe the promise and peril of creative technologies like machine learning and blockchain. Her experiments and insights have established her as a leading voice in creative AI\, and a thoughtful contributor to the global conversation about the future of art\, technology\, and humanity. From Technelegy (2021) — a first-of-its-kind poetry and art collection co-authored with a personalized AI model and praised by Ray Kurzweil — to award-winning projects such as “Cursive Binary” and “Repetae\,” Stiles continually pushes the boundaries of expression\, situating AI within the broader question of what it means to be human in an increasingly posthuman world. Stiles’ work has been recognized by the Prix Ars Electronica\, Sigg Art Prize\, Lumen Prize\, Women in AI Awards\, and Future.Art.Awards; featured in Artforum\, Christie’s\, NPR\, The Washington Post\, and Poets & Writers; and exhibited and performed internationally\, from Lincoln Center and the V&A to MoMA\, Art Basel\, Kunsthalle Zurich\, Outernet London\, New York’s Times Square\, and Tokyo’s Shibuya Crossing.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNathaniel Stern\n\n\n\nNathaniel Stern is an artist and writer\, Fulbright and NSF grantee and professor\, interventionist and public citizen. He has produced and collaborated on projects ranging from ecological\, participatory\, and online interventions\, interactive\, immersive\, and mixed reality environments\, to prints\, sculptures\, videos\, performances. and hybrid forms. His first book\, Interactive Art and Embodiment: The Implicit Body as Performance (Gylphi 2013)\, takes a close look at the stakes for interactive and digital art\, and Ecological Aesthetics: artful tactics for humans\, nature\, and politics (Dartmouth 2018) is a creative and scholarly collection of stories about art\, artists\, and their materials\, which argues that ecology\, aesthetics\, and ethics are inherently interconnected\, and together act as the cornerstone for all contemporary arts practices. Stern’s ongoing work with startups and industry\, on the other hand\, has helped launch dozens of new businesses\, products\, and ideas. He has been featured in the likes of the Wall Street Journal\, Guardian UK\, Huffington Post\, Daily Mail\, Washington Post\, Daily News\, BBC’s Today show\, WIRED\, Boing Boing\, Gizmodo\, PetaPixel\, M Magazine\, Time\, Forbes\, Fast Company\, Scientific American\, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel\, Leonardo Journal of Art\, Science and Technology\, Rhizome\, Furtherfield\, Turbulence\, and more. According to Chicago’s widely popular Bad at Sports art podcast\, Stern has “the most varied and strange bio of maybe anyone ever on the show\,” and South Africa’s Live Out Loud magazine calls him a “prolific scholar” as well as artist\, whose work is “quite possibly some of the most relevant around.” “Technological\, thought-provoking and unexpected” (NPR) he’s been dubbed one of Milwaukee’s “avant-garde” (Journal Sentinel)\, called ”an interesting and prolific fixture” (Artthrob.co.za) behind many “multimedia experiments” (Time.com)\, “accessible and abstract simultaneously” (Art and Electronic Media web site)\, someone “with starry\, starry eyes” (Wired.com) who “makes an obscene amount of work in an obscene amount of ways” (Bad at Sports) – both “bizarre and beautiful” (Gizmodo). According to Cory Doctorow at Boing Boing\, Stern makes “beautiful\, glitched out art-images\,” and Caleb A. Scharf at Scientific American says Stern’s art is “tremendous fun\,” and “fascinating” in how it is “investigating the possibilities of human interaction and art.” URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/aaai-workshop/ LOCATION:Kenilworth Square East Gallery\, 2155 N. Prospect Ave.\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, United States CATEGORIES:Aesthetics, Art, & AI,Arts and Culture,Arts and Culture,Faculty and Staff,Faculty and Staff,Graduate Students,Public,Public,SLOW,Slow Care,UWM Campus Events,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2026/01/AAAI-G2G-Workshop-Square-v2.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260212T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260212T190000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20260112T001459Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260122T194040Z UID:10000878-1770894000-1770922800@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Generation to Generation: Conversing with Kindred Technologies (Opening Day) DESCRIPTION:Kenilworth Square East Gallery\, 2155 N Prospect Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI 53202\n\n\n\nFree and open to the public\n\n\n\nFebruary 12\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOpening Day EventsWorkshop (registration required)11:00 AM – 12:00 PMGallery Walkthrough2:00 PM – 3:00 PMPanel Discussion (registration requested)3:00 PM – 4:30 PMOpening Reception5:00 PM – 7:00 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout\n\n\n\nArtists Sasha Stiles and Nathaniel Stern install their show Generation to Generation: Conversing with Kindred Technologies for a week-long run at Kenilworth Square East Gallery from February 12 to 20. Join Stern\, Stiles\, and The Brooklyn Rail editor-at-large Charlotte Kent for a workshop\, gallery walk\, panel on AI and contemporary art\, and opening reception with light refreshments on Thursday\, February 12.    \n\n\n\nAI is a transformational force in human history\, akin to the rise of language itself\, the printing press or our harnessing of electricity\, unlocking new realms of imagination and awareness. Yet its discourse is fraught with fear\, misunderstanding\, and disconnection. By blending Artificial Intelligence with more traditional artistic expression\, Generation to Generation: Conversing with Kindred Technologies cultivates new pathways for imagination while nurturing the roots of our creative inheritance\, and the always-evolving dialogue between art and innovation.   \n\n\n\nThis groundbreaking exhibition illuminates the intertwined evolution of humanity and technology\, inviting viewers to reconsider the relationship between humans and the tools we invent through an immersive fusion of sculptures\, prints\, electronics\, music\, movement\, and poetry\, all born from creative collaboration with AI.  \n\n\n\nThis exhibition is part of the Center for 21st Century Studies’ Aesthetics\, Art\, & AI series\, produced in collaboration with the Center for the Humanities at UW-Madison\, with support from the Consortium for Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGallery Hours\n\n\n\n\nFeb 12: 11 AM – 7 PM\n\n\n\nFeb 13: 11 AM – 6 PM\n\n\n\nFeb 14: 11 AM – 6 PM\n\n\n\nFeb 17: 12 PM – 6 PM\n\n\n\nFeb 18: 12 PM – 6 PM\n\n\n\nFeb 19: 12 PM – 6 PM\n\n\n\nFeb 20: 11 AM – 6 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artists\n\n\n\nSasha Stiles is a first-generation Kalmyk-American poet\, artist and AI researcher whose work bridges tradition and innovation through hybrid poetics\, generative imagination and collaborative intelligence. Her transmedia practice reframes poetry as both art and technology — a means of encoding human experience across space and time — and blends word\, image and algorithm to explore the role of human voice in a digital age.  \n\n\n\nSince 2018\, Stiles has been at the forefront of human-machine co-creation\, using language as a lens to probe the promise and peril of creative technologies like machine learning and blockchain. Her experiments and insights have established her as a leading voice in creative AI\, and a thoughtful contributor to the global conversation about the future of art\, technology\, and humanity. From Technelegy (2021) — a first-of-its-kind poetry and art collection co-authored with a personalized AI model and praised by Ray Kurzweil — to award-winning projects such as “Cursive Binary” and “Repetae\,” Stiles continually pushes the boundaries of expression\, situating AI within the broader question of what it means to be human in an increasingly posthuman world. Stiles’ work has been recognized by the Prix Ars Electronica\, Sigg Art Prize\, Lumen Prize\, Women in AI Awards\, and Future.Art.Awards; featured in Artforum\, Christie’s\, NPR\, The Washington Post\, and Poets & Writers; and exhibited and performed internationally\, from Lincoln Center and the V&A to MoMA\, Art Basel\, Kunsthalle Zurich\, Outernet London\, New York’s Times Square\, and Tokyo’s Shibuya Crossing.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNathaniel Stern is an artist and writer\, Fulbright and NSF grantee and professor\, interventionist and public citizen. He has produced and collaborated on projects ranging from ecological\, participatory\, and online interventions\, interactive\, immersive\, and mixed reality environments\, to prints\, sculptures\, videos\, performances. and hybrid forms. His first book\, Interactive Art and Embodiment: The Implicit Body as Performance (Gylphi 2013)\, takes a close look at the stakes for interactive and digital art\, and Ecological Aesthetics: artful tactics for humans\, nature\, and politics (Dartmouth 2018) is a creative and scholarly collection of stories about art\, artists\, and their materials\, which argues that ecology\, aesthetics\, and ethics are inherently interconnected\, and together act as the cornerstone for all contemporary arts practices. Stern’s ongoing work with startups and industry\, on the other hand\, has helped launch dozens of new businesses\, products\, and ideas. He has been featured in the likes of the Wall Street Journal\, Guardian UK\, Huffington Post\, Daily Mail\, Washington Post\, Daily News\, BBC’s Today show\, WIRED\, Boing Boing\, Gizmodo\, PetaPixel\, M Magazine\, Time\, Forbes\, Fast Company\, Scientific American\, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel\, Leonardo Journal of Art\, Science and Technology\, Rhizome\, Furtherfield\, Turbulence\, and more. According to Chicago’s widely popular Bad at Sports art podcast\, Stern has “the most varied and strange bio of maybe anyone ever on the show\,” and South Africa’s Live Out Loud magazine calls him a “prolific scholar” as well as artist\, whose work is “quite possibly some of the most relevant around.” “Technological\, thought-provoking and unexpected” (NPR) he’s been dubbed one of Milwaukee’s “avant-garde” (Journal Sentinel)\, called ”an interesting and prolific fixture” (Artthrob.co.za) behind many “multimedia experiments” (Time.com)\, “accessible and abstract simultaneously” (Art and Electronic Media web site)\, someone “with starry\, starry eyes” (Wired.com) who “makes an obscene amount of work in an obscene amount of ways” (Bad at Sports) – both “bizarre and beautiful” (Gizmodo). According to Cory Doctorow at Boing Boing\, Stern makes “beautiful\, glitched out art-images\,” and Caleb A. Scharf at Scientific American says Stern’s art is “tremendous fun\,” and “fascinating” in how it is “investigating the possibilities of human interaction and art.” URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/gen-to-gen-opening/ LOCATION:Kenilworth Square East Gallery\, 2155 N. Prospect Ave.\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, United States CATEGORIES:Aesthetics, Art, & AI,Arts and Culture,Arts and Culture,Exhibit,Faculty and Staff,Faculty and Staff,Public,Public,SLOW,Slow Care,Students,Students,UWM Campus Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2026/01/AAAI-Opening-Day-Square.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260212T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260212T163000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20260111T224706Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T022517Z UID:10000885-1770908400-1770913800@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Generations and Generativity: Post-AI Aesthetics in Practice DESCRIPTION:Kenilworth Square East Gallery\, 2155 N Prospect Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI 53202\n\n\n\nFree and open to the public\, prior registration requested\n\n\n\nFebruary 12\, 3:00 – 4:30 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout\n\n\n\nJoin the Center for 21st Century Studies\, artist-technologist Nathaniel Stern\, poet-researcher Sasha Stiles\, and The Brooklyn Rail editor-at-large Charlotte Kent for a panel discussion about the boundaries between human and machine-generated cultural production.    \n\n\n\nAfter the panel\, catch the opening reception for  Generation to Generation: Conversing with Kindred Technologies\, a collaborative contemporary art exhibition by Nathaniel Stern and Sasha Stiles. \n\n\n\nThis event is part of the Center for 21st Century Studies’ Aesthetics\, Art\, & AI series\, produced in collaboration with the Center for the Humanities at UW-Madison\, with support from the Consortium for Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI). \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSasha Stiles\n\n\n\nSasha Stiles is a first-generation Kalmyk-American poet\, artist and AI researcher whose work bridges tradition and innovation through hybrid poetics\, generative imagination and collaborative intelligence. Her transmedia practice reframes poetry as both art and technology — a means of encoding human experience across space and time — and blends word\, image and algorithm to explore the role of human voice in a digital age.  \n\n\n\nSince 2018\, Stiles has been at the forefront of human-machine co-creation\, using language as a lens to probe the promise and peril of creative technologies like machine learning and blockchain. Her experiments and insights have established her as a leading voice in creative AI\, and a thoughtful contributor to the global conversation about the future of art\, technology\, and humanity. From Technelegy (2021) — a first-of-its-kind poetry and art collection co-authored with a personalized AI model and praised by Ray Kurzweil — to award-winning projects such as “Cursive Binary” and “Repetae\,” Stiles continually pushes the boundaries of expression\, situating AI within the broader question of what it means to be human in an increasingly posthuman world. Stiles’ work has been recognized by the Prix Ars Electronica\, Sigg Art Prize\, Lumen Prize\, Women in AI Awards\, and Future.Art.Awards; featured in Artforum\, Christie’s\, NPR\, The Washington Post\, and Poets & Writers; and exhibited and performed internationally\, from Lincoln Center and the V&A to MoMA\, Art Basel\, Kunsthalle Zurich\, Outernet London\, New York’s Times Square\, and Tokyo’s Shibuya Crossing.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNathaniel Stern\n\n\n\nNathaniel Stern is an artist and writer\, Fulbright and NSF grantee and professor\, interventionist and public citizen. He has produced and collaborated on projects ranging from ecological\, participatory\, and online interventions\, interactive\, immersive\, and mixed reality environments\, to prints\, sculptures\, videos\, performances. and hybrid forms. His first book\, Interactive Art and Embodiment: The Implicit Body as Performance (Gylphi 2013)\, takes a close look at the stakes for interactive and digital art\, and Ecological Aesthetics: artful tactics for humans\, nature\, and politics (Dartmouth 2018) is a creative and scholarly collection of stories about art\, artists\, and their materials\, which argues that ecology\, aesthetics\, and ethics are inherently interconnected\, and together act as the cornerstone for all contemporary arts practices. Stern’s ongoing work with startups and industry\, on the other hand\, has helped launch dozens of new businesses\, products\, and ideas. He has been featured in the likes of the Wall Street Journal\, Guardian UK\, Huffington Post\, Daily Mail\, Washington Post\, Daily News\, BBC’s Today show\, WIRED\, Boing Boing\, Gizmodo\, PetaPixel\, M Magazine\, Time\, Forbes\, Fast Company\, Scientific American\, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel\, Leonardo Journal of Art\, Science and Technology\, Rhizome\, Furtherfield\, Turbulence\, and more. According to Chicago’s widely popular Bad at Sports art podcast\, Stern has “the most varied and strange bio of maybe anyone ever on the show\,” and South Africa’s Live Out Loud magazine calls him a “prolific scholar” as well as artist\, whose work is “quite possibly some of the most relevant around.” “Technological\, thought-provoking and unexpected” (NPR) he’s been dubbed one of Milwaukee’s “avant-garde” (Journal Sentinel)\, called ”an interesting and prolific fixture” (Artthrob.co.za) behind many “multimedia experiments” (Time.com)\, “accessible and abstract simultaneously” (Art and Electronic Media web site)\, someone “with starry\, starry eyes” (Wired.com) who “makes an obscene amount of work in an obscene amount of ways” (Bad at Sports) – both “bizarre and beautiful” (Gizmodo). According to Cory Doctorow at Boing Boing\, Stern makes “beautiful\, glitched out art-images\,” and Caleb A. Scharf at Scientific American says Stern’s art is “tremendous fun\,” and “fascinating” in how it is “investigating the possibilities of human interaction and art.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCharlotte Kent\n\n\n\nCharlotte Kent\, PhD\, is Associate Professor of Visual Culture and Head of Visual and Critical Studies at Montclair State University. She is co-editor with Katherine Guinness of the book\, “Contemporary Absurdities\, Existential Crises\, and Visual Art” (Intellect Books) and an Editor-at-Large for The Brooklyn Rail with a monthly column on Art & Technology\, contributing to many arts magazines and academic journals about the intersection of contemporary art\, digital culture\, and ecological systems. Raised abroad and near Times Square\, she most recently co-authored “Midnight Moment: A Decade of Artists in Times Square” (Phaidon Press\, 2024). Her research on the social implications of contemporary art’s creative misuse of 21st century technologies continues with “Contemporary Art and Technology: Rethinking Systems\, Crises\, and the Absurd” (forthcoming\, Routledge’s Art and Science After 1750 series). She is the recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Dangers and Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the Humanities (2024-2026) for research on concepts of agency as exhibited in arts intersection with “AI” as well as the term’s diverse meanings across disciplines; this research has also been supported by Google’s Artist + Machine Intelligence program (2023\, 2024). In 2023\, she was the inaugural Scholar-in-Residence at NXT Museum\, where she co-curated with Jesse Damiani the RealTime exhibit\, “Lilypads: Mediating Exponential Systems.”   URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/gen-to-gen-panel/ LOCATION:Kenilworth Square East Gallery\, 2155 N. Prospect Ave.\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, United States CATEGORIES:Aesthetics, Art, & AI,Arts and Culture,Arts and Culture,Faculty and Staff,Faculty and Staff,Lectures Conferences and Symposiums,Panel,Public,Public,SLOW,Slow Care,UWM Campus Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2026/01/AAAI-G2G-Panel-Event-Square-1.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260213T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260213T180000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20260114T211556Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T191917Z UID:10000896-1770980400-1771005600@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Generation to Generation: Conversing with Kindred Technologies DESCRIPTION:Kenilworth Square East Gallery\, 2155 N Prospect Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI 53202\n\n\n\nFree and open to the public\n\n\n\nFebruary 12-20\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nFeb 12: 11 AM – 7 PM\n\n\n\nFeb 13: 11 AM – 6 PM\n\n\n\nFeb 14: 11 AM – 6 PM\n\n\n\nFeb 17: 12 PM – 6 PM\n\n\n\nFeb 18: 12 PM – 6 PM\n\n\n\nFeb 19: 12 PM – 6 PM\n\n\n\nFeb 20: 11 AM – 6 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout\n\n\n\nArtists Sasha Stiles and Nathaniel Stern install their show Generation to Generation: Conversing with Kindred Technologies for a week-long run at Kenilworth Square East Gallery from February 12 to 20.     \n\n\n\nAI is a transformational force in human history\, akin to the rise of language itself\, the printing press or our harnessing of electricity\, unlocking new realms of imagination and awareness. Yet its discourse is fraught with fear\, misunderstanding\, and disconnection. By blending Artificial Intelligence with more traditional artistic expression\, Generation to Generation: Conversing with Kindred Technologies cultivates new pathways for imagination while nurturing the roots of our creative inheritance\, and the always-evolving dialogue between art and innovation.   \n\n\n\nThis groundbreaking exhibition illuminates the intertwined evolution of humanity and technology\, inviting viewers to reconsider the relationship between humans and the tools we invent through an immersive fusion of sculptures\, prints\, electronics\, music\, movement\, and poetry\, all born from creative collaboration with AI.  \n\n\n\nThis exhibition is part of the Center for 21st Century Studies’ Aesthetics\, Art\, & AI series\, produced in collaboration with the Center for the Humanities at UW-Madison\, with support from the Consortium for Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSasha Stiles\n\n\n\nSasha Stiles is a first-generation Kalmyk-American poet\, artist and AI researcher whose work bridges tradition and innovation through hybrid poetics\, generative imagination and collaborative intelligence. Her transmedia practice reframes poetry as both art and technology — a means of encoding human experience across space and time — and blends word\, image and algorithm to explore the role of human voice in a digital age.  \n\n\n\nSince 2018\, Stiles has been at the forefront of human-machine co-creation\, using language as a lens to probe the promise and peril of creative technologies like machine learning and blockchain. Her experiments and insights have established her as a leading voice in creative AI\, and a thoughtful contributor to the global conversation about the future of art\, technology\, and humanity. From Technelegy (2021) — a first-of-its-kind poetry and art collection co-authored with a personalized AI model and praised by Ray Kurzweil — to award-winning projects such as “Cursive Binary” and “Repetae\,” Stiles continually pushes the boundaries of expression\, situating AI within the broader question of what it means to be human in an increasingly posthuman world. Stiles’ work has been recognized by the Prix Ars Electronica\, Sigg Art Prize\, Lumen Prize\, Women in AI Awards\, and Future.Art.Awards; featured in Artforum\, Christie’s\, NPR\, The Washington Post\, and Poets & Writers; and exhibited and performed internationally\, from Lincoln Center and the V&A to MoMA\, Art Basel\, Kunsthalle Zurich\, Outernet London\, New York’s Times Square\, and Tokyo’s Shibuya Crossing.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNathaniel Stern\n\n\n\nNathaniel Stern is an artist and writer\, Fulbright and NSF grantee and professor\, interventionist and public citizen. He has produced and collaborated on projects ranging from ecological\, participatory\, and online interventions\, interactive\, immersive\, and mixed reality environments\, to prints\, sculptures\, videos\, performances. and hybrid forms. His first book\, Interactive Art and Embodiment: The Implicit Body as Performance (Gylphi 2013)\, takes a close look at the stakes for interactive and digital art\, and Ecological Aesthetics: artful tactics for humans\, nature\, and politics (Dartmouth 2018) is a creative and scholarly collection of stories about art\, artists\, and their materials\, which argues that ecology\, aesthetics\, and ethics are inherently interconnected\, and together act as the cornerstone for all contemporary arts practices. Stern’s ongoing work with startups and industry\, on the other hand\, has helped launch dozens of new businesses\, products\, and ideas. He has been featured in the likes of the Wall Street Journal\, Guardian UK\, Huffington Post\, Daily Mail\, Washington Post\, Daily News\, BBC’s Today show\, WIRED\, Boing Boing\, Gizmodo\, PetaPixel\, M Magazine\, Time\, Forbes\, Fast Company\, Scientific American\, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel\, Leonardo Journal of Art\, Science and Technology\, Rhizome\, Furtherfield\, Turbulence\, and more. According to Chicago’s widely popular Bad at Sports art podcast\, Stern has “the most varied and strange bio of maybe anyone ever on the show\,” and South Africa’s Live Out Loud magazine calls him a “prolific scholar” as well as artist\, whose work is “quite possibly some of the most relevant around.” “Technological\, thought-provoking and unexpected” (NPR) he’s been dubbed one of Milwaukee’s “avant-garde” (Journal Sentinel)\, called ”an interesting and prolific fixture” (Artthrob.co.za) behind many “multimedia experiments” (Time.com)\, “accessible and abstract simultaneously” (Art and Electronic Media web site)\, someone “with starry\, starry eyes” (Wired.com) who “makes an obscene amount of work in an obscene amount of ways” (Bad at Sports) – both “bizarre and beautiful” (Gizmodo). According to Cory Doctorow at Boing Boing\, Stern makes “beautiful\, glitched out art-images\,” and Caleb A. Scharf at Scientific American says Stern’s art is “tremendous fun\,” and “fascinating” in how it is “investigating the possibilities of human interaction and art.” URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/aaai-gen-to-gen-2/ LOCATION:Kenilworth Square East Gallery\, 2155 N. Prospect Ave.\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, United States CATEGORIES:Aesthetics, Art, & AI,Arts and Culture,Arts and Culture,Exhibit,Faculty and Staff,Faculty and Staff,Public,Public,SLOW,Slow Care,Students,UWM Campus Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2026/01/AAAI-Exhibition-Square-3-1.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260214T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260214T120000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20260121T184423Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260121T184425Z UID:10000899-1771063200-1771070400@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Story Cart With Adam Carr - Crystal Quest DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, February 14\, 10:00am-12:00pm\n\n\n\nThomas A. Greene Geological Museum\, Lapham Hall\, Room 3663209 N. Maryland Ave.\n\n\n\nPart of Darwin Day (10:00am-3:00pm); free and open to the public\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCrystal Quest\n\n\n\nAt the Greene Geological Museum’s Darwin Day celebration\, we’ll ask you to find the mineral that moves you the most. Who knows? Maybe you’ll glean some ancient wisdom from a rock of ages. \n\n\n\nThen\, we’ll ask you to talk about it with Story Fellow Adam Carr while we record your conversation for the Story Cart’s digital archive. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Adam Carr\n\n\n\nAdam  Carr  is an independent writer\, artist\, journalist\, community historian and organizer based in Milwaukee. Carr was director of strategic partnerships at Milwaukee Park Foundation from 2022-2025 and producer at 88Nine RadioMilwaukee from 2008-2011. Working in communities throughout Milwaukee\, his work ranges from journalism to public art\, film/photography to coalition building\, dialogue facilitation to community history\, writing to in-depth tours.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Darwin Day\n\n\n\nThomas A. Greene Geological Museum invites you to celebrate Darwin Day\, a public outreach event celebrating the life and times of one of the most brilliant and influential Victorian naturalists\, Charles R. Darwin. Darwin was an avid geologist and biologist who most famously developed the theory of natural selection—one of the driving mechanisms behind biological evolution—published in his seminal work: On the Origin of Species. Today\, this theory forms the foundation for many of our natural sciences. Darwin Day is a national celebration of Darwin’s scientific legacy typically held on (or near) his birthday. \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to guests of all ages. Many wonderful geological and biological specimens will be available to observe\, with volunteers on hand to explain their fascinating histories. Learning tables will focus on the natural history of Wisconsin and the contributions of the Thomas A. Greene to our understanding of local geology\, with many rare and beautiful samples on display in the Greene Geological Museum. Other activities will be available throughout the day\, including scientific lectures presented by UWM scientists and guest speakers\, coloring and crafts for young kids\, and free planetarium shows. See this activities list and schedule of events for more information. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Story Cart\n\n\n\nStory Cart is a mobile story collection program that travels to community spaces and engages Milwaukeeans in conversations about their lived experiences. Our Story Fellows craft questions related to the current C21 research theme\, record participant responses to those questions\, and add them to our Story Cart digital archive (forthcoming). Supported by the Wisconsin Institute for Citizenship and Civil Dialogue\, Story Cart’s current run introduces Milwaukeeans to practices of radical attention. From September 2025 through May 2026\, our community Story Fellows will lead workshop pop-ups throughout the city and will record discussions with participants about the experience of paying attention. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/crystal-quest/ LOCATION:Thomas A. Greene Geological Museum\, 3209 N. Maryland Ave.\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Alumni & Community,Alumni & Community,Arts and Culture,Arts and Culture,Attention,Co-Promotional,Exhibit,Public,Public,SLOW,Slow Care,Story Cart,Students,Students,UWM Campus Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2026/01/SCAttn-Crystal-Quest-Tile-2.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260218T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260218T193000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20260117T234013Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260209T154608Z UID:10000897-1771437600-1771443000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Practices\, Not Prophecies: An Interdisciplinary AI Conversation  DESCRIPTION:Kenilworth Square East Galley\, 2155 N Prospect Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI 53202\n\n\n\nFree and open to the public\n\n\n\nFebruary 18\, 6:00 – 7:30 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout\n\n\n\nIn response to Generation to Generation: Conversing with Kindred Technologies\, this interdisciplinary panel brings together Shana Ponelis\, Nathaniel Stern\, Brooke Slavens\, and Ilya Avdeev for an open\, practice-driven conversation about what it actually means to work with AI today. Rather than rehearsing familiar hype or fear narratives\, the discussion centers on lived experience across art\, design\, engineering\, and research—where AI creates real opportunities\, introduces tangible risks\, and is often misunderstood. The panel invites the audience into a candid exchange about agency\, responsibility\, and how we might move beyond spectacle toward more intentional and ethical engagements with intelligent systems.  \n\n\n\nPractices Not Prophecies: An Interdisciplinary AI Conversation is supported by the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center. This event is part of the Center for 21st Century Studies’ Aesthetics\, Art\, & AI series\, produced in collaboration with the Center for the Humanities at UW-Madison\, with support from the Consortium for Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI). URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/aaai-panel-practices/ CATEGORIES:Aesthetics, Art, & AI,Arts and Culture,Arts and Culture,Co-Sponsored,Faculty and Staff,Faculty and Staff,Lectures Conferences and Symposiums,Lectures Conferences and Symposiums,Panel,Public,Public,SLOW,Slow Care,UWM Campus Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2026/01/AAAI-02-18-Panel-Event-Square.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260220T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260220T190000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20260107T014006Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260112T161605Z UID:10000895-1771588800-1771614000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Generation to Generation: Conversing with Kindred Technologies DESCRIPTION:Kenilworth Square East Gallery\, 2155 N Prospect Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI 53202\n\n\n\nFree and open to the public\n\n\n\nFebruary 12-20; opening reception Feb. 12\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nFeb 12: 11 AM – 7 PM\n\n\n\nFeb 13: 11 AM – 6 PM\n\n\n\nFeb 14: 11 AM – 6 PM\n\n\n\nFeb 17: 12 PM – 6 PM\n\n\n\nFeb 18: 12 PM – 6 PM\n\n\n\nFeb 19: 12 PM – 6 PM\n\n\n\nFeb 20: 11 AM – 6 PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout\n\n\n\nArtists Sasha Stiles and Nathaniel Stern install their show Generation to Generation: Conversing with Kindred Technologies for a week-long run at Kenilworth Square East Gallery from February 12 to 20.     \n\n\n\nAI is a transformational force in human history\, akin to the rise of language itself\, the printing press or our harnessing of electricity\, unlocking new realms of imagination and awareness. Yet its discourse is fraught with fear\, misunderstanding\, and disconnection. By blending Artificial Intelligence with more traditional artistic expression\, Generation to Generation: Conversing with Kindred Technologies cultivates new pathways for imagination while nurturing the roots of our creative inheritance\, and the always-evolving dialogue between art and innovation.   \n\n\n\nThis groundbreaking exhibition illuminates the intertwined evolution of humanity and technology\, inviting viewers to reconsider the relationship between humans and the tools we invent through an immersive fusion of sculptures\, prints\, electronics\, music\, movement\, and poetry\, all born from creative collaboration with AI.  \n\n\n\nThis exhibition is part of the Center for 21st Century Studies’ Aesthetics\, Art\, & AI series\, produced in collaboration with the Center for the Humanities at UW-Madison\, with support from the Consortium for Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSasha Stiles\n\n\n\nSasha Stiles is a first-generation Kalmyk-American poet\, artist and AI researcher whose work bridges tradition and innovation through hybrid poetics\, generative imagination and collaborative intelligence. Her transmedia practice reframes poetry as both art and technology — a means of encoding human experience across space and time — and blends word\, image and algorithm to explore the role of human voice in a digital age.  \n\n\n\nSince 2018\, Stiles has been at the forefront of human-machine co-creation\, using language as a lens to probe the promise and peril of creative technologies like machine learning and blockchain. Her experiments and insights have established her as a leading voice in creative AI\, and a thoughtful contributor to the global conversation about the future of art\, technology\, and humanity. From Technelegy (2021) — a first-of-its-kind poetry and art collection co-authored with a personalized AI model and praised by Ray Kurzweil — to award-winning projects such as “Cursive Binary” and “Repetae\,” Stiles continually pushes the boundaries of expression\, situating AI within the broader question of what it means to be human in an increasingly posthuman world. Stiles’ work has been recognized by the Prix Ars Electronica\, Sigg Art Prize\, Lumen Prize\, Women in AI Awards\, and Future.Art.Awards; featured in Artforum\, Christie’s\, NPR\, The Washington Post\, and Poets & Writers; and exhibited and performed internationally\, from Lincoln Center and the V&A to MoMA\, Art Basel\, Kunsthalle Zurich\, Outernet London\, New York’s Times Square\, and Tokyo’s Shibuya Crossing.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNathaniel Stern\n\n\n\nNathaniel Stern is an artist and writer\, Fulbright and NSF grantee and professor\, interventionist and public citizen. He has produced and collaborated on projects ranging from ecological\, participatory\, and online interventions\, interactive\, immersive\, and mixed reality environments\, to prints\, sculptures\, videos\, performances. and hybrid forms. His first book\, Interactive Art and Embodiment: The Implicit Body as Performance (Gylphi 2013)\, takes a close look at the stakes for interactive and digital art\, and Ecological Aesthetics: artful tactics for humans\, nature\, and politics (Dartmouth 2018) is a creative and scholarly collection of stories about art\, artists\, and their materials\, which argues that ecology\, aesthetics\, and ethics are inherently interconnected\, and together act as the cornerstone for all contemporary arts practices. Stern’s ongoing work with startups and industry\, on the other hand\, has helped launch dozens of new businesses\, products\, and ideas. He has been featured in the likes of the Wall Street Journal\, Guardian UK\, Huffington Post\, Daily Mail\, Washington Post\, Daily News\, BBC’s Today show\, WIRED\, Boing Boing\, Gizmodo\, PetaPixel\, M Magazine\, Time\, Forbes\, Fast Company\, Scientific American\, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel\, Leonardo Journal of Art\, Science and Technology\, Rhizome\, Furtherfield\, Turbulence\, and more. According to Chicago’s widely popular Bad at Sports art podcast\, Stern has “the most varied and strange bio of maybe anyone ever on the show\,” and South Africa’s Live Out Loud magazine calls him a “prolific scholar” as well as artist\, whose work is “quite possibly some of the most relevant around.” “Technological\, thought-provoking and unexpected” (NPR) he’s been dubbed one of Milwaukee’s “avant-garde” (Journal Sentinel)\, called ”an interesting and prolific fixture” (Artthrob.co.za) behind many “multimedia experiments” (Time.com)\, “accessible and abstract simultaneously” (Art and Electronic Media web site)\, someone “with starry\, starry eyes” (Wired.com) who “makes an obscene amount of work in an obscene amount of ways” (Bad at Sports) – both “bizarre and beautiful” (Gizmodo). According to Cory Doctorow at Boing Boing\, Stern makes “beautiful\, glitched out art-images\,” and Caleb A. Scharf at Scientific American says Stern’s art is “tremendous fun\,” and “fascinating” in how it is “investigating the possibilities of human interaction and art.” URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/aaai-exhibition/ LOCATION:Kenilworth Square East Gallery\, 2155 N. Prospect Ave.\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, United States CATEGORIES:Aesthetics, Art, & AI,Arts and Culture,Arts and Culture,Exhibit,Faculty and Staff,Faculty and Staff,Public,Public,SLOW,Slow Care,Students,Students,UWM Campus Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2026/01/AAAI-Exhibition-Square-3-1.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260227T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260227T150000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20260105T195223Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260105T222459Z UID:10000877-1772197200-1772204400@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Human Club: MUD Potluck DESCRIPTION:Come eat\, share\, and grow with Human Club and the Milwaukee Urban Demo Farms (MUD) Network! \n\n\n\nGuests are invited to bring a potluck-style dish or a recipe to share as we gather for food and conversation. Participants will also have the chance to plant seeds with the MUD Network and get their hands a little dirty while thinking about care and connection in Milwaukee. Optional donations of unopened\, unexpired non-perishables will be collected for UWM’s campus food pantry. \n\n\n\nLet’s mix\, mingle\, and dig in – literally and figuratively. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout MUD \n\n\n\nAs part of the major outreach arm of Wisconsin’s public universities\, UW-Extension has offered gardening expertise and educational programming on urban agriculture topics in Milwaukee County since the early 20th century. Today\, the UW-Extension Milwaukee County’s Urban Agriculture Team offers educational programming on sustainable growing practices and provides affordable land access to hundreds of Milwaukee-area farmers and gardeners across 70 acres of community garden space. With a focus on community food security\, climate adaptation\, and soil health\, Extension Milwaukee County Urban Agriculture delivers rigorous instruction on a variety of topics at the intersection of food access and responsible land stewardship. Whether running an ambitious USDA demonstration farm network project\, supporting a longstanding sustainable beekeeping course\, or showcasing innovative techniques in urban agroforestry\, the Extension Milwaukee County Urban Ag team works hard to support the gardening and farming needs of all who call Milwaukee County home. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFree and open to the public. All are welcome. Bring a dish and a friend! URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/human-club-mud-potluck/ LOCATION:Curtin 939\, 3243 N Downer Ave\, Milwaukee\, WI\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Arts and Culture,Faculty and Staff,Faculty and Staff,Graduate Students,Health and Well-being,Health and Well-being,Human Club,Public,Public,SLOW,Slow Care,Student Life,Student Life,Students,Students,UWM Campus Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2026/01/MUD-POTLUCK.jpeg X-TRIBE-STATUS: GEO:43.0764916;-87.8785926 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Curtin 939 3243 N Downer Ave Milwaukee WI 53211 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=3243 N Downer Ave:geo:-87.8785926,43.0764916 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260303T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260303T100000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20260205T224330Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260209T021856Z UID:10000901-1772528400-1772532000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Information Session: C21 Collaboratory Applications DESCRIPTION:C21 Leadership Team will host an information session about the FY27 collaborative project application in person\, at C21\, with a virtual option on Tuesday\, March 3\, 9-10 AM.  \n\n\n\n\nIn-person: 939 Curtin Hall \n\n\n\nVirtual: https://tinyurl.com/registercollabinfo27 \n\n\n\n\nC21 believes that the complex challenges we face in the 21st century are best met through collaborations across areas of expertise and experience\, and that the humanities are a vital part of addressing these challenges. Collaborative project funding provides an opportunity to bring together teams of scholars across disciplines\, across university and community partnerships\, and across emerging and established scholars (students / staff / faculty) to generate new ideas and knowledge.  \n\n\n\nC21 offers funding for two distinct categories of collaborative projects: working groups and collaboratories. Working groups provide opportunities for collaborative study\, research\, and discussion of a common subject of interest. Collaboratories provide opportunities to bring new\, humanities-informed ideas and knowledge to many different audiences both on and off campus. Collaboratories are also foundational to the Center’s annual programming.   \n\n\n\nWhile the criteria for working groups will remain largely unchanged from previous years\, collaboratory proposals must include a contribution to C21’s Day of Action\, slated for the Spring 2027 semester. The Day of Action will celebrate the culmination of SLOW\, C21’s 2024-27 thematic cycle\, and will align with C21’s 2026-27 theme\, Slow Action. Slow Action will explore how the practices\, methodologies\, histories\, and theories of collective organizing across communities and institutions might provide insight for building values-rooted systems and deliberate actionable pathways that endure over time to support shared goals.  \n\n\n\nThis session will cover information on the Slow Action theme\, the Day of Action\, programming\, tips on writing a strong application\, and frequently asked questions.   \n\n\n\nAttending the information session is not required to apply but is highly encouraged.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQuestions?\n\n\n\nC21 strongly encourages questions and inquiries in advance of proposals. Please contact C21 Managing Director Katie Waddell with questions at waddelke@uwm.edu.   URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/info-c21collab27/ LOCATION:Center for 21st Century Studies\, 3243 N. Downer Ave.\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, United States CATEGORIES:Academic Dates and Deadlines,Collaboratory,Faculty and Staff,Faculty and Staff,SLOW,Virtual Event,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2026/02/26-27-Collab-IG-Theme-2.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260312T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260312T190000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20251114T182423Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260305T193228Z UID:10000875-1773336600-1773342000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Aesthetics\, Art\, & AI: Kite DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, March 12\, 5:30 to 7:00 PM\n\n\n\nRegistration requested\, 2400 East Kenwood Boulevard\, Milwaukee\, WI\, Room 120\n\n\n\nFree and open to the public; reception to follow.\n\n\n\nRegistration requested\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\n\nJoin the Center for 21st Century Studies (C21) for an artist talk with Kite (a.k.a. Suzanne Kite); part of C21’s Aesthetics\, Art\, & AI program series. \n\n\n\nKite is an Oglála Lakȟóta artist\, composer\, and scholar. Her groundbreaking scholarship and practice investigate contemporary Lakota ontologies through research-creation\, computational media\, and performance\, often working in collaboration with family and community members. Kite develops body interfaces for machine learning driven performance\, sculptures generated by dreams\, and experimental sound and video work. Working with machine learning techniques since 2017 and developing body interfaces for performance since 2013\, Kite is a first American Indian artist to utilize Machine Learning in art practice. \n\n\n\nKite has been included in numerous publications such as Atlas of Anomalous AI\, Indigenous Futurisms\, Creative AI Database from Serpentine Gallery\, the American Indian Culture and Research Journal\, the Journal of Design and Science (MIT Press)\, with the award winning article\, “Making Kin with Machines”\, and the sculpture Ínyan Iyé (Telling Rock) (2019) was featured on the cover of Canadian Art. Kite was the Global Coordinator for the Indigenous Protocols and Artificial Intelligence Workshops supported by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research\, resulting in the publication of the Indigenous Protocols and Artificial Intelligence Position Paper.  \n\n\n\nHer artworks and performances have recently been featured at the 2024 Whitney Biennial; Haus der Kulturen der Welt\, Berlin; Center for Art\, Research and Alliances (CARA)\, New York; and the 2024 Shanghai Biennial; among other venues. Her awards and honors include a Ruth Award\, a 2023 United States Artist Fellowship\, a Creative Time open call commission (with Alisha Wormsley)\, and a Creative Capital grant. She is currently Director of Wihanble S’a Lab\, Distinguished Artist in Residence\, and Assistant Professor of American and Indigenous Studies at Bard College. Kite holds degrees from California Institute of the Arts\, Bard College\, and received her PhD from Concordia University.  \n\n\n\nKite’s work will also be on display in the exhibition\, This Side of the Stars\, at the Haggerty Museum of Art in Milwaukee\, WI from January 23 – May 16\, 2026.  \n\n\n\nQ&A and reception with light refreshments to follow talk. Registration requested. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDirections & Parking\n\n\n\n\nPaid parking is available at the Student Union Parking Garage (Lot 22). \n\nUnion Parking is $1 each 20 min for the 1st hour; then pay $1 per hour. Maximum charge is $12 total. \n\n\n\n\n\nTime-limited street parking is available on neighborhood streets surrounding campus.\n\n\n\nIf using the Union Parking Garage\, you can find the Arts Center Lecture Hall (ACL) by taking the Peck School of the Arts stairways to exit.\n\n\n\nACL 120 is located across the covered walkway from the UWM Mainstage Theater.\n\n\n\n\nCheck parking availability with the UWM Parking Finder. \n\n\n\nUse our campus map to find the Union Parking Garage (Lot 22) or Arts Center Lecture Hall (ACL). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Aesthetics\, Art\, & AI\n\n\n\nWith support from the Consortium for Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI)\, the Center for 21st Century Studies and the Center for the Humanities at UW-Madison present a collaborative series of public programming that focuses the relationship between AI and artistic practice\, exploring how AI-generated aesthetics reshape creative production\, authorship\, and interpretation. By engaging scholars\, artists\, and technologists\, we examine the ethical and aesthetic implications of computational creativity\, raising fundamental questions about artistic agency\, originality\, and the boundaries between human and machine-generated cultural production.   URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/aaai-kite/ LOCATION:Arts Center Lecture Hall\, 2400 East Kenwood Boulevard\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Aesthetics, Art, & AI,Arts and Culture,Arts and Culture,Lecture,Lectures Conferences and Symposiums,Lectures Conferences and Symposiums,Public,Public,SLOW,Slow Care,UWM Campus Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2025/11/AAAI-Kite-Event-Square.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260321T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260321T140000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20251114T163339Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260318T171830Z UID:10000876-1774094400-1774101600@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Story Cart with Symphony Swan – (W)rites of Spring DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, March 21\, 12:00 – 2:00 PM\n\n\n\nHavenwoods State Forest\, 6141 N Hopkins St\, Milwaukee\, WI 53209\n\n\n\nFree and open to the public; registration required\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\nC21’s Story Cart project and Symphony Swan\, ’25-’26 Story Fellow present W(rites) of Spring\, a radical attention workshop with artist Mia Rimmer. \n\n\n\nAs the land transitions out of winter into bloom\, W(rites) of Spring calls us to communicate at the speed of a flower’s unfurling. Rooted in the implosion work central to Mia Rimmer’s interdisciplinary practice\, the project invites us to notice the changing of season as both external and internal ritual. The project halts the urgency of our technological correspondence\, asking us to instead transcribe emotion to paper in three forms: long form letter writing\, found object collage\, and postcards featuring artwork from THE CR8TV HOUSE pen pal project. \n\n\n\nThis activation aims to step out of the anthropocene’s blurred speed and walk in tune with the pace of nature; a sentiment echoed across each component of the project\, down to our chosen site of a NorthWest Side urban forest. (W)rites of Spring engages the participant as the creator and revealer of the rich layers of our inter-personal and -species relations. \n\n\n\nThe open and close of the space gathers participants together to reflect upon the weight and shape of words left unsaid— to a loved one\, a lost one\, and/or the self. In between\, each person will explore the grounds and let these messages surface in conjunction with the forest’s reawakening; they are also invited to mindfully gather resonant ephemera for collaging. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe duration of (W)rites of Spring will be accompanied by a soundbath\, commissioned from memory worker and sonic griot Harlem Masimba: \n\n\n\nHarlem Masimba · spring equinox soundscape\n\n\n\n\nOpen in SoundCloud\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Symphony Swan\n\n\n\nSymphony Swan Zawadi is an artist\, cultural strategist\, and founder of THE CR8TV HOUSE\, an arts and community institution reimagining space\, storytelling\, support and memory keeping for Black and Brown creatives. With over a decade of experience spanning arts education\, nonprofit leadership\, and philanthropy\, Symphony brings a deep commitment to equity\, imagination\, and community care.   \n\n\n\nSymphony channels her interdisciplinary expertise into building creative ecosystems that honor legacy\, foster healing\, and invest in future generations. Her work has earned her recognition as the 2023 Milwaukeean of the Year by Shepherd Express\, 2024 Gener8tor Art Fellowship Recipient and most recently the 2025 City of Milwaukee Friends of the Arts. She also serves as a trustee for the Milwaukee Art Museum. She continues to advocate for artist-led systems change that reflect the communities they serve.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Mia Rimmer\n\n\n\nMia Rimmer is a Milwaukee-based multidisciplinary artist digging in archives\, crates\, and occasionally the nose. Their self-taught practice utilizes personal and heritage material histories to examine themes of remembrance and permanence. Through analog collage and the pen\, Mia activates nostalgia as a speculative tool for imploding and reconstructing memories. \n\n\n\nMia’s work has been exhibited in Tooth + Nail Gallery\, the Logan Center for the Arts\, and the Charles Allis Art Museum\, featuring recent collaborations with Black Girls in Archives and Chicago Public Art Group. Mia currently serves as the Resident ART Curator and Writer at THE CR8TV HOUSE. You can follow Mia on Instagram at @snottystudio. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Story Cart\n\n\n\nStory Cart is a mobile story collection program that travels to community spaces and engages Milwaukeeans in conversations about their lived experiences. Our Story Fellows craft questions related to the current C21 research theme\, record participant responses to those questions\, and add them to our Story Cart digital archive (forthcoming). Supported by the Wisconsin Institute for Citizenship and Civil Dialogue\, Story Cart’s current run introduces Milwaukeeans to practices of radical attention. From September 2025 through May 2026\, our community Story Fellows will lead workshop pop-ups throughout the city and will record discussions with participants about the experience of paying attention. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/sc-writes-of-spring/ LOCATION:Havenwoods State Forest\, 6141 N Hopkins St\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, 53209\, United States CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Attention,Health and Well-being,Off-campus,Public,SLOW,Slow Care,Story Cart,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2025/11/SC-Attn-Swan-Writes-of-Spring-Tile-IG-1.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260328T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260328T140000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20260303T020008Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260325T154032Z UID:10000903-1774699200-1774706400@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Story Cart With Adam Carr - Skyward Ho! DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, March 28\, 12:00-2:00pm\n\n\n\nMKE Winter Farmers Market\, 5305 W. Capitol Drive Milwaukee\, WI 53216\n\n\n\nFree and open to the public\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSkyward Ho!\n\n\n\nAt Milwaukee Winter Farmer’s Market\, we’ll meditate on the sky with our mind\, body and soul with Story Fellow Adam Carr and yogi Matthew Lewis (@stillhoneyblk)\, gathering thoughts on sanctuary and refuge\, especially for attention. \n\n\n\nThen\, we’ll talk about it on the record for the Story Cart digital archive.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Adam Carr\n\n\n\nAdam  Carr  is an independent writer\, artist\, journalist\, community historian and organizer based in Milwaukee. Carr was director of strategic partnerships at Milwaukee Park Foundation from 2022-2025 and producer at 88Nine RadioMilwaukee from 2008-2011. Working in communities throughout Milwaukee\, his work ranges from journalism to public art\, film/photography to coalition building\, dialogue facilitation to community history\, writing to in-depth tours.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Milwaukee Winter Farmers Market\n\n\n\nFondy’s Milwaukee Winter Farmers Market exists to support local producers and to help our community eat local longer. Agricultural vendors offer high quality fruit\, vegetables\, meat\, eggs\, poultry and dairy products. SNAP benefits are accepted at our market. Local food vendors also bring a wide variety of freshly baked goods\, jams\, cider\, honey\, maple syrup\, sauces and soups\, as well as delicious global cuisine. The market also offers health and wellness\, and body products\, such as soaps\, body creams\, and more. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Story Cart\n\n\n\nStory Cart is a mobile story collection program that travels to community spaces and engages Milwaukeeans in conversations about their lived experiences. Our Story Fellows craft questions related to the current C21 research theme\, record participant responses to those questions\, and add them to our Story Cart digital archive (forthcoming). Supported by the Wisconsin Institute for Citizenship and Civil Dialogue\, Story Cart’s current run introduces Milwaukeeans to practices of radical attention. From September 2025 through May 2026\, our community Story Fellows will lead workshop pop-ups throughout the city and will record discussions with participants about the experience of paying attention. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/sc-carr-skyward/ LOCATION:Milwaukee Winter Farmers Market\, 5305 W. Capitol Drive Milwaukee\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, 53216\, United States CATEGORIES:Alumni & Community,Arts and Culture,Attention,Co-Promotional,Health and Well-being,Public,SLOW,Slow Care,Story Cart,Students ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2026/03/SC-Attn-Carr-Skyward-Ho-Tile-1.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260401T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260401T193000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20260120T003227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260323T145917Z UID:10000898-1775064600-1775071800@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Cactus Book Club with C21: Attensity! DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, April 1\, 5:30-7:30 PM\n\n\n\nCactus Club\, 2496 S. Wentworth Ave.\, Milwaukee\, WI 53207\n\n\n\nFree & open to the public; no registration required\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC21’s Story Cart program invites you to join Katie Waddell\, C21 Managing Director\, for the April 2026 edition of the Cactus Book Club. \n\n\n\nCactus Book Club meets on the first Wednesday of the month from 5:30-7:30 in the back room at Cactus Club. Each month a different community organization\, collective\, mutual aid group\, or business chooses a book and recommended bookseller\, then leads the discussion.  \n\n\n\nThe April selection\, Attensity! A Manifesto of the Attention Liberation Movement by The Friends of Attention\, expands upon the attention activist manifesto championed by C21’s partners at the Strother School of Radical Attention\, and offers an opportunity for the attention activism-curious to explore why our attention matters\, how to choose attentional agency over digital enthrallment\, and why awareness is even better with friends. \n\n\n\nC21’s recommended bookseller is Boswell Book Company. Mention Cactus Book Club at checkout to receive a 10% discount! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nResources\n\n\n\nCheck out our Slow Digest post about Attensity! for a teaser. \n\n\n\nDon’t have time to finish the book before April 1? Fill in the gaps with the Strother School for Radical Attention’s  Toolkit for Attention Activism and their Attention Lab podcast on Apple Podcasts. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout\n\n\n\nAbout Attensity!: A Manifesto of the Attention Liberation Movement\n\n\n\n“We all feel it: something is seriously wrong. Our attention—that essential ability to give our minds and senses to the world—is being trapped\, gutted\, and sold out from under us by an industry of immense technological and financial power. The heedless exploitation of this vital capacity by a handful of tech companies is harming us all\, reducing our very selfhood to that which can be quantified\, bought\, and sold—and shaking the foundations of our democracy. \n\n\n\nTo push back against this “human fracking\,” we need more than individual willpower or isolated efforts. We need a movement of collective resistance. Such a movement is beginning to bloom\, and in this radical\, first-of-its-kind guide\, The Friends of Attention show us how to join the fight. We meet welders\, nurses\, poets\, and surfers\, all of whom are engaged in attentional practices. We learn to seek out sanctuaries—theaters and museums\, houses of worship\, dance parties—where together we can take refuge from the frackers. Attention Activism takes our apocalyptic present\, turns it on its head\, and reveals new vistas of human flourishing.Drawing on a rich legacy of critical intellectuals and the creative wisdom of diverse traditions\, Attensity! calls on us to come together to defeat the greedy dehumanizing forces of brute instrumentalization—and re-enchant the world.” Read on… \n\n\n\nThe Friends of Attention is a collective of activists\, artists\, and thinkers. Three editors and long-standing “Friends” helped Attensity! take shape: D. Graham Burnett is the Henry Charles Lea Professor of history of science at Princeton University. Alyssa Loh\, a filmmaker\, co-directed the short film “Twelve Theses on Attention.” Peter Schmidt is the Program Director of the Strother School of Radical Attention. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Cactus Club\n\n\n\nCactus Book Club (CBC)\, organized by Cactus+\, meets on the first Wednesday of the month from 5:30-7:30 in the back room at Cactus Club. Each month a different community organization\, collective\, mutual aid group\, or business chooses the book and recommended bookseller\, then leads the discussion. CBC covers sociopolitical fiction and non-fiction\, with a focus on works by women\, LGBTQ+\, BIPOC\, and/or otherwise under-published groups. Members don’t have to finish reading the book to attend. All book club meetings are free. Registration is not required. 18+. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Story Cart: Attention\n\n\n\nStory Cart is a mobile story collection program that travels to community spaces and engages Milwaukeeans in conversations about their lived experiences. Our Story Fellows craft questions related to the current C21 research theme\, record participant responses to those questions\, and add them to our Story Cart digital archive (forthcoming). Supported by the Wisconsin Institute for Citizenship and Civil Dialogue\, Story Cart’s current run introduces Milwaukeeans to practices of radical attention. From September 2025 through May 2026\, our community Story Fellows will lead workshop pop-ups throughout the city and will record discussions with participants about the experience of paying attention. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/attensity/ LOCATION:Cactus Club\, 2496 S Wentworth Ave\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, 53207\, United States CATEGORIES:Alumni & Community,Arts and Culture,Attention,Co-Promotional,Graduate Students,Health and Well-being,Off-campus,Public,SLOW,Slow Care,Story Cart,Students ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2026/01/CBC-Event-Tile.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260403T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260403T235900 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20260205T230105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260306T004320Z UID:10000902-1775174400-1775260740@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Collaboratory & Working Group Applications Due DESCRIPTION:Application deadline: Friday\, April 3\, 11:59 PM\n\n\n\nAccess complete application instructions here.\n\n\n\nHybrid information session: This event has passed. Watch the recording via Teams (UWM login required).\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout\n\n\n\nC21 believes that the complex challenges we face in the 21st century are best met through collaborations across areas of expertise and experience\, and that the humanities are a vital part of addressing these challenges. Collaborative project funding provides an opportunity to bring together teams of scholars across disciplines\, across university and community partnerships\, and across emerging and established scholars (students / staff / faculty) to generate new ideas and knowledge.  \n\n\n\nC21 offers funding for two distinct categories of collaborative projects: working groups and collaboratories. Working groups provide opportunities for collaborative study\, research\, and discussion of a common subject of interest. Collaboratories provide opportunities to bring new\, humanities-informed ideas and knowledge to many different audiences both on and off campus. Collaboratories are also foundational to the Center’s annual programming.   \n\n\n\nWhile the criteria for working groups will remain largely unchanged from previous years\, collaboratory proposals must include a contribution to C21’s Day of Action\, slated for the Spring 2027 semester. The Day of Action will celebrate the culmination of SLOW\, C21’s 2024-27 thematic cycle\, and will align with C21’s 2026-27 theme\, Slow Action. Slow Action will explore how the practices\, methodologies\, histories\, and theories of collective organizing across communities and institutions might provide insight for building values-rooted systems and deliberate actionable pathways that endure over time to support shared goals.  \n\n\n\nC21 offers two distinct funding tiers for collaborative research projects: \n\n\n\nCollaboratories are collaborative projects devised with a specific project or public outcome in mind. Priority will be given to projects with budgets of up to $5\,000.  A portion of awarded funds must be used to support programming for the Day of Action and/or related contributions.   \n\n\n\nWorking Groups gather for ongoing discussions\, networking\, and idea generation. They may be newly formed or pre-existing groups with an ongoing dialogic process or collaborative project. They do not necessarily have to have a fully formed project plan with a final deliverable in mind. Working groups are awarded $500. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQuestions?\n\n\n\nC21 strongly encourages questions and inquiries in advance of proposals. Please review application details in full and contact C21 Managing Director Katie Waddell with questions at waddelke@uwm.edu. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/collab-deadline-2026/ CATEGORIES:Academic Dates and Deadlines,Academic Dates and Deadlines,Alumni & Community,Collaboratory,Faculty and Staff,Faculty and Staff,SLOW,Virtual Event,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2026/02/26-27-Collab-IG-Theme-1.jpeg X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260411T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260411T123000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20260305T212901Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T200420Z UID:10000905-1775903400-1775910600@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Story Cart with Symphony Swan – Stills in Milwaukee DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 11\, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM\n\n\n\nFruition MKE\, 819 N 27th St\, Milwaukee\, WI 53208\n\n\n\nFree and open to the public\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\nC21’s Story Cart project and C21 Story Fellow Symphony Swan present Stills in Milwaukee\, a radical attention workshop and portrait session with photographer Terrance Sims. \n\n\n\nStills in Milwaukee is a documentary-style photography project aimed at capturing the diverse stories and voices of locals around the city. It’s an exploration of the people who shape the everyday life of Milwaukee\, and the nuances that make this place so unique. Guests are invited to bring an artifact that represents them and their story. Guests will share their artifact in conversation with the photographer\, who will craft individual portraits in response. \n\n\n\nStills in Milwaukee is about active listening as much as it is about portraiture. Terrance Sims will spend time with his subjects\, hear their stories\, and allow space for the moments to unfold naturally. The goal is not to rush through\, but to take a deliberate approach that will bring out deeper narratives. Each image\, each conversation\, is an opportunity for reflection and connection. \n\n\n\nThis method is integral to the work’s authenticity. The beauty of Milwaukee lies not just in its landmarks\, but in its people—often in the quiet\, overlooked spaces. By taking the time to truly engage with his subjects and let the photos emerge over time\, Sims hopes to create a more genuine\, reflective portrayal of the city. \n\n\n\nPlease note that the guest artist for this event has changed from Samuel Allen to Terrance Sims. The event’s format will remain the same. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Symphony Swan\n\n\n\nSymphony Swan Zawadi is an artist\, cultural strategist\, and founder of THE CR8TV HOUSE\, an arts and community institution reimagining space\, storytelling\, support and memory keeping for Black and Brown creatives. With over a decade of experience spanning arts education\, nonprofit leadership\, and philanthropy\, Symphony brings a deep commitment to equity\, imagination\, and community care.   \n\n\n\nSymphony channels her interdisciplinary expertise into building creative ecosystems that honor legacy\, foster healing\, and invest in future generations. Her work has earned her recognition as the 2023 Milwaukeean of the Year by Shepherd Express\, 2024 Gener8tor Art Fellowship Recipient and most recently the 2025 City of Milwaukee Friends of the Arts. She also serves as a trustee for the Milwaukee Art Museum. She continues to advocate for artist-led systems change that reflect the communities they serve.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Story Cart\n\n\n\nStory Cart is a mobile story collection program that travels to community spaces and engages Milwaukeeans in conversations about their lived experiences. Our Story Fellows craft questions related to the current C21 research theme\, record participant responses to those questions\, and add them to our Story Cart digital archive (forthcoming). Supported by the Wisconsin Institute for Citizenship and Civil Dialogue\, Story Cart’s current run introduces Milwaukeeans to practices of radical attention. From September 2025 through May 2026\, our community Story Fellows will lead workshop pop-ups throughout the city and will record discussions with participants about the experience of paying attention. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/sc-swan-stills-mke/ LOCATION:Fruition MKE\, 819 N 27th St\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, 53208\, United States CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Attention,Health and Well-being,Off-campus,Public,SLOW,Slow Care,Story Cart,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2026/03/SC-Attn-Swan-Stills-in-MKE-Tile.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260417T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260417T130000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20260330T163007Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260330T163009Z UID:10000908-1776423600-1776430800@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Book Talk: A Conversation About Black Feminist Resistance in Trying Times DESCRIPTION:Friday\, April 17\, 11am-1pm\n\n\n\nKuumba Juice & Coffee\, 274 E. Keefe Ave.\, Milwaukee\n\n\n\nFree & open to the public; RSVP Requested\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOverview\n\n\n\nWe welcome Dr. Stacie McCormick and Dr. Nessette Falu to a conversation around Black Feminist Resistance and the power of storytelling. \n\n\n\nIn conjunction with Black Maternal Health Week (April 11-17)\, UWM’s C21 Reproductive Justice Collaboratory and La Revo Books are pleased to cohost this community conversation around the role of stories in our esteemed authors’ own work. The authors will join us virtually\, and we invite the community to come in to the space at Kuumba to share in this important conversation. \n\n\n\nPlease RSVP by Monday\, March 30th. Refreshments from Kuumba will be provided. \n\n\n\n\nRSVP ON EVENTBRITE NOW\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBooks\n\n\n\nYou don’t need to read the books in order to participate in this event\, but both are available through our partners at La Revo. \n\n\n\nPurchase Unseen Flesh: Gynecology and Black Queer Worth-Making in Brazil by Nessette Falu. \n\n\n\nPurchase We Are Pregnant with Freedom: Black Feminist Storytelling for Reproductive Justice by Stacie McCormick. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout\n\n\n\nNessette Falu\, Ph.D. is a Black queer feminist and cultural anthropologist with sub-disciplinary specializations in medical anthropology\, Black queer studies\, Black feminist studies\, and reproductive justice studies. Her intellectual work analyzes the intersections of anti-Blackness\, heteronormativity\, medicine\, trauma\, resistance\, and freedom. She intervenes\, broadly\, to understand forms of hidden\, silenced power and the abuse of power in gynecology and medicine. Her past clinical practice of seventeen years as a Physician Assistant (neurosurgery\, internal medicine\, HIV care\, hematology/oncology\, and pain management) critically informs her research\, publications\, collaborations\, and public phasing\, and design work. The convergence of her clinical expertise with a social science\, humanistic scholarly endeavors is an invaluable\, unique asset for intellectual and public impact into the Austin community as well as with international and transnational far-reaching outcomes. Her research and professional trajectories inform her public engagement and creative work\, which is steered toward social justice in medicine and raising public awareness. At UT Austin\, she developed Gxnecologx Justice Lab (https://www.gxnecologx.org)\, a Black feminist laboratory for research and design\, publicly launched in December 2023.   \n\n\n\nDr. Stacie McCormick is a Mississippi-raised Black feminist scholar and writer. She is an Associate Professor of English\, Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies and Women and Gender Studies at Texas Christian University (TCU). Her work takes up a number of subjects such as: representations of the body\, land\, sexuality\, and the ongoing resonance of slavery in contemporary Black writing and performance. She is the author of Staging Black Fugitivity and co-Editor of the Special Issue of College Literature\, Toni Morrison and Adaptation. Central to her work is community. Whether it is in the classroom\, in the organizing space\, or in her scholarly work\, McCormick sees community building as a key form of resistance and liberation.  \n\n\n\nOperating since 2022\, Reproductive Justice works to create a space where researchers at UWM and reproductive justice community advocates in Milwaukee can work together to address systemic injustices disproportionately affecting Black\, Latinx\, and other women and trans people of color. As a collective\, we have held a variety of events in both academic and community spaces\, and seek to continue this important work in the face of uncertainty in the reproductive justice space. We work across various aspects of reproductive injustices\, including issues of access across zip codes\, early childhood education\, birth justice\, and physical environment — to name just a few. We have learned alongside our community partners how important it is to not silo this work\, and aim to continue bringing attention to reproductive injustices in Milwaukee and act as a resource for making substantial changes to improve the conditions within which individuals can exercise their “human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy\, have children\, not have children\, and parent the children we have in safe and sustainable communities” (SisterSong). \n\n\n\nLa Revo Books offers new and used books for and by Black\, Indigenous\, and People of Color (BIPOC)\, and Latinx readers. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/book-talk-a-conversation-about-black-feminist-resistance-in-trying-times/ LOCATION:Kuumba Juice & Coffee\, 274 East Keefe Avenue\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, 53212\, United States CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Co-Promotional,Co-Sponsored,Collaboratory,Faculty and Staff,Health and Well-being,Lecture,Off-campus,Public,SLOW,Slow Care ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2026/03/C21_Book-Talk_Flyers_SQ_reduced.jpg X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260424T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260424T235900 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20260316T212658Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260420T153146Z UID:10000907-1776988800-1777075140@uwm.edu SUMMARY:En-Vision Zine Submissions Due DEADLINE EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:DEADLINE EXTENDED to Friday\, April 24\, 11:59 PM\n\n\n\nView zine submission instructions here.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout\n\n\n\nThe En-Vision Zine is a part of C21’s inaugural graduate-led public humanities program\, En-Vision: Toward a Queer Ethics of Slow Care\, led by Isabella Fincher. En-Vision is about slowing down\, radical self-care\, and fostering networks of mutual support and caregiving. We welcome all members of the UW-Milwaukee student community to submit their creative work!  \n\n\n\nThis zine will explore creative practices and embodied experiences of slow care for individuals living with chronic illness and impairments. We’re seeking creative writing and visual art projects related to the themes of queerness and an ethic of slow care. Priority will be given to submissions related to chronic illness\, disability\, and related critical approaches. We welcome creative\, inspired\, and innovative projects that push the boundaries of this theme and foster a sense of community care and support. \n\n\n\nThis initiative will host an embodied writing workshop blending mindfulness and creative writing to explore themes of slowing down\, radical self-care\, critical disability studies\, and fostering networks of mutual support and caregiving on April 7th\, 2026. Workshop participants and the broader campus community will also be invited to submit artwork and creative writing pieces to the zine. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQuestions?\n\n\n\nQuestions and inquiries are welcome! Please review submission details and contact Isabella Fincher at ifincher@uwm.edu with any inquiries. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/en-vision-zine-submissions-due/ CATEGORIES:Academic Dates and Deadlines,Academic Dates and Deadlines,Alumni & Community,Arts and Culture,Health and Well-being,Public,SLOW,Slow Care,Student Life,Student Life,Students,Students,Virtual Event,Workshops ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2026/03/Envision-Zine-Open-Call-Flyer.png X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260430T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260430T180000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20260307T200728Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260415T171927Z UID:10000906-1777568400-1777572000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Human Club: Little Free Library Walking Tour DESCRIPTION:Join us for a walk with the Human Club to explore the Little Free Libraries in our campus community! \n\n\n\nWe will start our journey at the UWM Center for Student Experience and Talent in the Student Union. Then\, we will head north through the campus neighborhoods\, making stops at the Little Free Libraries we find along the way. We will hear from local Little Free Library volunteers about how they set up their libraries and what motivated them to start this project! \n\n\n\nThe Little Free Library motto is\, “Take a Book\, Leave a Book.” In the spirit of this motto\, we ask that you bring a book (or two!) to donate to a library. Your donation will help keep these neighborhood libraries stocked with stories.  \n\n\n\nWe invite both pets and children to join us on this adventure. Please be prepared to walk at least a mile as we explore the neighborhood around UWM and share the joy of books! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat are Little Free Libraries?\n\n\n\nLittle Free Library is a nonprofit organization based in St. Paul\, Minnesota. Their mission is to be a catalyst for building community\, inspiring readers\, and expanding book access for all through a global network of volunteer-led Little Free Library book-exchange boxes. \n\n\n\nTheir vision is a Little Free Library in every community and a book for every reader. They believe all people are empowered when the opportunity to discover a personally relevant book to read is not limited by time\, space\, or privilege. Through Little Free Library book exchanges\, millions of books are exchanged each year\, profoundly increasing access to books for readers of all ages and backgrounds. \n\n\n\nAbout Human Club\n\n\n\nHuman Club is the Center for 21st Century Studies’ newest initiative\, which features free field trips around Milwaukee and humanities gatherings with your fellow humans. Comes with a membership punch-card! URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/human-club-little-free-library-walking-tour/ LOCATION:UWM Union SET Office\, Student Union E153\, 2200 E Kenwood Blvd.\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Alumni & Community,Arts and Culture,Human Club,Off-campus,Public,SLOW,Slow Care,Student Life,Student Life,Students,Students,UWM Campus Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2026/03/LFLWT_HC.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260515T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260515T170000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20260427T153345Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260427T203419Z UID:10000909-1778857200-1778864400@uwm.edu SUMMARY:C21 Research Fellows Presentations DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 15\, 3:00 – 5:00 PM\n\n\n\n939 Curtin Hall\, 3243 N. Downer Ave.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout\n\n\n\nJoin the Center for 21st Century Studies for concluding presentations from our 2025-26 cohort of research fellows. \n\n\n\nCentering the humanities in the belief that groundbreaking ideas come from diversity of opinions\, disciplines\, and experiences\, each year\, C21 offers fellowships that provide the time\, space\, and collegial support to generate new knowledge and ideas. This year’s cohort conducted research and developed interdisciplinary projects that aligned with Slow Care\, C21’s 2025-26 research and programming theme. \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2025-26 Research Fellows\n\n\n\nSharity Bassett (Women’s & Gender Studies)\n\n\n\nDuring this fellowship\, Bassett worked on multivocal and collaborative autofiction\, a project she began in summer 2025 with EQI/MMSD interns and a workshop series at Ring Lake Ranch in Wyoming. This work is focused on creating connected futures by engaging with difficult stories\, fostering empathy\, and facilitating productive conversations. \n\n\n\nKatharine Elizabeth Beutner (English)\n\n\n\nIn the 2025-2026 fellowship year\, Beutner revised the follow-up novel to Killingly\, her second novel\, and initiated a new environmental writing project.  \n\n\n\nKidiocus King-Carroll (African & African Diaspora Studies)\n\n\n\nCarroll researched and developed a podcast that situates Black migration to Milwaukee as a lens for exploring slow care and its impacts. \n\n\n\nLynn Goerdt (Social Work\, UW-Superior)\n\n\n\nGoerdt developed a well-being innovation lab through UW-Superior’s Pruitt Center for Mindfulness and Well-being that supports change-making efforts on innovative ideas to address the most challenging barriers to well-being\, prioritizing projects that support youth and young adults in northwest Wisconsin. \n\n\n\nYevgeniya Kaganovich (Art & Design)\n\n\n\nKaganovich continued an ongoing project that integrates fungi into and around and sculpture\, focusing on a review of literature relevant to the project\, experimentation with wild and domesticated fungal material\, and field and forest work to enable sharing the experience of the project with colleagues. \n\n\n\nNan Kim (Anthropology)\n\n\n\nKim worked on a project about how narratives and interpretations that center the Anthropocene persist as dissenting forms of environmental memory. \n\n\n\nGabriela Nagy (Psychology)\n\n\n\nNagy is an immigration researcher who examines how the social contexts in which immigrants reside affect their wellbeing. During her fellowship\, Nagy sought to submit to publications\, code recordings of intervention sessions\, and leverage community-engaged methods to refine and optimize her work. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/c21-rf-presentation/ LOCATION:939 Curtin Hall\, 3243 N Downer Ave\, Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, 53211\, United States CATEGORIES:Faculty and Staff,Faculty and Staff,Lecture,Lectures Conferences and Symposiums,Lectures Conferences and Symposiums,Public,Public,SLOW,Slow Care,UWM Campus Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2026/04/RF-Presentations-Tile-2.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Center for 21st Century Studies":MAILTO:c21@uwm.edu X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260520T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260520T203000 DTSTAMP:20260528T170818 CREATED:20260427T163457Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260510T021316Z UID:10000910-1779303600-1779309000@uwm.edu SUMMARY:Book Talkback - Muslims in Milwaukee: Placemaking\, Belonging\, and Activism  DESCRIPTION:Overview\n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, May 20\, 7:00-8:30 PM\n\n\n\nIslamic Resource Center\, 5235 S 27th St\, Greenfield\, WI 53221\n\n\n\n\nJoin the Center for 21st Century Studies and the Muslim Milwaukee Project for the launch of a new book on the Muslim communities in Milwaukee by UWM professors Anna Mansson McGinty\, Caroline Seymour-Jorn\, and Kristin Sziarto. There will be a panel talkback featuring prominent members of Milwaukee’s Muslim community—Waheed Ahmed\, Othman Atta\, Amal Azzam\, Janan Najeeb\, and Brother Will Perry—moderated by Fahed Masalkhi\, PhD.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Muslims in Milwaukee: Placemaking\, Belonging\, and Activism\n\n\n\nMuslims in Milwaukee explores the everyday lives\, identities\, and activism of Muslims in a midsized Midwestern city. Milwaukee is one of America’s most segregated cities\, yet within its boundaries\, a vibrant Muslim community is reshaping narratives and embodied practices of belonging\, civic engagement\, and urban placemaking. While considerable scholarship on Muslim Americans has concentrated on larger metropolitan centers like New York\, Los Angeles\, and Chicago\, or on Detroit’s historic Arab neighborhoods\, this book turns our attention to an understudied city where Muslim communities are small but rapidly growing\, and where their experiences unfold within distinct local landscapes of race\, segregation\, and opportunity.  \n\n\n\nDrawing on over a decade of ethnographic fieldwork\, surveys\, and extensive interviews with community members\, students\, artists\, activists\, and leaders\, the authors examine how local political\, economic\, and historical structures shape Muslim American experiences and civic participation\, situating their analysis within the dual dynamics of belonging on one hand and exclusion and discrimination on the other.  \n\n\n\n\nPurchase your copy from Syracuse University Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Panelists\n\n\n\nExpand All\nWaheeduddin Ahmed \n\n\n\n\n\nM. Sc.\, PhD.\, University of London. Scientist (retired). \n\n\n\nFounder president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee\, 1983. \n\n\n\nFounder of Islamic Information Service Inc.\, 1985. \n\n\n\nFounder Milwaukee Islamic Dawah Center\, 1993. \n\n\n\nEdited various journals including: Islamicus\, The Commentator and Shahadah. \n\n\n\nInitiated the demographic survey of Muslims in Milwaukee with mutual agreement between the Dawah Center and the Chancellor of UWM\, 2010/11. The project was developed by the team that authored the book: “Muslims in Milwaukee”.\n\n\n\n\n\nOthman M. Atta \n\nServed as President of the Executive Board of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee and currently serves as its Executive Director and primary spokesman. The ISM is the largest Muslim organization in Wisconsin and operates three Mosques in the greater Milwaukee area as well as the largest Islamic school in the nation.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWorked as an attorney in private practice for over 20 years. \n\n\n\nFormer Advisory Board Member\, Marquette University Law School \n\n\n\nFormer Representative of the Islamic Society on the Board of the Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee \n\n\n\nFormer Adjunct Faculty Member at Cardinal Stritch University (taught courses on Religious Culture of Islam). Also taught courses on Islam and Middle-East Politics for UW-Extension. \n\n\n\nRecipient of the Wisconsin Chapter – ACLU “Civil Libertarian of the Year Award” \n\n\n\nRecipient of Wisconsin Law Journal’s “Leader in the Law Award” \n\n\n\nFormer Member\, FBI Civil Rights Advisory Group. Graduate of FBI Citizen Academy and Milwaukee Police Department’s Citizen’s Academy \n\n\n\nFormer Commissioner\, Milwaukee Commission on Police-Community Relations \n\n\n\nFormer Board Member\, Wisconsin Chapter of the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee \n\n\n\nDelivered hundreds of speeches to business\, interfaith and other groups and participated in numerous lectures\, panel discussions and debates at local universities.  \n\n\n\nMarried with four children. \n\n\n\n\n\nAmal Azzam\nAmal Azzam is a Muslim American interdisciplinary artist based in Milwaukee\, WI. Her practice explores the layered complexities of identity\, trauma\, and freedom through mediums including screen printing\, found objects\, fiber\, and photography. She aims to reflect society back onto itself\, showing its contradictions and the struggles of belonging.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn 2025\, Azzam was awarded the Mildred L. Harpole Artist of the Year by the Milwaukee Arts Board. Her work has been nationally exhibited at the Hunter Museum of American Art (Chattanooga\, TN)\, the John Michael Kohler Arts Center (Sheboygan\, WI)\, Woman Made Gallery (Chicago\, IL)\, and the James Watrous Gallery (Madison\, WI). She has also co-curated exhibitions such as Wherever Home Is at the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences\, Arts & Letters and Al-Nisa at Walker’s Point Center for the Arts.   \n\n\n\nAmal is also the co-founder of Fanana Banana (“Fanana” meaning female artist in Arabic)\, a Milwaukee-based arts movement that creates space for Muslim\, MENA\, and underserved artists to share their work. Fanana Banana has grown into a community hub for exhibitions\, panels\, and collaborations.   \n\n\n\nHer work and story have been featured in WUWM – Milwaukee’s NPR\, PBS Wisconsin\, Artdose Magazine\, Milwaukee Magazine\, and Cream City Review\, where her art appeared on the cover in 2024.  \n\n\n\n\nJanan Najeeb\nJanan Najeeb is a pioneering Muslim community leader\, advocate\, and educator\, widely recognized for her work at the intersections of faith\, justice\, gender and civic engagement. She is the Founder and Executive Director of the Muslim Women’s Coalition (MWC)\, and the Islamic Resource Center\, Wisconsin’s first Muslim library and cultural hub.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNajeeb has founded several groundbreaking initiatives\, including the Wisconsin Muslim Journal\, Wisconsin Muslim Civic Alliance\, Milwaukee Muslim Film Festival\, and the Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine. She also serves on the Governor’s Council on Domestic Abuse and holds board positions with the Rotary Club of Milwaukee\, Wisconsin Public Radio\, and the Wisconsin Historical Society. She chairs both the Religious Leaders Caucus of MICAH and the City of Milwaukee Commission on Community Wellness and Safety. For more than two decades\, she has co-chaired and emceed Milwaukee’s citywide Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.  \n\n\n\nA frequent media voice and public speaker\, Najeeb has delivered more than 2\,000 presentations across the country on Muslim identity\, civil rights\, women’s rights\, refugees\, and interfaith dialogue. Her published works include contributions to The Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies\, The Journal of Disability & Religion\, Interfaith Engagement in Milwaukee\, as well as training manuals for statewide agencies. She has been featured in major outlets including the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel\, The New York Times\, Islamic Horizons\, Aljazeera\, Wisconsin Public Radio\, among many others.   \n\n\n\nHer trailblazing leadership has earned her numerous awards\, including the 2025 City of Milwaukee Lifetime Achievement Award\, 2024 Milwaukee Magazine Woman of Distinction Award\, the 2023 Lucille Berrien Humanitarian Award\, the 2022 Milwaukee Rotary Person of the Year Award\, and the 2019 Frank Zeidler Award for Social Justice and Activism.  \n\n\n\nNajeeb is married to Dr. Waleed Najeeb and is the proud mother of five and grandmother of six.  \n\n\n\n\nBrother Will Perry \nWill Perry is a lifelong Milwaukee resident whose career reflects a deep commitment to faith‑based civic engagement and community building. He holds a master’s degree in management and is widely known for his long tenure as Executive Director of the Milwaukee Islamic Dawah Center (MIDC)\, where he played a key role in strengthening community institutions\, expanding social services\, and fostering collaboration across Milwaukee’s diverse neighborhoods. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUnder his leadership\, MIDC became a vital hub for outreach\, re-entry service\, and support for individuals and families facing social and economic challenges.  \n\n\n\nIn addition to his work at MIDC\, Will currently serves on the Board of the Muslim Community Health Center\, supporting efforts to improve access to culturally responsive healthcare. His broader leadership experience includes previously serving as Director of the Milwaukee Muslim Funeral Home\, as well as serving as Past President of the Wisconsin Muslim Civic Alliance.  \n\n\n\nWill is a retired member of the Milwaukee Fire Department and an honorably discharged Sergeant of the United States Marine Corps. He is widely respected for his integrity\, steady leadership\, and commitment to dialogue\, belonging\, and compassionate community care.  \n\n\n\nWill Perry is a devoted family man\, serving as a husband\, father\, and grandfather.  \n\n\n\n\nFahed Masalkhi\, Ph.D. (Moderator)\nDr. Fahed is a Senior Teaching Faculty member in the Department of Global Studies at UW-Milwaukee and serves as the coordinator of the Arabic Program. His academic and professional path has been anything but conventional. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInitially trained in the STEM disciplines\, he holds both undergraduate and graduate degrees in Engineering and spent a significant portion of his early career in the corporate sector. While that chapter provided valuable experience\, it ultimately left him searching for deeper intellectual fulfillment and a greater sense of purpose.  \n\n\n\nThis pursuit led him back to academia\, where he transitioned into the humanities. He earned an MA in Comparative Literature from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and went on to complete a PhD in Religious Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2021. His interdisciplinary training—spanning technical\, literary\, and theological fields—continues to shape both his teaching and his scholarship in meaningful ways.  \n\n\n\nHis work is anchored in two main areas of inquiry; both rooted in Qur’anic Studies. The first centers on Arabic language instruction\, with a particular emphasis on pedagogical approaches that make the language accessible and meaningful across diverse learning environments. The second engages the field of Islamic Studies more broadly\, with a focus on how it can respond thoughtfully to the intellectual and cultural needs of students in Western educational contexts.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Islamic Resource Center & Muslim Women’s Coalition\n\n\n\nThe Islamic Resource Center\, a project of Muslim Women’s Coalition\, is Wisconsin’s only Islamic cultural center and lending library. \n\n\n\nThe Muslim Women’s Coalition (MWC) is dedicated to building an equitable and inclusive Wisconsin\, where diversity is celebrated and all individuals are valued. Their mission is to empower Muslim women and girls through education\, leadership\, outreach\, and wellness programs\, helping them reach their fullest potential while creating a positive impact on the broader community. \n\n\n\nFounded in 1994\, MWC began as a local resource organization with the goal of promoting a more accurate understanding of Islam and Muslim women. Over the years\, MWC has remained committed to leading positive community change through advocacy\, dialogue\, education\, and outreach\, using faith-based values to ensure dignity and equity for all. URL:https://uwm.edu/c21/event/book-talkback-muslims-in-mke/ LOCATION:Islamic Resource Center\, 5235 S 27th St\, Greenfield\, Wisconsin\, 53221\, United States CATEGORIES:Alumni & Community,Collaboratory,Faculty and Staff,Off-campus,Panel,Public,SLOW,Slow Care ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://uwm.edu/c21/wp-content/uploads/sites/359/2026/04/Placeholder-Tile-MMP-Book-Talkback.jpeg X-TRIBE-STATUS: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR