Curtin 175
Roundtable Discussion: Popular Feminisms
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesInspired by the Fall 2018 Distinguished Lecture Series event featuring feminist public intellectual Roxane Gay, this roundtable engages with public dialogues around feminism in the contemporary era and the circulation of debates, representations, and activism around gender, race, and other categories of social identity …
All Derangements, Great and Small: A Roundtable Discussion with Amitav Ghosh
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesJoin us for a roundtable with Amitav Ghosh featuring Richard Grusin (Center for 21st Century Studies), Arijit Sen (SARUP), Jasmine Alinder (History), Rina Ghose (Geography), and Anne Bonds (Geography). Acclaimed novelist Amitav Ghosh’s most recent book frames our collective failure to …
Remembering the Center for 20th Century Studies
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesIn honor of the Center for 21st Century Studies marking 50 years of research and collaboration this coming academic year, we will be hosting a special 50th anniversary symposium on Friday, October 26, 2018.
Archiving Moving Images: From 16mm to Vimeo
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesCelebrating the Patricia Mellencamp Founding Collection Patricia Mellencamp at Knowing Mass Culture/Mediating Knowledge, 1999 Distinguished Professor Emerita Patricia Mellencamp was one of the first faculty members at UWM—and indeed in the country—to teach film studies, and was instrumental in establishing film …
Lecture: N. Katherine Hayles
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States*Join us before the talk for a special brown bag discussion with N. Katherine Hayles at noon in the Center for 21st Century Studies (Curtin 939). Please join us for a lecture by N. Katherine Hayles (Duke University) entitled "Computer …
Ends of Cinema
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesThe Center for 21st Century Studies' Spring 2018 conference, "Ends of Cinema," took place on May 3-5. Plenary speakers included Caetlin Benson-Allott (Georgetown), James Leo Cahill (Toronto), Francesco Casetti (Yale), Mary Ann Doane (Berkeley), André Gaudreault (Montreal), Michael Gillespie (City College), …
APPROXIMATELY 800cm3 OF PLA
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Curtin 175 Deadline for submissions: ASAP APPROXIMATELY 800cm3 OF PLA is an exhibition project surveying the current state of 3D imaging by making it as tangible as possible. It …
Arts and Belonging Among Muslims in Milwaukee: A Panel Discussion
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesHosted by C21's Muslim Milwaukee Collaboratory, this event is open to the public and aims to open up an important discussion about the diversity of Muslim experiences and voices in Milwaukee. A few main questions for the panelists are: How …
Social Media and Academic Freedom
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesGeorge Ciccariello-Maher (NYU), Steve Salaita (Writer) The explosion of social media in the 21st century has posed a host of new problems for public and private employers, including small businesses, large corporations, and local, state, and federal institutions. Over the past …
Lisa Parks: Asymmetries of the Vertical: Mediating the War on Terror from 9/11 to Trump
Curtin 175 3243 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesMIGC Keynote with Lisa Parks (MIT) Lisa Parks’ talk will feature material from her upcoming book, Rethinking Media Coverage: Vertical Mediation and the War on Terror, which addresses power issues in drone wars and vertical power relations in the Trump …