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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 (Professor of History, UWM) argues …
Join us for a conversational roundtable that is part of C21’s Lonely No More! Symposia. How might we study, talk about, and address loneliness and the built environment? What kinds of social arrangements might we foster to reconsider loneliness and …
Join us for a conversational roundtable that is part of C21's Lonely No More! Symposia. In what ways does loneliness manifest for nonhuman animals and in the nonhuman world? How might we rethink loneliness and connection with nonhumans in mind? …
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 …
Visit the Center (9th Floor, Curtin Hall, UWM Campus) and engage with colleagues across disciplines through this experiential meet-and-greet! Students, staff, faculty, and community partners all welcome - with coffee and tea to spare! Each room of the Center will …
The fourth conversation of the Lonely No More! series takes place on UWM's campus and focuses in on what it means to create Healing Spaces at a university - spaces for transition, translation, repair, and community. The conversation will feature …
Thinking about university research after the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Featuring: Donna McGee, Sam Westcott, Maria Novotny, and Rachel Bloom-Pojar.
Help 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 …
Elizabeth Emery, Professor of World Languages and Cultures at Montclair State University, is 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 …
Need a break from studying? Join us for breakfast! A graduate student event, though all are welcome. Make connections across departments, enjoy a Donut, and catch your breath before the end-of-the-semester sprint! In addition to Donuts (from Donut Monster), we’ll …
Join us for a conversation about open access and open scholarship in the humanities, facilitated by Ann Hanlon (Digital Collections and Initiatives) and the C21 Team. The discussion will include an overview of current efforts on campus and some dreaming …
Led by Michelle Schoenecker and Anne Kissak (Office of Research and Sponsored Programs), we will go over the current funding landscape for humanities-based projects. We will then take some time to define individual and collaborative-based funding opportunities and explore the …
Need a break from studying? Join us for breakfast! A graduate student event, though all are welcome. Make connections across departments, enjoy a Donut, and catch your breath before the end-of-the-semester sprint! In addition to Donuts, we’ll have Bagels, Fruit, …
In her talk “Making a Splash: Women Cartoonists in France,” Dr. Cynthia 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 …
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). Free and open to the public.
Help students achieve essential learning outcomes through a balance of flexibility and accountability, high standards and care for students.
DUE TO WINTER WEATHER THIS EVENT HAS BEEN MOVED TO A VIRTUAL FORMAT. Register to join by Zoom at https://wisconsin-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwqc-uorT8qHN3e2Fo7Scd1RkRQDSjBn5np A Roundtable Discussion on the effects of the Dobbs Supreme Court Decision, with UWM and UW-System professionals and experts. Moderated …
A conversation about the philosophies behind equitable food production systems built on trust. Featuring Elizabeth Gabriel (Groundswell Center), Cherie Rivers (UNC Chapel Hill), and Martice Scales (Full Circle Healing Farms). Free and open to the public.
Join 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 the Center for 21st Century Studies …
A public talk on craft and globalism by Dr. Deborah Dorotinsky Alperstein, Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas of the Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM). This lecture will center on folk art (handcraft / arte-popular) as a cultural agent during the Global …
A conversation about how trust operates in current food and land justice efforts. Featuring Linda Black Elk (United Tribes Technical College), Joseph Onalik (Memorial University), and Anton Seals, Jr. (Grow Greater Englewood). Free and open to the public.
Learn 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. From 10:00 AM until 12:30 PM, …
A 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. Featuring: The ART of Infertility (https://www.artofinfertility.org/) Cuentos de …
Join us for the Annual Showcase of the Milwaukee Story Experience Project. For 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 …
DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. In 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 …
Join members of the C21 Reproductive Justice Collaboratory as we connect writing with reproductive freedoms. Learn more about the (1) history of reproductive justice; (2) how it impacts students today; and (3) explore how writing can be a tool to …
The C21 Reproductive Justice Collaboratory hosts this community event. We are an interdisciplinary UWM group who create space for conversations, resource sharing, and networking among local leaders engaged and interested in reproductive justice around Milwaukee. This event takes a deep dive …
How does the particular produce the universal? In this seminar, Dr. James Loeffler will discuss how Jewish Studies engages this question by drawing on research on Raphael Lemkin’s creation of the legal concept of genocide in interwar Polish Jewish culture. …
The 2024 Sam and Helen Stahl Center for Jewish Studies, Distinguished Lecture by James Loeffler. This event is both in-person or via Zoom. To register for the Zoom link see https://wisconsin-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8tdtZrqyTdecQvrjdfKEyg#/registration Can law limit hate speech without violating the First …
Explore 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 …
9 out of 10 U.S. employers rely on employees with language skills other than English (Source: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2019) 56% of U.S. employers say their demand for employees with language skills other than English …
The UW System Faculty Lecture Series and The Center for 21st Century Studies at UWM present Derek Handley. Register for this online event to receive the link. A clickable link is below in the website section or copy and paste: …
Join the Center for 21st Century Studies and Slow Growing in the Time of Trees for a generative writing workshop about art and the most generative of living things: fungi. Come with a writing implement and paper, or birch bark, …
We 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 …
Prompting 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. The first ten attendees to register will …
Artists 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. AI is a transformational force in human history, akin to the rise …
Artists 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 …
Join the Center for 21st Century Studies (C21) on March 12 for an artist talk with Kite (a.k.a. Suzanne Kite), an Oglála Lakȟóta artist, composer, and scholar. Her groundbreaking scholarship and practice investigate contemporary Lakota ontologies through research-creation, computational media, and performance. Kite develops body interfaces for machine learning-driven performance, …
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, this nature walk and writing workshop at Havenwoods State Forest invites us to notice the …
Hosted by the Center for 21st Century Studies and Queer Zine Archive Project (QZAP) co-founder Milo Miller, this workshop will blend mindfulness and creative writing to explore themes of slowing down, radical self-care, critical disability studies, and fostering networks of mutual support …
Join the Center for 21st Century Studies for a walk with the Human Club to explore the Little Free Libraries in our campus community! We will start our journey at the UWM Center for Student Experience and Talent in the Student Union. Then, …
Join 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 …