Critical insights from C21's Tennessen Scholars
Josh Rivers discusses how the systems created to purportedly support “security”: the state, the military, the police, borders, and so on exist not to ensure safety but to enact surveillance. In doing so, they produce insecure subjects.
Responding to Amitav Ghosh’s The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable (2017), four UWM faculty members participated in a roundtable discussion on the afternoon of Friday, November 2, 2018. Each panelist explored the scale and violence of climate change based on their expertise and disciplinary affiliation. Expanding the conversation and making this event a truly […]
I joined a large group of graduate student and faculty colleagues on Friday, October 5thfor the Brown Bag discussion with Katherine Hayles. The roomed continued to fill past capacity as our ninety minutes together progressed, which began with Hayles expressing concern for the future of our species – a sentiment shared by many in the […]
In conjunction with its 50th anniversary year in 2018-19, the Center for 21st Century Studies awarded six graduate-student scholarships named for long-time Center Deputy Director Carol Tennessen. Tennessen Scholars attend all C21 events, help foster engagement among the Center’s active graduate student community, and contribute to the Tennessen Scholars blog. Meet the Tennessen Scholars: KRISTA GRENSAVITCH (pronouns […]