{"id":6,"date":"2013-10-11T22:24:34","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T16:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/template\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-04-02T18:08:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T23:08:38","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Center for 21st Century Studies (C21) mission is to build a community of scholars addressing the most pressing questions of our time. We support and foster research by bringing emerging and established researchers across a range of disciplines together for collaborative idea generation and individual reflection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-process\">Process<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>C21 created a model to bring intentionality to the design, planning, and execution of what the Center calls the \u201cCollaborative Knowledge Creation (CKC)\u201d process. Community and university stakeholders take part in every step of it, which informs the creation of accessible programming that provides multiple points of access and honors multiple ways of knowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-u-flex uwm-u-flex--wrap uwm-u-flex--left\">\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--icon-right uwm-c-button--icon-chevron uwm-u-mr-20 uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/research\/process\/\" rel=\"\">Learn more about our process<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-themes\">Themes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>C21 has a long tradition of selecting an annual theme to guide its programming and the collaborations of its Fellows. This single theme culminated in an annual spring conference, and often the publication of a monograph of the conference proceedings.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/research\/past-research\/past-conferences\/\">See this archive of past conference themes<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-u-flex uwm-u-flex--wrap uwm-u-flex--left\">\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--icon-right uwm-c-button--icon-chevron uwm-u-mr-20 uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/research\/past-research\/past-conferences\/\" rel=\"\">Learn more<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fellowships\">Fellowships<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Each year the Center selects a cohort of Research Fellows. These can be drawn from. Fellows are selected for the excellence of their proposals for projects addressing one of the C21 themes. Humanities-oriented projects from any field are given priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New calls for Fellows are commonly posted November 1<sup>st<\/sup> and selected for the following academic year. Fellows receive an office on the 9<sup>th<\/sup> Floor of Curtin Hall and are expected to meet bi-weekly to support the development of each other\u2019s research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-u-flex uwm-u-flex--wrap uwm-u-flex--left\">\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--icon-right uwm-c-button--icon-chevron uwm-u-mr-20 uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/research\/fellowships\/\" rel=\"\">Learn more<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-collaboratories\">Collaboratories<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With additional funding provided by the College of Letters &amp; Science, C21 supports research projects through an annual call for collaborations among faculty, graduate students, academic staff, and community members. Collaborative groups are required to include researchers from more than one unit (i.e., department, division, or college). Potential participants could also be drawn from other local universities, community organizations, or from members of the Milwaukee-area public. Projects can focus on the creation of sustainable research networks; curricular offerings; grant proposals; conferences and lectures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-u-flex uwm-u-flex--wrap uwm-u-flex--left\">\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--icon-right uwm-c-button--icon-chevron uwm-u-mr-20 uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/research\/collaboratories\/\" rel=\"\">Learn more<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-past-research\">Past Research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about past collaboratories, research fellows, C21-hosted conferences, and assorted research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-u-flex uwm-u-flex--wrap uwm-u-flex--left\">\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--icon-right uwm-c-button--icon-chevron uwm-u-mr-20 uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/c21\/research\/past-research\/\" rel=\"\">Learn more about past research<\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Center for 21st Century Studies (C21) mission is to build a community of scholars addressing the most pressing questions of our time. 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