{"id":31186,"date":"2026-03-23T10:56:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=31186"},"modified":"2026-03-23T10:56:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:56:05","slug":"28th-annual-student-research-forum-spring-2026","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/event\/28th-annual-student-research-forum-spring-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"28th Annual Student Research Forum, Spring 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tribe-events-single-event-description tribe-events-content\">\n<p>This year\u2019s keynote speaker is\u00a0<strong>Bench Ansfield<\/strong>\u00a0(Assistant Professor of History, Temple University and an urban historian of racial capitalism), author of\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwwnorton.com%2Fbooks%2F9781324093510&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ctotty%40uwm.edu%7C9f7dfbf26eb649dc254708de86c54928%7C0bca7ac3fcb64efd89eb6de97603cf21%7C0%7C0%7C639096379076070609%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=0N%2F4%2FWzDpod4DLOBg4uDwvTeNxYq8N%2F8xrlvGp2RGCE%3D&amp;reserved=0\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Born in Flames: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(W. 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