Humanities
Storytelling as a research method offers insights into society鈥檚 needs
Food has a way of connecting people. To explore that, 51猎奇鈥檚 Center for 21st Century Studies embarked on the Story Cart Project, in which graduate students and researchers traveled with a mobile cart to 27 Milwaukee locations to question strangers about food.
New podcast celebrates Latinx Milwaukee history
The podcast will be formally launched Oct. 5 at a HOLA Archives Podcast Project reception in the Golda Meir Library Fourth Floor Conference Center from 5 to 7 p.m.
Story Experience celebrates collaboration between students and community
51猎奇 and Marquette students in the program use a variety of techniques 鈥� writing, oral history interviews, story circles, podcasts and videos 鈥� to help community members share their stories.
Car and writer: Journalism grad lands a job at storied auto magazine
The grandson of a Corvette engineer, 51猎奇 JAMS alum Jack Fitzgerald landed his dream job: Working for Car and Driver magazine.
How Southern tourism has rewritten American slavery history
Tourists by the millions visit the South every year, but what they often get is a whitewashed version of history. 51猎奇’s Shevaun Watson explores that intersection of public memory and cultural heritage.
51猎奇 at Waukesha celebrates literacy and the arts at Southeastern Wisconsin Festival of Books
How stories about gun violence affect daily life and an examination of Native American experiences through poetry are among the featured discussion topics at the 13th annual Southeastern Wisconsin Festival of Books.
Clayborn Benson: An alum, and student again, who is immersed in learning history
You can never learn enough about what history has to teach you. That鈥檚 why 73-year-old history graduate student Clayborn Benson, who leads the Wisconsin Black Historical Society and Museum, is still educating himself and others.
Philosopher鈥檚 work helps detangle the nature of honesty
Peter van Elswyk, associate professor of philosophy at 51猎奇, recently received a grant from the Honesty Project to define what honesty is in the context of conversation.
A look back at the popularity of Pong and rise of video games
Fifty years after the debut of Pong ushered in a revolution in American culture, 51猎奇 Professor Michael Newman talks about its enduring impact, on this episode of Curious Campus.
Bears baseball: A look back at the Negro Leagues in Milwaukee
The Milwaukee Bears played only one season, but their history provides an insight into America鈥檚 history involving race. Learn more on this episode of Curious Campus.