“French New Wave Cinematographers and the Idea of Neorealism” Presenter: Patrick Keating (Professor, Communication, Trinity University) Respondent: Maria Belodubrovskaya (Associate Professor, Cinema & Media Studies, University of Chicago) November 14th, 2025; 11:00am–12:30pm; Cobb 311 Please join us on Friday, November 14th for our second Mass Culture Workshop of Autumn 2025. Patrick Keating Mass Culture Paper The paper […]

Raven Power: Industrial Multimedia and the Fate of 16mm in the 1970s and 1980s Presenter: Zachary Vanes (PhD Candidate, Cinematic Arts, University of Iowa) Respondent: Allyson Nadia Field (Associate Professor, Cinema & Media Studies, University of Chicago) November 7, 2025; 11:00–12:30; Cobb 311   Please join us on Friday, November 7th, for our first Mass […]

“Beyond True and False: Facts, Fictions, Fakes” Presenter: Anna Maria Lorusso, Full Professor, Department of the Arts, University of Bologna Respondent: Kenzell Huggins, PhD Candidate, Anthropology, University of Chicago May 13nd, 3:30–5:00, Cobb 311   In association with the Semiotics Workshop, we are proud to present our final Mass Culture workshop of the spring quarter. […]

“Speculative Recreations: A.K. Dewdney’s Media Experiments in Science Education” Zach Yost, PhD Candidate, Cinema & Media Studies, University of Chicago May 2nd, 11:00–12:30, Cobb 311   Please join us on Friday, May 2nd, for our second Mass Culture workshop of the spring quarter.   Zach Yost – Speculative Recreations: A.K. Dewdney’s Media Experiments in Science […]

  “No Way Home: Primitive Accumulation in the Field of Vision” Cassandra Guan (Assistant Professor, Cinema & Media Studies, University of Chicago) Respondent: Rochona Majumdar (Professor, Cinema & Media Studies, University of Chicago) April 18, 2025, 11:00–12:30; Cobb 311   Please join us on Friday, April 18th, for our first Mass Culture workshop of spring […]