June 9th, 2017 – Takuya Tsunoda

Please join us on Friday, June 9th at 10:30AM in Cobb 311 for the sixth, and final, Spring Quarter meeting of the Mass Culture Workshop. This week we’re looking forward to welcoming Dr. Takuya Tsunoda, Lecturer in the Department of Cinema and Media Studies. Takuya will be presenting an article in progress, titled “Radical or Clinical: Hani Susumu, Nouvelle Vague in Japan […]

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June 2nd 2017 – Matt Hubbell

Please join us on Friday, June 2nd at 10:30AM in Cobb 311 for the fifth Spring Quarter meeting of the Mass Culture Workshop. This week we welcome Matt Hubbell, PhD Candidate in the Department of Cinema and Media Studies. Matt will be presenting a chapter of his dissertation, Acting After the New Wave: The Political Aesthetics of Performance in France, 1968-1981. The chapter is […]

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May 26th, 2017 – Nicole Erin Morse

Please join us on Friday, May 26th at 10:30AM in Cobb 311 for the fourth Spring Quarter meeting of the Mass Culture Workshop. This week we’re excited to welcome Nicole Morse, PhD Candidate in the Department of Cinema and Media Studies. Nicole will be presenting a chapter of their dissertation on selfie aesthetics, titled “Because of You, I Know that I Exist”: Doubling in Selfie Aesthetics.” […]

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May 12th, 2017 – Jordan Schonig

Please join us on Friday, May 12th at 10:30AM in Cobb 311 for the third Spring Quarter meeting of the Mass Culture Workshop. This week we welcome Jordan Schonig, PhD Candidate in the Department of Cinema and Media Studies. Jordan will be presenting the introduction to his dissertation on cinematic motion and film theory, titled “Cinema’s Motion Forms.” Jordan’s paper is available for download here. […]

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March 3rd, 2017 – Pedro Noel Doreste

Please join us on Friday, March 3rd at 10AM in Cobb 311 for our final Winter Quarter meeting of the Mass Culture Workshop. This time, we welcome Pedro Noel Doreste, PhD Student in Cinema and Media Studies. Pedro will be presenting an article draft titled “Revolutionary Exceptions: Reception of The Godfather Films in Cuba.” Pedro’s paper […]

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