“Predicative Production Cultures: The Tempering of Chance in Research and Development, 1936-1940” Josh Shepperd, Associate Professor, Media Studies, University of Colorado Boulder March 12th, 3:30-5:00 pm, Cobb 311   In association with the Music & Sound Workshop and Digital Media Workshop, we are pleased to present our final Mass Culture workshop of winter quarter. Please […]

“Identity, Contamination, and Mortality in Todd Field’s Tár” Allison Kanter, MAPH Student, University of Chicago Respondent: Desiree Foerster, Senior Research Associate, Cinema and Media Studies, University of Chicago February 28th, 11:00–12:30, Cobb 311   Please join us on Friday, February 28th, for our third Mass Culture workshop of winter quarter.   Allison Kanter Mass Culture […]

“Photographic Counterfeiting, Cinema, and the Tactility of Money” Wolfgang Boehm, PhD Candidate, Cinema & Media Studies, University of Chicago Respondent: Cassandra Guan, Assistant Professor, Cinema & Media Studies, University of Chicago February 14th, 11:00–12:30, Cobb 311   Please join us on Friday, February 14th, for our second Mass Culture workshop of winter quarter.   Wolfgang […]

“Robert Bresson’s Trilogy of Despair” Daniel Morgan, Professor, Cinema & Media Studies, University of Chicago January 31st, 11:00–12:30, Cobb 311   Please join us on Friday, January 31st, for our first Mass Culture workshop of winter quarter.   Daniel Morgan – Robert Bresson’s Trilogy of Despair The paper password is provided through the Mass Culture […]

Dear all, Please join us for next week’s Mass Culture Workshop with Darshana Sreedhar Mini, on Friday, May 3! The workshop will be followed by a catered lunch. Details below. In addition to the Mass Culture Workshop, Darshana will be presenting her work as part of the Southern Asia Seminar on Thursday, May 2. There […]

Dear all, Please join us for the fourth Mass Culture Workshop of the spring quarter with Nat Modlin, next Friday, April 19! Details below. The pre-circulated paper will be shared through the Mass Culture listserv. Your 2023–24 Mass Cult coordinators, Joel and Hugo   Shipwreck, Surveillance, Surface Reading: The Spectral Surfaces of Purple Sea (2020) […]