“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) […]

Dear all, Please join us for the second Mass Culture Workshop of the spring quarter with Rakesh Sengupta, next Friday, April 5! Details below. In addition to the Mass Culture Workshop, Rakesh will be presenting as part of the Southern Asia Seminar on Thursday, April 4. Your 2023–24 Mass Cult coordinators, Joel and Hugo   […]

Dear all, We hope you’ve had a great—if brief—spring break! Please join us for the first Mass Culture Workshop of the spring quarter, this Friday, March 22! Details below. There is no pre-circulated paper. Your 2023–24 Mass Cult coordinators, Joel and Hugo   The Wheel and the Grid: Color Standards and the Rise of Seeing […]

Dear all, Please join us for the last Mass Culture Workshop of the quarter, this Friday, March 8! This session, hosted in partnership with the Reproductions of Race and Racial Ideologies Working Group, will meet on Zoom. Details below. There is no pre-circulated paper. Your 2023–24 Mass Cult coordinators, Joel and Hugo   Fragments of […]

Dear all, Please join us for the Mass Culture Workshop next Friday, February 23! Details below. There is no pre-circulated paper. Your 2023–24 Mass Cult coordinators, Joel and Hugo   Alice Guy Blaché In Her Own Words Aurore Spiers, Humanities Teaching Fellow, Cinema and Media Studies, University of Chicago Respondent: Allyson Nadia Field, Associate Professor, […]