Dear All, We invite you to join us on Friday, January 26th at 11:00 am in Cobb 311 for the third Winter Quarter meeting of the Mass Culture Workshop. This week we welcome Sean Batton, Ph.D. student in the Department of Cinema and Media Studies. He will be presenting a paper titled “L’Entraînement mental: The Medvedkin Groups and Popular Education.” Matt […]

Dear All, Please join us Friday, January 19th at 3PM in CEAS 319 (1155 E. 60th St) as the Art and Politics of East Asia and Mass Culture Workshops are proud to host Brian White, PhD Candidate in East Asian Languages and Civilizations. He will present a draft of his dissertation chapter titled “Asian Aliens: Race and Ethnicity […]

Dear All, Please join us on Friday, January 12th at 11:00 AM in Cobb 311 as we welcome Gary Kafer, Ph.D. student in Cinema and Media Studies; he will discuss “Conjuring the Algorithmic Specter,” an article in-progress. Marc Downie, new lecturer in Cinema and Media Studies, will serve as the discussant. The paper is available for download here. Please email either […]

Dear All, Please join us this Friday, November 10th at 3:00 pm in CEAS 319 for a special section co-sponsored by Mass Culture Workshop and APEA Workshop, as we host Yuqian Yan, PhD Candidate in CMS and EALC. She will be presenting a draft of her dissertation chapter titled “Emplacing the Ancient: the Characters and Their World.” This chapter […]

Hi Everyone! Please join us this Friday, November 3rd at 11: 00 AM in Cobb 311 for our fourth meeting of the Mass Culture Workshop. This week we’re excited to welcome Rick Prelinger, Professor of Film & Digital Media at UC Santa Cruz, who is also an archivist, writer and filmmaker. He will be giving […]

Hi Everyone! Please join us this Monday, October 30th at 4:30 pm in Logan 801 for a special section co-hosted by Mass Culture Workshop and Theater & Performance Studies Workshop. This week we welcome Marissa Fenley, PhD student in the joint program in English and Theater & Performance Studies. Her paper is titled “Be A Puppet: […]