The Open Invitation. Activist Video, Mexico, and the Politics of Affect
216 Aaron Burr 216 Aaron Burr, PrincetonWhile earlier revolutionary filmmaking and more recent video activism share an interest in vesting the audiovisual medium from its predominant social, economic, and ideological inscriptions, they tend to incite different […]
Iranian Cosmopolitanism: A Cinematic History of Nationalism in the Early Twentieth Century
A71 Louis A. Simpson BuildingDespite common narratives that consider it as an ostracized form of entertainment in its early stages in Iran, cinema was in fact a popular communication technology among urban residents in […]
Epistemological Racism, Southern Theory, and Scholarly Ethics
012 East Pyne PrincetonSuperheroes on the Couch
Betts AuditoriumThis event will feature three presentations on the way in which superhero films—such as Batman, The Avengers, Black Panther, X-Men, and Spiderman—serve as mirrors of our time and, in particular, […]