Rick Prelinger’s currently researches the political economy and aesthetics of archives. He produces live urban history film events made for participatory audiences and is in the early stages of a film counterposing the lived experience of citydwellers as shown in home movies with the pronouncements of urban theorists and historians.

Rick Prelinger is an Associate Professor of Film and Digital Media at UCSC; Founder of Prelinger Archives; and board member of Internet Archive.

The Center for Cultural Studies hosts a weekly Wednesday colloquium featuring work by faculty and visitors. The sessions consist of a 40-45 minute presentation followed by discussion. We gather at noon, with presentations beginning at 12:15 PM. Participants are encouraged to bring their own lunches; the Center provides coffee, tea, and cookies.

All Center for Cultural Studies events are free and open to the public. Staff assistance is provided by the Institute for Humanities Research.

Winter 2017 Colloquium Dates:

January 18th: Susan Buck-Morss

January 25th: Emily Mitchell-Eaton

February 1st: Regina Kunzel

February 8th: Camillo Gomez-Rivas

February 15th: Gary Wilder

February 22nd: Rick Prelinger

March 1st: Hillary Angelo

March 8th: Akash Kumar