Events
Week of Events
CANCELLED: Cultural Studies Colloquium
CANCELLED: Cultural Studies Colloquium
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 […]
VIRTUAL – Special Session: Thinking Through Television in a Pandemic
VIRTUAL – Special Session: Thinking Through Television in a Pandemic
In this time of the COVID-19 pandemic, more and more people are tuning into television (across streaming platforms, web series, and of course also pay, cable, and network TV) for news and information, comfort and company, narrative pleasure and imaginative stimulation—though also often getting misinformation, alienation, or discouragement. How is TV working, producing ways of […]
ZOOM TEACH IN: Anti-Asian Xenophobia in an Age of Covid-19
ZOOM TEACH IN: Anti-Asian Xenophobia in an Age of Covid-19
Anti-Chinese xenophobia inaugurated the United States as a gatekeeping nation in the late nineteenth century. Figured as dangerous to the public health, the Chinese—and successive Asian migrants—were likened to an invasive disease and subjected not only to exclusion laws but also to white vigilante violence. In this era of pandemic, a moment conditioned by phobia […]