Join Professors Maggie Hennefeld (CSCL), Travis Workman (AMES), and Lorenzo Fabbri (FRIT) for a joint presentation of their recently published books on cinema, aesthetics, and politics: Death by Laughter: Female Hysteria and Early Cinema (Columbia University Press, 2024);  Political Moods: Film Melodrama and the Cold War (University of California Press, 2023); and Cinema is the Strongest Weapon: Race-Making and Resistance in Fascist Italy (University of Minnesota Press, 2023).

Moderated by Dr. Michelle Baroody (Mizna, Archives on Screen).

Presenter: Dr. Caitlin Bruce, University of Pittsburgh
Introduced and Moderated by: Dr. Emily Winderman, University of Minnesota

Reckoning with the colonial complicity and legacy of institutions requires unpacking the promises and challenges of decolonial work. This talk reflects on current efforts to develop a set of culturally-responsive and historically-minded decolonial approaches to Philippine collections at the University of Michigan. 

Q&A and reception to follow.

Presented by Colonial Collections Across the University Collaborative with support from the Institute for Advanced Study Research and Creative Collaborative program.

Dr. Karina Horsti: Government of Finland/David and Nancy Speer Visiting Professor, Department of Communication Studies, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Introduced by Dr. Emily Winderman: Department of Communication Studies & IAS Media Archives for the Future Research and Creative Collaborative

The Institute for Advanced Study Collaborative: Collecting Oral Histories of West Central Minnesota will gather for the final event of its first cycle on Tuesday, October 24 at 2:30–4:15 PM on the lower level of Briggs Library. Refreshments will be served. (Alternatively, you may attend via Zoom.) 

Featuring: Samuel Herley, Jayne Swift, and Matt Villenueve

Morgan Adamson: Associate Professor and Chair, Media and Cultural Studies, Macalester College
Moderated by Sonali Pahwa: Associate Professor, Theatre Arts and Dance, University of Minnesota

The fourth meeting of the "Collecting Oral Histories of West Central Minnesota" Collaborative of the Institute for Advanced Study will be a reading group on the practical dimensions of beginning new oral history collection projects. Anyone and everyone interested in telling local stories is welcome! Readings will be available in advance via Briggs Library Electronic Reserve.

HaeRan Shin: Professor, Department of Geography, Seoul National University