“No Way Home: Primitive Accumulation in the Field of Vision” Cassandra Guan (Assistant Professor, Cinema & Media Studies, University of Chicago) Respondent: Rochona Majumdar (Professor, Cinema & Media Studies, University of Chicago) April 18, 2025, 11:00–12:30; Cobb 311   Please join us on Friday, April 18th, for our first Mass Culture workshop of spring […]

“Predicative Production Cultures: The Tempering of Chance in Research and Development, 1936-1940” Josh Shepperd, Associate Professor, Media Studies, University of Colorado Boulder March 12th, 3:30-5:00 pm, Cobb 311   In association with the Music & Sound Workshop and Digital Media Workshop, we are pleased to present our final Mass Culture workshop of winter quarter. Please […]

“Identity, Contamination, and Mortality in Todd Field’s Tár” Allison Kanter, MAPH Student, University of Chicago Respondent: Desiree Foerster, Senior Research Associate, Cinema and Media Studies, University of Chicago February 28th, 11:00–12:30, Cobb 311   Please join us on Friday, February 28th, for our third Mass Culture workshop of winter quarter.   Allison Kanter Mass Culture […]

“Photographic Counterfeiting, Cinema, and the Tactility of Money” Wolfgang Boehm, PhD Candidate, Cinema & Media Studies, University of Chicago Respondent: Cassandra Guan, Assistant Professor, Cinema & Media Studies, University of Chicago February 14th, 11:00–12:30, Cobb 311   Please join us on Friday, February 14th, for our second Mass Culture workshop of winter quarter.   Wolfgang […]

“Robert Bresson’s Trilogy of Despair” Daniel Morgan, Professor, Cinema & Media Studies, University of Chicago January 31st, 11:00–12:30, Cobb 311   Please join us on Friday, January 31st, for our first Mass Culture workshop of winter quarter.   Daniel Morgan – Robert Bresson’s Trilogy of Despair The paper password is provided through the Mass Culture […]