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“Nowhere Space:” Sonic Materiality and Sites of Reading

In Listening and Voice: Phenomenologies of Sound, Don Ihde writes: “Sometimes there is a ‘singing’ of voice in writing. I have often been shocked at ‘hearing’ a friend’s voice on reading his or her...

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On Montage and Ideology in Alexander Kluge’s Nachrichten aus der...

In one of his latest works, Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike – news from the ideological past or antique – Alexander Kluge, a friend and protege of Theodor W. Adorno, uses the medium of the DVD...

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Beautiful Views, or The Wind in the Trees

It’s one of the most persistent anecdotes of film studies that the first audiences of motion pictures were awe-struck by what Dai Vaughan has called the “incidentals” of scenes: “smoke from a forge,...

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Queer Transpositions: Censorship and Desire in Andy Warhol’s 13 Most Wanted Men

13 Most Wanted Men, 1964 I recently visited The Andy Warhol Museum to take a look at Warhol’s 13 Most Wanted Men (1964) before it was returned to its home in the Queens Museum. I couldn’t miss catching...

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Fall 2015 Cinematheque: Now In Theaters

It goes without saying that the act of viewing in a movie theater or screening room has long been left behind as the sole means of experiencing film. With the ease of home viewing and online streaming,...

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Reflecting on “Screening Politics”

This year’s FSGSO conference, “Screening Politics: Affect, Identity, and Uprising” addressed a number of critical and emerging issues in both film studies and related fields of inquiry. The panels and...

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Action!: Performance, Sport, and Moving Bodies in Film and Visual Media

University of Pittsburgh,         September 29-30, 2017                     Hosted by the Film Studies Graduate Student Organization (FSGSO)

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No More Room in Hell: A Half-Century of Undead Media

University of Pittsburgh,         September 28-29, 2018                  Hosted by the Film and Media Studies Graduate Student Organization (FMSGSO)

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Limits of Cinema / Cinema Limited?

University of Pittsburgh,         September 27-28, 2019                  Hosted by the Film and Media Studies Graduate Student Organization (FMSGSO)

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Striking Back at Empire: Politicizing Media Genres

University of Pittsburgh,         February 18-19, 2021                  Hosted by the Film and Media Studies Graduate Student Organization (FMSGSO)

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