Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature - CSCL

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"I'm from Minnesota;" Reflection as Soul Michael Taussig of Columbia University presents "I'm From Minnesota;" A Study of Rivers and Reflections

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Decommodifying the Kisaeng: Women's Waged Entertainment Labor in Korea's Transition to Capitalism Join CSCL for an upcoming colloquium with Laurie Lee (University Pennsylvania).

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Temporal Disobedience: An Anachronic Historiography of Architecture from UB City to Pienza PhD Candidate Anjali Ganapathy will be defending her dissertation on temporal disobedience in architecture.

Join CSCL as we host Alison Griffiths to discuss her book “Nomadic Cinema: A Cultural Geography of the Expedition Film.”

Cinema in Extremis: Rethinking Monumentality in the 1920s Everest Expedition Films As new technologies transformed global transportation and opened new avenues for documentation, and as imperialism and capitalism expanded their re...

Congrats on your internship at Netflix, Zayna! We're excited to see how you use your SCMC minor in your future career:

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This spring, we lost a wonderful colleague in Michelle Lekas. She touched the lives of many who knew her, including several generations of students. We'd like to invite our community to come together to share memories of her and celebrate the life she lived. We hope you can come:

Michelle Lekas: Celebration of Life We invite you to a reception in remembrance of our beloved colleague, Michelle Lekas.

How do you spend your summer? Reading? Watching TV? Thinking about aliens? We've got summer courses for all three:

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Next Friday, Dr. Harrison Fluss will be joining us to discuss Marx and Hegel in dialogue. See you then!

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The Owl and the Mole: Does Marxism Need Philosophy? Dr. Harrison Fluss visits CSCL to discuss Marx and Hegel in dialogue.

Next Monday we welcome writer, curator, experimental musician, and former touring guitarist for Bikini Kill, Erica Dawn Lyle, to discuss important questions of our time from her upcoming book Kyanite. See you there!

How are we going to take care of each other?!? Erica Dawn Lyle reads from her forthcoming book on urgent questions of fascism.

Undergraduate Symposium today!

CSCL/SCMC Undergraduate Symposium Last year’s symposium was a great success: remarkable student work, compelling discussions, good food, and much fun… which sets a high standard...

Joint colloquium with U of MN Asian American Studies today at 1pm!

AMES & CSCL Symposium in Media Studies Hosted by the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and the Department of Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature.

Come support PhD Candidate Olga Tchepikova-Treon during the public portion of her dissertation defense. The talk is titled "Disability Aesthetics in Alternative Film Cultures", and you can find all the details at the link below.

Disability Aesthetics in Alternative Film Cultures Please join us for the public portion of PhD Candidate Olga Tchepikova-Treon's dissertation defense.