2020 Proseminar Conference
When and Where
Description
The first annual Proseminar Conference. The second-year CSI PhD students have been developing conference presentations as part of their work in the proseminar this past Fall 2019 term, and we have scheduled a mini-conference in which they will all present their work. Please come and support your colleagues, learn about what they’re working on, and participate in intellectual exchange.
1:10pm: A/V setup and Welcome
Session 1: 1:15–2:30pm
Samuel Reimer “‘What if all I have is my suffering?’: Interview with the Vampire and Homosocial Eternity”
Ruochen Bo “Shame: A Conversation between Bernard Williams and Ingmar Bergman”
Christian Zeitz “The Affective Politics of the Refugee Face on Canadian Television: Degrassi: The Next Class and Building Bridges”
2:30–2:40: Break
Session 2: 2:40–4:15pm
Erin Mick “Facing the Un-Face: A Phenomenological Glance toward the Face in Cinematic Jump-Scares”
Michael Sooriyakumaran “Cracking Up: Anachronism, Subjectivity, and Discontinuity in Suzuki Seijun’s Branded to Kill”
Morgan Harper “Minding the Gap: Star Wars, Touch, and the Overcoming of Matte Lines”
Denise Mok “‘From Awe to Charm’: Anatomy of the Garbo Star Persona in Queen Christina and Ninotchka”