Jacobson models an approach to film analysis that accounts for material histories of extraction and resource dependence but without taking material knowledge—and the method he calls "raw materialism"—as an end in itself.
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January 17, 2025
"Photographic Futures" is a one-day symposium at Dartmouth College on Friday, January 31 that brings together a group of interdisciplinary scholars to explore how contemporary approaches to photography illuminate pressing issues of our time.
January 13, 2025
GrantGPS will host a virtual info session about research fellowships offered by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Open to all Dartmouth affiliates, the session will cover how an NEH fellowship can support your humanities research and writing project and share tips for preparing materials for your application.
January 10, 2025
The Early Modern Incubator Venn Vision group presents "Redness and Power: Chemical Modernity and the Eighteenth-Century Book Arts," with Sean Silver.
January 08, 2025
Screening of the film "In My Words" by Viktor Witkowski followed by a discussion with the director, Yuliya Komska and social anthropologist Agnieszka Pasieka (U of Montreal).
November 12, 2024
The students in Intensive Ukrainian (UKRA 11) and Intermediate Ukrainian (UKRA 27), in collaboration with students from Ternopil National Technical University, Ukraine, have curated an exhibition devoted to Ukrainian museums damaged, looted, or destroyed as a result of Russia's war on Ukraine.
October 21, 2024
This workshop is intended to bring together philosophers who have worked on developing the neo-pragmatist approach and applying it to a variety of issues, in metaethics and beyond.
October 15, 2024
A conference on Juan Rulfo's literary and photographic works. October 30th and October 31st.
October 08, 2024
Considering Hannah Arendt's reflections on historical memory from an interdisciplinary perspective, this workshop explores the reach and contemporary relevance of Arendt's strategies for narrating history in "dark times".
October 02, 2024
Explore Italian culture through documentary filmmaking with filmmakers Luca Ragazzi and Gustav Hofer. Events will take place October 22-27, 2024. Some events will require registration or response. Please watch for details and additional information.