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February 13: Jonathan Crylen and Dimitrios Latsis On Histories of the Moving Image at the Intersection of Place and Style

Please join the Chicago Film Seminar at 6:30 pm on Thursday, February 13 to welcome Jonathan Crylen (Ph.D. Candidate at UIowa) for his talk "Expanding Oceans, Expanded Screens: Deep-Sea Exploration and the IMAX Experience" and Dimitrios Latsis   (Ph.D. Candidate at UIowa) for his talk "Canaletto, Promio, Greenaway:  An Eternal Landscape Braid"   Matt Hauske  (Ph.D. Candidate at UChicago ) will provide the response. The CFS will be held  at DePaul's Loop Campus in the  Daley Building at 14 E. Jackson Blvd., Room LL 102, using the State St. entrance   located at   247 S. State . Thursday, February 13 at 6:30pm Jonathan Crylen , Ph.D Candidate, UIowa "Expanding Oceans, Expanded Screens: Deep-Sea Exploration and the IMAX Experience" Dimitrios Latsis , Ph.D. Candidate, UIowa "Canaletto, Promio, Greenaway: An Eternal Landscape Braid" Respondent : Matt Hauske , Ph.D. Candidate, UChicago Crylen describes his talk as follows: This paper explores the ...

January 16: Pamela Robertson Wojcik on Shirley Temple as Streetwalker

Please join the Chicago Film Seminar at 6:30 pm on Thursday, January 16 to welcome Pamela Robertson Wojcik  (Notre Dame) for her talk, " Shirley Temple as Streetwalker."    Miriam Petty ( Northwestern) will provide the response. The CFS will be held  at DePaul's Loop Campus in the  Daley Building at 14 E. Jackson Blvd., Room LL 102, using the State St. entrance   located at   247 S. State . Thursday, January 16 at 6:30pm Pamela Robertson Wojcik , Notre Dame  "Shirley Temple as Streetwalker" Respondent :  Miriam Petty ,  Northwestern Wojcik describes her talk as follows: My talk is called "Shirley Temple as Streetwalker," which I mean literally - she walks in streets - and metaphorically - her mobility in urban space seems to conjure prostitution and narratives of fallen women.  Temple's films of the 1930s yoke together seemingly contradictory narratives of the fallen woman and the "new girl."  They show Temple being unmoored fr...