Public Events
Distinguished Speaker Burkhardt Wolf: ‘Dial A for Anxiety: Media and Affect’
Maxwell Hall, 204B
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The exploration of the peculiar "culture of anxiety's" relationship between discourse, subjectivity and technical objects that emerged in the 1940s.
Category
Social Science and Public Policy
Type
Lectures and Seminars
Region
Campus
Open to
Public
Organizers
CAS-Department of English, Humanities Center, CAS-Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Accessibility
Contact Lynnell Cabezas to request accommodations
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