Against the New Nativism

Teach-In on Migration and Borders

The U.S. government is currently checking off items on the wish list of a new nativist movement--from an entry ban on people from...

Critical Conversations: Media Studies at the Intersection of Theory and Practice

Gloria Calderón Kellett, Executive Producer and showrunner of Netflix’s ONE DAY AT A TIME and Miranda Banks, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies at Emerson College

Established in Fall 2017, the Department of Film, Television, and Media’s speaker series creates a space for film and media scholars and...

Front Country

Presented by The Ark

An acoustic band born in the land of tech innovation, Front Country was unlikely to be accepted as an authentic American roots band out of...

Books Talk: "Dance Me a Song" and "Black Opera"

Featuring Recent Publications by Beth Genné with Oxford University Press and by Naomi André with University of Illinois Press

In Black Opera: History, Power, Engagement (published May 4, 2018), Naomi André draws on the experiences of performers and audiences to...