The听Graduate Certificate Program in Critical Theory听is pleased to host听Dr. Martin Shuster听for a two-day critical theory event. We invite all interested听faculty听and 听graduate students听to join us for an exciting听lecture on Thursday Feb 21st听and for a engaging听seminar-style discussion on Friday Feb 22nd.
Martin Shuster is听Assistant Professor, Director of Judaic Studies, and a faculty member in the Center for Geographies of Justice, at Goucher College. He is an accomplished philosopher and interdisciplinary scholar whose research and teaching interests span philosophy, Judaic studies, religion, genocide studies, media studies, and critical theory. He is the author of听New Television: the Aesthetics and Politics of a Genre听听(University听of Chicago Press, 2017)听and听Autonomy after Auschwitz: Adorno, German Idealism, and听Modernity听(University听of Chicago Press, 2014)
Thursday February 21, 2019 at 5:15pm (McKenna 112)
Public lecture:听The Newness of New Television: Ontology, Storytelling, and the World
This talk will examine the aesthetic and political significance of 鈥榥ew television鈥� (the plethora of new television series like听The Sopranos,听Mad Men,听The Wire, and many others), and will argue that the sorts of aesthetic objects these shows present (their ontology) and the ways in which they tell their stories (their storytelling) places them into broader debates around aesthetic modernism. The talk will conclude with a brief consideration of how such a placement helps us understand the political character of new television. Light refreshments will be provided.
Friday February 22, 2019 at 3:15pm-5pm (Macky 230)
Seminar session:听Dialectic of Enlightenment
After a brief presentation, Dr. Shuster will lead a seminar-style discussion of Adorno and Horkheimer鈥檚 classic text,听Dialectic of Enlightenment, and its standing as a fundamentally post-Kantian text, intimately concerned thereby, as many such texts in this tradition, with the philosophical theme of apperception. Seminar texts will also include selections from Sigmund Freud鈥檚听Beyond the Pleasure Principle, as well as recent commentary by Shuster and Owen Hulatt. This event is open to CU faculty and graduate students. For electronic copies of the readings, please email听lauren.stone@colorado.edu
Reception听to follow
The Center for Western Civilization, Thought and Policy funds research and educational initiatives that contribute to critical reflection on the development of Western civilization. All CU Boulder faculty and students are eligible to apply. If you are interested in applying for a CWCTP faculty grant, deadlines are rolling throughout the year.