IIPC debate 26 April 2012

26 April 2012, 4 pm. – Professor Amy Herzog (New York City University): The Pornographic Arcades Project: Adaptation, Automation, and the Evolution of Times Square (1965-1975). Place: Pharmacity 1, Itäinen pitkäkatu 4, Turku.

Amy Herzog is Associate Professor of Media Studies and Coordinator of the Film Studies Program at Queens College, City University of New York. She is also on the doctoral faculty of Film Studies and Theater at The CUNY Graduate Center, and serves as co-General Editor of WSQ (Women’s Studies Quarterly). Her recent book, Dreams of Difference, Songs of the Same: The Musical Moment in Film (Minnesota, 2009), explores musical cinema through the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze. Her current research centers on the relationship between media technologies and urban space. For further information see http://qc-cuny.academia.edu/AmyHerzog

IIPC Debate 12 April 2012

12 April 2012, 4 pm. – Professor Martin Cloonan (University of Glasgow): Researching Live Music in the UK: Some findings. Place: Seminar room Hovi, Musicology, Kaivokatu 12, Turku.

IIPC Debate 20 March 2012

20 March 2012, 12 pm. – Dr Benita Heiskanen (Turku Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Turku): Between Urban Margins and Centers: The Spatial Practice of Boxing. Place: Janus Auditorium, Kaivokatu 12, 1st floor, Turku.

Opening seminar of PPCS

17-18 February 2012. – Opening seminar of the PhD Programme for Popular Culture Studies (PPCS).

University of Turku, Main Building, Lecture Hall II:

12-12:15 pm Director of PPCS, Professor Hannu Salmi (Cultural History, University of Turku): Introducing the Programme

12:15-1 pm Docent Kari Kallioniemi (Cultural History, University of Turku): ‘Some Cultural Historical Thoughts on Studying and Researching Popular Culture — Alain Resnais and the Joy of (Mass) Culture’

1-1:45 pm Panel Discussion: The State of Popular Culture Studies in Finland
Chair: Professor John Richardson (Musicology, University of Turku), the panelists come from the PPCS Board

1:45-2:15 pm coffee

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PhD thesis on sports history

7 January 2012, 12 pm. – Public disputation: Lauri Keskinen’s PhD thesis on sports history. Opponent: Arto Nevala (University of Eastern Finland). Place: Janus Auditorium, Kaivokatu 12, 1st floor, Turku.

Book Launch at IIPC

New books will be launched on 30 November 2011, 4-6 pm at Janus Auditorium (Kaivokatu 12). These works are John Richardson’s An Eye for Music: Popular Music and The Audiovisual Surreal (Oxford UP 2011) and Susanna Paasonen’s Carnal Resonance: Affect and Online Pornography (MIT Press 2011). Welcome!

Symposium on Audiovisual Performance and Embodiment

11-12 May 2011. – International Symposium on Audiovisual Performance and Embodiment. Organized together with the Department of Musicology, University of Turku.

PhD thesis on living dead films

28 May 2011 at 12 am. – Public disputation: Outi Hakola’s PhD thesis Rhetoric of Death and Generic Addressing of Viewers in American Living Dead Films. Opponent: Professor Kendall R. Phillips (Syracuse University). Place: Tauno Nurmela Auditorium, University of Turku, Main Building.