Lynn Spigel: Lecture on "Revolution of the Eye" exhibition
Professor of Screen Cultures at the School of Communication
Location
Performing Arts & Humanities Building : PAHB 132
Date & Time
November 17, 2016, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Description
In conjunction with the exhibition Revolution of the Eye: Modern Art and the Birth of American Television, on display at the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture from September 29 through December 10, the CADVC presents a lecture by Lynn Spigel.
Lynn Spigel is the Frances E. Willard Professor of Screen Cultures at the School of Communication at Northwestern University. She has written extensively on numerous topics including post-war culture and popular media. She has also edited numerous anthologies including Television After TV (Duke University Press, 2004) and Feminist TV Criticism (McGraw Hill). She is the editor of the Console-ing Passions book series from Duke University Press. Spigel was named a Guggenheim Fellow in 2012 for a project to study the history of smart homes and digital technologies for everyday life.
Admission is free.
