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Film Showing: "Audrie & Daisy" followed by a panel discussion of social media's influence on sexual violence in our society.

SOCIAL MEDIA'S INFLUENCE ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN OUR SOCIETY

Audrie & Daisy movie screening and discussion with panelists: 

Dr. Lei Zhang
Ingrid Peterson
Demi Weisbrod
Zach Pfeiffer

THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2017
7-9 P.M.
3314 UWL STUDENT UNION: THE U

THE EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

For more information or special accommodations contact Mallory Gehrmann, [email protected] or Lee Vang, [email protected]
www.uwlax.edu/student-life

SPONSORED BY UWL OFFICE OF STUDENT LIFE-VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND WOMEN'S STUDIES STUDENT ASSOCIATION (WSSA)

 

Film Showing and Panel Discussion - The Ister, Friday, April 24, 2:00-4:00, 1309 Centennial Hall

On Friday, April 24th, 2:00-4:00, in 1309 Centennial Hall, the English Department is sponsoring a showing of the first part of the award-winning documentary The Ister by David Barison and Daniel Ross. Described by reviewers as "A probing, evasive meditation on time, culture and change, images and actions" (Film Comment), "An impressive philosophical exercise and a meditative work of cinematic beauty" (BBC), and as one of the best films of 2006 (Variety), The Ister takes viewers on a thought-filled journey down the Danube River. Mixing images of nature and interviews with philosophers, archaeologists, architects, historians, and writers, the film examines the relationship between literature, ecology, memory, history, writing, archaeology, and the future in order to ask the question of what makes us human in the era of technology. The film will be followed by a panel discussion including Dr. Bradley Butterfield, Dr. Kimberly DeFazio, Dr. David Hart, Dr. Bryan Kopp, and Dr. Robert Wilkie. The event is free and open to the public, and all are welcome to attend. To arrange for disability accommodations, contact [email protected] or call 785-8295.

Film Screening: Con Job: Stories of Adjunct and Contingent Labor - Friday, April 25th, 2014

The English Department is invited to a screening of Con Job: Stories of Adjunct and Contingent Labor

Sponsored by the IAS Committee 

2:30-4:30pm

316 CWH 

Film Synopsis:

Con Job: Stories of Adjunct and Contingent Labor describes and makes visible the pedagogical, economic, and ethical costs of higher education’s growing reliance on adjunct and contingent faculty. Armed with a borrowed video camera, Megan Fulwiler and Jennifer Marlow, two teachers of composition, set out to record the voices of faculty who are often invisible in and marginalized by the institutions where they teach.

Con Job features interviews with contingent faculty from across the nation, as well as with labor activists and leading figures in the field of Composition and Rhetoric. Ultimately, the film calls on the field of Composition to use its collective rhetorical strength to challenge the current state of exploitative labor practices in writing instruction.

More about the film via CC Digital Press: http://ccdigitalpress.org/ebooks-and-projects/conjob

Con Job is about 45 minutes long; a discussion will follow the screening. We hope to see you there! 

"The Pervert's Guide to Ideology" - Film Showing and Discussion, February 28, 2:30-5:30, 1309 Centennial Hall

On Friday, February 28^th, 2:30-5:30, in 1309 Centennial Hall, the English Department is sponsoring a showing of the new documentary film The Pervert's Guide to Ideology by Sophie Fiennes and Slavoj Žižek. The film re-teams cultural theorist Slavoj Žižek with director Sophie Fiennes (The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema) for another wildly entertaining romp through the crossroads of cinema and philosophy. With infectious zeal and a voracious appetite for popular culture, Žižek literally goes inside some truly epochal movies to explore and expose how they reinforce prevailing ideologies. As the ideology that undergirds our cinematic fantasies is revealed, striking associations emerge: What hidden Catholic teachings lurk at the heart of The Sound of Music? What are the fascist political dimensions of Jaws? Taxi Driver, Zabriskie Point, The Searchers, The Dark Knight, John Carpenter’s They Live (“one of the forgotten masterpieces of the Hollywood Left”), Titanic and propaganda epics from Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia all inform Žižek’s stimulating, provocative and often hilarious psychoanalytic-cinematic rant. The film will be followed by a panel discussion including Dr. Bradley Butterfield, Dr. David Hart, Dr. Bryan Kopp, Dr. Kate Parker, Dr. Adam Putz, and Dr. Rob Wilkie. The event is free and open to the public, and all are welcome to attend. To arrange for disability accommodations, contact [email protected] or call 785-8295.

 

"Eyes Wide Open: This is Media" - Film Showing and Discussion, February 26, 3:30, 1400 Centennial Hall

Take a fresh look at our role in the media landscape as consumers and makers. “Eyes Wide Open:  This is Media” reveals the balancing act between being connected, responsible and private.

The Pivot Media short documentary and discussion will be held at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, in 1400 Centennial Hall. Refreshments will be served. Panelist include:

• Jim Jorstad, Academic Technology Services
• Seth McNitt, Communication Studies
• David Solie, Communications Studies and WXOW
• Robert Wilkie, English

 

 

"Adaptation: From Short Story to Short Film" - October 21, 2:30-3:30, 122 Wimberly Hall

As part of the 2011-2012 William J. and Yvonne Hyde English Department Colloquium Series, Matt Cashion, Associate Professor of English, will present a screening of the short film, LAST WORDS OF THE HOLY GHOST, adapted from his short story, first published in Willow Springs Literary Journal. The film premiered July 27 at the LA Shorts Film Festival; it has also appeared at the Lucerne International Film Festival, the Austin Film Festival, the Coney Island Film Festival, and the Driftless Film Festival. The presentation runs from 2:30-3:30 p.m. on Friday, October 21, in 122 Wimberly Hall. The event is free and open to the public. To arrange for disability accommodations, contact [email protected] or call 785-8295.

 

 

 

Read the short story here