This essay by CSCL grad students Alya Ansari and Mitch Hernandez responds to the exceptionalization of labor conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic, revealing these…
There was no funnier sight gag in early cinema than the catastrophe of epidemic contagion. Habitual tics such as yawning, laughing, sneezing, hiccupping, itching, coughing…
Professor and chair of cultural studies and comparative literature and professor of communication studies Laurie Ouellette places the show COPS within a historical and…
The Department of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature (CSCL) stands in solidarity with the Black Midwest Initiative in condemning the death of George Floyd in…
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everyone’s daily lives, and life at the University is no different. Read about how professors in the Department of Cultural Studies &…
“The amount of wonderful, independent, experimental animation made by women is immense!” Vanessa Cambier, PhD candidate in the Department of Cultural Studies & Comparative…
Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature alumnus, P. Carl recently published his memoir Becoming a Man: The Story of Transition. This New York Times book review introduces P…
“There’s a hole in the history of music that needs to be filled.” PhD candidate Mikkel Vad studies European jazz and its overlooked cultural impact. He focuses on the…
“The myth that women aren’t funny is perpetuated by all of the countless times that funny women have been erased from history.” Maggie Hennefeld brings attention to the female…
A public memorial will be held on Saturday, Sept 28 (1:00-3:30 p.m., with program at 2:00) in Room 135 of Nicholson Hall, 216 Pillsbury Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 on the…
Senior Elizabeth Schleisman is the recipient of 4 scholarships this semester. The College of Liberal Arts, The Tower, and the University of Minnesota Press all helped towards…
Laurie Ouellette has spent her career viewing popular culture through an academic lens. “Things that appear trivial at first glance, like a reality TV show, might actually be…
The relationship between music and philosophy has been a topic of discussion since the emergence of ancient philosophy. Recently named a McKnight Presidential Fellow, Michael…
A history of film class changed the direction of Dylan Mohr’s dissertation, leading to a search for information about the creators of a lantern slideshow in a prisoner of war…
“I think any department that should survive needs to evolve because the world doesn’t stand still,” says Regents Professor Emeritus Richard Leppert. Leppert discusses the…
“When you are teaching literature, there is no set of truths that everybody adheres to,” says Assistant Professor Christian Uwe. He was born in Rwanda, studied in France, and…
Marianna Mattes has a passion for film and a love for making sense of the world around us. Now under the guidance of award-winning filmmaker Melody Gilbert, Mattes credits CLA…
