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Announcements

Congratulations to GCLR Distinguished Visitor Souleymane Bachir Diagne
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Souleymane Bachir Diagne has been elected to the Académie royale de Belgique and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

2019-2020 Student Coordinator: Applications Due May 31
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Apply for the position of next year's GCLR Student Coordinator.

Four UCSB Students Chosen for 2019 Harvard IWL
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Caragh Barry, Dalia Bolotnikov Mazur, Deepti Menon, and Yang Zhao will represent UCSB at the Harvard Institute for World Literature's annual summer program.

6th Annual GCLR Conference: Memory and Movement
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The GCLR is excited to announce the call for papers for its 6th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference, "Memory and Movement," which will take place on Saturday, May 4, 2019.

Events

Wulf Kansteiner, “The Cosmopolitan Dilemma: Migration and the Politics of Forgetting in Contemporary Europe”

Please join for the last Memory Studies Group event of the year!

  1. May 29, 2019 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Scriptworlds Conference
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The Scriptworlds Conference will take place Friday, May 31 - Saturday, June 1.

  1. May 31, 2019 to June 1, 2019
Display: Excess and Visibility in Film, Media, and Culture
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The theme of this year's Media Fields Conference, "Display: Excess and Visibility in Film, Media, and Culture," has inspired a diverse group of scholars that will join us to explore a wide range of objects: from migrant detention centers and adult trade shows to electronic control weaponry and theatrical video game performances.

  1. April 3, 2019 to April 5, 2019
6th Annual GCLR Conference: Memory and Movement
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The GCLR is excited to announce the schedule for its upcoming graduate conference, "Memory and Movement."

  1. May 4, 2019 - 9:30am to 6:00pm
Steven Ungar - "Black Like Moi: Performing Race with Rouch and Cassavetes"
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Please join us for this Film and Media Studies Colloquium, co-sponsored with the GCLR.

  1. May 22, 2019 - 3:00pm