BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 14.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:"Weird and Superstitious: Horrific Cinema and the Construction of American National Identity." Kendall Phillips\, Professor of Communicat ion and Rhetorical Studies at Syracuse University.Cinema became part of th e American popular culture during the latter half of the nineteenth centur y.  \;During the same period\, Americans were struggling with the shap e and texture of their culture.  \;This talk will mainly focus on the place of superstition and spiritual beliefs in the development of American cinema and national identity.  \;Conversations in Conflict Studies is a weekly educational speaker series for students\, faculty\, and the comm unity. \; The series\, sponsored by PARCC\, draws its speakers from Sy racuse University faculty\, national and international scholars and activi sts\, and PhD students. Pizza is served. Follow us on Twitter @PARCCatMaxw ell\, tweet #ConvoInConflict. DTEND:20160914T173000Z DTSTAMP:20240329T111326Z DTSTART:20160914T163000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:PARCC Conversations in Conflict Studies presents Kendall Phillips UID:RFCALITEM638472932069734471 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
"Weird and Superstitious: Horrific Cinem
a and the Construction of American National Identity."
Kendall
Phillips\, Professor of Communication and Rhetorical Studies at Syracu
se University.
Cinema became part of the American popular culture du ring the latter half of the nineteenth century.  \;During the same per iod\, Americans were struggling with the shape and texture of their cultur e.  \;This talk will mainly focus on the place of superstition and spi ritual beliefs in the development of American cinema and national identity .  \;
Conversations in Conflict Studies is a w
eekly educational speaker series for students\, faculty\, and the communit
y. \; The series\, sponsored by PARCC\, draws its speakers from Syracu
se University faculty\, national and international scholars and activists\
, and PhD students. Pizza is served. Follow us on Twitter @PARCCatMaxwell\, tweet #ConvoInConflict.<
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