Poetics of Sex and the Pornography of the Invisible: American Avant-garde Film of the “The 1960s,” Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University (East Blast from the Past: Art of the 1960s, Lansing, MI: February 2006). Michigan State University (Pre and post screening discussions). (Herzog, 1992) March 2008 Lessons of Darkness “Cinema under Siege” film series, (Bong, 2006) with Tim Deines. Right to Film Series, October 2007 The Host “The Hospitality” (Kiarostami, 1997) CAS Middle Eastern Film Festival, October 2006 Taste of Cherry (Polanski, 1976) MSU Main Library, Friday Night Film Series, March 2004 The Tenant (Tati, 1967) MSU Main Library, Friday Night Film Series, September 2002 Playtime East Lansing, One Book/One Community: Roundtable Discussion, “Mary Shelley’s and James Cinematic August 2002 Frankenstein Whale’s Adaptation.” Noir and Film Okemos High School, MI. February 2003 “Film Studies,” Professional Affiliations Society for Cinema and Media Studies American Comparative Literature Association Modernist Studies Association Board of Directors. Belcourt Theatre. Nashville, TN, 2013- Present
“The Poetics of Sex and the Pornography of the Invisible: American Avant-garde Film of the 1960s,” Blast from the Past: Art of the 1960s, Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI: February 2006). Michigan State University (Pre and post screening discussions). Lessons of Darkness (Herzog, 1992) “Cinema under Siege” film series, March 2008 The Host (Bong, 2006) with Tim Deines. “The Right to Hospitality” Film Series, October 2007 Taste of Cherry (Kiarostami, 1997) CAS Middle Eastern Film Festival, October 2006 The Tenant (Polanski, 1976) MSU Main Library, Friday Night Film Series, March 2004 Playtime (Tati, 1967) MSU Main Library, Friday Night Film Series, September 2002 East Lansing, One Book/One Community: Roundtable Discussion, “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and James Whale’s Cinematic Adaptation.” August 2002 “Film Noir and Film Studies,” Okemos High School, MI. February 2003 Professional Affiliations Society for Cinema and Media Studies American Comparative Literature Association Modernist Studies Association Board of Directors. Belcourt Theatre. Nashville, TN, 2013- Present
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