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Global Cinema Symposium, NOV 1-2, 2024

Organizing Committee Member

International symposium on Global Cinema at the University of Texas at Dallas. The symposium aims to create a network of scholars from around the world to develop theories, conceptual frameworks, and methodologies to reshape the field of global cinema.

The two-day symposium will include two keynote addresses by prominent scholars in the field, a featured panel of invited scholars to reflect on the state of the field, a workshop on pedagogy, and four traditional panels comprised of speakers selected from the open call for papers. The symposium also imagines avenues for informal gatherings to promote collaboration and networking.

Visit filmstudies.utdallas.edu for more information about the conference.

Research, Art, Writing Graduate Student Conference, FEB 17, 2024

Co-Organizer

Interdisciplinary graduate student conference on the theme Fugly: Aesthetics, Activism, Politics witnessed national and international graduate student participation. The conference put forward “frigging ugly” or fugly as the axis to reimagine aesthetics for political change in art, literature, and media. The conference program revealed the depth and breadth of scholarly engagement with fugly: from genocides to sexuality to design, the presenters provided a critical inquiry into the nasty and monstrous.

Keynote address was delivered by Dr. Kartik Nair.   

The graduate conference was advertised through the conference website, social media, cfp lists, and email outreach. An Abstract Writing Mentorship program was also held as part of the conference to encourage junior graduate students to be part of the conference.

Shot/REVERSE SHOT, Apr 20 & 25, 2022

Curator

Shot/Reverse Shot is a semesterly film screening series organized by Bass School graduate students. In its inaugural year, the series screened important Ukrainian films and invited panelists for a critical discussion on the impact of war and the dire consequences of living in conflict areas. The film screenings covered aspects of genocide, domestic life, and history of the land.