Prerequisites

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Prerequisites features conversations with scholars from the Michigan State University Department of English. Each conversation considers recent scholarly contributions made by the guest, providing insight for the application of their work for both students and fellow scholars.

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    • Apr 18, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 54m AVG DURATION
    • 8 EPISODES


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    Kaveh Askari

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2022 52:06


    A conversation with Dr. Kaveh Askari (MSU Film Studies Program) about his new book, Relaying Cinema in Midcentury Iran: Material Cultures in Transit, published by the University of California Press in 2022. Topics include media historiography in Iran, thinking through media objects, piracy and intellectual property, methods for understanding media circulation, unseen technical labor, and maintenance thinking.

    Lamar Johnson

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022 53:59


    A conversation with Dr. Lamar Johnson (MSU English) about his new book, Critical Race English Education: New Visions, New Possibilities, published with Routledge (National Council of Teachers of English) series in 2021. Topics include the motivation for writing this visionary book, the school-to-prison complex, racial justice in educational spaces, loving Blackness, and the impact of #BlackLivesMatter on English Education scholarship.

    Juliet Guzzetta

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022 52:17


    A conversation with Dr. Juliet Guzzetta (MSU English) about her new book, The Theater of Narration: From the Peripheries of History to the Main Stages of History, published with Northwestern University Press in 2021. The conversation discusses the history of this fascinating genre, the Italian political context of the 1970s, the value of micro-history, and Dr. Guzzetta's approach to archival research.

    Justus Nieland

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2021 60:36


    A conversation with Justus Nieland about his recent book, Happiness by Design: Modernism and Media in the Eames Era (University of Minnesota Press). Our conversation considers shifting views of modernism, film & media studies, and the role of design and industrial film in these, and other, discourses.  Season 1 finale.  Written, engineered, and produced by Zack Kruse. Music by Zack Kruse.

    Tamar Boyadjian

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021 33:59


    A conversation with Dr. Tamar Boyadjian about Robin Hood, translation, identity, the impact of early modern literature, and her new Robin Hood reader. Written, engineered, and produced by Zack Kruse. Music by Zack Kruse

    Gordon Henry, LeAnne Howe, Margaret Noodin, & Kimberly Blaeser

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021 69:51


    A conversation with Professors Gordon Henry, LeAnne Howe, Margaret Noodin, and Kimberly Blaeser about Indigenous poetry and their contributions to the exciting new anthology, When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through.  Written, engineered, and produced by Zack Kruse. Music by Zack Kruse.

    Zarena Aslami

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 54:27


    A conversation with Dr. Zarena Aslami about Afghanistan, race, and literature, and how Victorian Studies is can respond to these critical issues. Written, engineered, and produced by Zack Kruse. Music by Zack Kruse

    Julian Chambliss

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2021 55:34


    A conversation with Professor Julian Chambliss about comics, DH, and the comics archive at Michigan State University. Written, hosted, and produced by Zack Kruse Music: "This is Coffee?" - Zack Kruse

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