Non-Politics & Non-Ecologies: Watch!
This event took place on November 4, 2021 and featured McKenzie Wark (Media and Culture, The New School) in conversation with Orlando Bentancor (Spanish and Latin American Cultures, Barnard College).
Materia 2020-2021 Testimonials
“So far, materia events have been some of the most interesting and engaging conversations I’ve experienced at Stanford. I really appreciated the discussion from earlier this month with Arndt Niebisch & Gisela Heffes and specifically the discussion of ‘viruses.’ I wrote a research proposal for the FEMGEN class I took this quarter that focused...
Women’s Contribution to Digital Literacy: Watch!
This event took place on April 15, 2021 via Zoom. Prof. Sybille Krämer (Aesthetics and Culture of Digital Media, Leuphana University) delivered a talk entitled "Performative Operativity of Writing, or 'Women's Contributions to Digital Literacy'." Prof. Krämer's presentation was followed by a response by Hank Gerba (Art & Art History, Stanford) and a Q&A...
Uncontained Toxicity: Watch!
This event took place on March 11, 2021 via Zoom. Focused on the theme "Uncontained Toxicity," the gathering featured talks by Prof. Gisela Heffes (Rice University) and Arndt Niebisch (Universität Wien).
Light, Matter, Meat & Flesh: Watch!
materia’s third event event of the 2020-2021 academic term took place on January 28, 2021 via Zoom. Focused on the intersection between Light, Matter, Meat & Flesh, the gathering featured talks by graduate students Valeria Meiller (Spanish and Portuguese, Georgetown) and Fabián Mosquera (Hispanic Languages and Literatures, Pittsburgh).
Impolitical Critiques & Decolonial Grammars: Watch!
materia’s second event of the 2020-2021 academic term took place on November 5, 2020 via Zoom. Centered on Impolitical Critiques & Decolonial Grammars, the event featured talks by professors Timothy Campbell (Romance Languages, Cornell) and María del Rosario Acosta (Hispanic Studies, UC Riverside).
Money & War: Watch!
materia kicked off its sixth year themed "Life & Transmission" on October 1, 2020 with a discussion on Money & War led by PhD Candidates Colin Drumm (History of Consciousness, UC Santa Cruz) and Harleen Kaur Bagga (Art History, Stanford).
Materia 2020-2021 Calendar
Building on our meetings from previous years, the main theme for the this academic year will be “Life & Transmission.” We have an exciting (virtual!) line-up of discussion sessions and guest speakers joining us this year. FALL Oct 1: Money & War: discussion led by Colin Drum (UC Santa Cruz) & Harleen Kaur Bagga (Stanford) Nov 5: Impolitical...
Materia 2019-2020 Calendar
Building on our meetings from previous years, the main theme for the new academic year will be “Information & Form” We have an exciting line-up of reading sessions and guest speakers joining us this year. FALL Oct 7: Reading Session Nov 4: Borders & Technology double-lecture with Tom McEnaney (UC Berkeley) And Micah Donohue (ENMU) WINTER Jan 27: Secrecy &...
Materia 2018-2019 Testimonials
"Materia has been a key academic discussion setting to help me think through my investigative interests and methodological frameworks. Its interdisciplinary character has provided me with an enriching exposal to a variety of possibilities of approaching theories of material phenomena and corporeal life, and to think of literature, feminism and cultural theory in a...
