TONIGHT, Monday March 29th at 6:00pm, the Department of Media Study’s PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, Screenings of Media Artists)​​ will feature a lecture by Girish Shambu. The Zoom Meeting ID for the lecture series is 959 5554 2975. Email paigesar@buffalo with PLASMA2021 in the subject line for password.​

Girish Shambu is Professor of Management at Canisius College, where he teaches in the area of sustainability. He is also a film blogger​, critic, and scholar who edits Film Quarterly’s online column, Quorum. He is the author of The New Cinephilia (2nd edition, 2020), a book about Internet film culture, and two essays that have recently sparked discussions on social media, “Time’s Up for the Male Canon,” and the manifesto “For a New Cinephilia”—both in Film Quarterly. He also writes regularly for the Criterion Collection and his commentary has recently been featured in The New York Times​ and ​In Media Res.

As always, PLASMA lectures are free and open to the UB community and the public.​ Email paigesar@buffalo with PLASMA2021 in the subject line for password and/or additional information.

UPCOMING PLASMA TALKS

Monday April 5 Jenson Leonard / @coryintheabyss
Monday April 12 Ekrem Serdar
Monday April 19 Sindhu Thirumalaisamy
Monday April 26 Gregg Bordowitz
Monday May 3 PLASMA CINETRACTS Screening

Brief remarks addressed to the students who are enrolled in PLASMA as a credit-course will begin at 6:00PM sharp. As a result, the guest lectures often begin a little later than 6:00.

PLASMA is sponsored by the University at Buffalo’s Department of Media Study and funding is provided by the the Office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. The series is curated by Dr. Paige Sarlin, Assistant Professor of Media Study, in collaboration with Liz Park – UB Art Galleries and Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center.

For more information: https://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/media-study/news-events/plasma.html

The recordings of previous presentations can be found on MediaStudy@UB’s PLASMA 2021 YouTube Channel​.​​​