Public Lecture. Seeing Madness: Insanity, Media, and Visual Culture hosted by Prof. W.J.T. Mitchell, Gaylord Donnelley Distinguished Professor, University of Chicago, and Editor of Critical Inquiry
Dates: | 21 May 2014 |
Times: | 16:00 - 18:00 |
What is it: | Lecture |
Organiser: | School of Arts, Languages and Cultures |
How much: | Free |
Who is it for: | University staff, Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public |
Speaker: | Prof. W.J.T. Mitchell |
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Public Lecture. Seeing Madness: Insanity, Media, and Visual Culture hosted by Prof. W.J.T. Mitchell, Gaylord Donnelley Distinguished Professor, University of Chicago, and Editor of Critical Inquiry.
His publications include: "The Pictorial Turn," Artforum, March 1992; "What Do Pictures Want?" October, Summer 1996; What Do Pictures Want? (2005); The Last Dinosaur Book: The Life and Times of a Cultural Icon (1998); Picture Theory (1994); Art and the Public Sphere (1993); Landscape and Power (1992); Iconology(1987); The Language of Images (1980); On Narrative (1981); and The Politics of Interpretation (1984).
Following the lecture there will be a drinks reception at KRO Bar, Oxford Road 6pm to 8pm
Speaker
Prof. W.J.T. Mitchell
Role: Gaylord Donnelley Distinguished Professor
Organisation: University of Chicago
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