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Second Nature
by Cultural Studies GMU
Second Nature explores issues related to culture, identity, artifice, habit, ideology, and everyday life. It is produced by George Mason University's Cultural Studies PhD Program and highlights key works and topics in the field, student and faculty research, special guest interviews, and other discussions of cultural studies.
Episodes
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Episode 12: Spring 2022 Colloquium Series w/ Dr. Chris Nealon
As part of GMU's Cultural Studies colloquium series in Spring 2022, a recent Cultural Studies graduate, Dr. Richard Todd Stafford, interviews John Dewey Professor at Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Christopher Nealon. Dr. Nealon's research focuses on the relation between literary and economic...
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Episode 11: Spring 2022 Colloquium Series w/ Dr. Katherine Hite
As part of GMU's Cultural Studies colloquium series in Spring 2022, PhD candidate Eric Ross interviews Professor of Political Science on the Frederick Thompson Chair and Faculty Director of Research Development at Vassar College, Dr. Katherine Hite. Her recent work focuses on the politics of...
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Episode 10: Spring 2022 Colloquium Series w/ Dr. Amaka Okechukwu
As part of GMU's Cultural Studies colloquium series in Spring 2022, second-year PhD student Carl Leak interviews Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at George Mason University., Dr. Amaka Okechukwu. Dr. Okechukwu’s research agenda concerns the intersection of...
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Episode 9: Faculty Spotlight w/ Dr. Hatim El-Hibri
In another Faculty Spotlight on Second Nature, we speak with Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies, Hatim El-Hibri, about his 2021 book, Visions of Beirut: The Urban Life of Media Infrastructure. In this interview, Dr. El-Hibri discusses the themes of his book, his research process, the...
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Episode 8: Spring 2022 Colloquium Series w/ Dr. Julietta Singh
As part of GMU's Cultural Studies colloquium series in Spring 2022, first-year PhD student Aparna Shastri interviews Associate Professor of English and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Dr. Julietta Singh. Her first academic book, Unthinking Mastery: Dehumanism and Decolonial Entanglements…
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Episode 7: Faculty Spotlight w/ Dr. Paul Smith
In the first of our Faculty Spotlights on Second Nature, we speak with Cultural Studies Professor Paul Smith about his upcoming book on vaccines. He is the author of Pound Revised, Discerning the Subject, Clint Eastwood: A Cultural Production, Millennial Dreams: Culture and Capital in the North,...
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Episode 6: Post-Colonial/Decolonization Reading Group
In this episode of Second Nature, we speak with Ph.D. candidate, Shauna Rigaud. Shauna has been running the Post-Colonia/Decolonization reading group through GMU's Center of Humanities since winter 2020. We speak with her about the progress of the reading group, topics of discussion for the…
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Episode 5: Alum Spotlight w/ Dr. Deborah Willis
In the first of our Alum Spotlights on Second Nature, we speak with University Professor and Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, Dr. Deborah Willis. Dr. Willis graduated from the Cultural Studies program in 2000 and ever since,...
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Episode 4: Social Justice Educators Roundtable
In this episode of Second Nature, Cultural Studies PhD candidate Eric Ross takes the lead as host. He congregates various social justice educators within the student body of Cultural Studies, including Shauna Rigaud, Mariah Wakefield, Luma Asem, Ian Sinnett, and Ayondela Mcdole. In this…
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Episode 3: The Center for Humanities Research at GMU
In this episode of Second Nature, we profile the newly founded Center for Humanities Research at George Mason University. We hear about the Center's conception and goals from the planning committee themselves, as well as provide information on their current theme, upcoming talks, funding...
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Episode 2: Interview with Dr. Adom Getachew
In this episode of Second Nature, we speak with Professor of Political Science and the College from the University of Chicago, Dr. Adom Getachew. Dr. Getachew released her first book, Worldmaking After Empire, in Feburary of 2019. In this interview, we discuss her work as well as her thoughts…
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Episode 1: Racial Capitalism Reading Group
In this episode of Second Nature, we speak with Ph.D. candidate, Austin Gallas. Austin has been running a Das Kapital reading group during the fall 2020 semester. We speak with him about a new reading group he is forming for the spring 2021 semester focused on racial capitalism. We hear about the...
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Second Nature explores issues related to culture, identity, artifice, habit, ideology, and everyday life. It is produced by George Mason University's Cultural Studies PhD Program and highlights key works and topics in the field, student and faculty research, special guest interviews, and other discussions of cultural studies.
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