Why Are Stories Violent?

You wouldn't ordinarily expect to find Euripides, Snow White, Bruno Bettelheim, and Rambo discussed at the same event. But they share the limelight in this session.

What is MISTI like? Students discuss their 2012 experiences

Students discuss their experiences with the MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI).

What Divine Irony: Hoods are Still Causing Pain

This video is a spoken poem on the life and death of Trayvon Martin, in a historical context. Poem text is below. What divine irony indeed, hoods are still causing pain. Retributions and chaos amongst our nation. Up from slavery, it has been the hood that has caused ...

Unbound symposium: The Xenotext, So Far with Christian Bök (May 3)

Unbound: Speculations on the Future of the BookThe Xenotext, So Far with Christian BökWe started the event with a kick-off reading, co-sponsored with Purple Blurb, featuring experimental poet Christian Bök, who has striven for ten years to engineer an ...

Unbound symposium: Reshaping the Book (May 4)

Unbound: Speculations on the Future of the BookReshaping the BookParticipants: Gita Manaktala (MIT Press), Christian Bök (University of Calgary), Bob Stein (SocialBook) Moderator: Amaranth Borsuk (MIT Writing and Humanistic Studies and Comparative Media ...

The Street Just Out of Sight

The Film Experience - Lecture 19 (2007): Italian Neorealism, Part I

Note: This video is from the Fall 2007 class. This session introduces some characteristics of Italian neorealist cinema, especially the 'principle of multiplicity' in which aspects of the film serve multiple functions. Outline - The Opening of Bicycle Thieves - The ...

The Film Experience - Lecture 16 (2007): Film in the 1970s, Part II

Note: This video is from the Fall 2007 class. This lecture continues the discussion of transformation and subversion in 1970s films, specifically as embodied in work of director Robert Altman. Outline - Robert Altman (1925-2006) - Career - Defining qualities: - Moral ...

The Film Experience - Lecture 15 (2007): Film in the 1970s, Part I

Note: This video is from the Fall 2007 class. This lecture discusses dramatic changes in American film of the late 60s and early 70s: the end of the studio era, social transformation, and television as the new consensus medium. Outline - Transformations and subversion ...

Speak Italian with Your Mouth Full - Lesson 7, part 2 (vocabulary)

ESG seminar on Italian language, culture, and food: ES.S41, Lesson 7, part 2 (2 of 3). Recipe available at: http://speakcookitalian.blogspot.com/2012/03/crespelle-di-spinaci.html

Speak Italian with Your Mouth Full - Lesson 7, part 1 (opening lecture)

ESG seminar on Italian language, culture, and food: ES.S41, Lesson 7, part 1 (1 of 3).

Speak Italian with Your Mouth Full - Lesson 6, part 3 (closing lecture)

ESG seminar on Italian language, culture, and food: ES.S41, lesson 6, part 3 (3 of 3). Lecture notes available at:  http://speakcookitalian.blogspot.com/2012/03/lezione-numero-sei-part-22-roma.html

Speak Italian with Your Mouth Full - Lesson 6, part 1 (vocabulary & ...

ESG seminar on Italian language, culture, and food: ES.S41, Lesson 6, part 1 (1 of 3). Lecture notes available at: http://www.speakcookitalian.blogspot.com/2012/03/lezione-numero-sei-part-12-in-cucina.html

Speak Italian with Your Mouth Full - Lesson 5, part 3 (cooking instruction)

ESG seminar on Italian language, culture, and food: ES.S41, Lesson 5, part 3 (4 of 4). Recipe and lecture notes available at: http://www.speakcookitalian.blogspot.com/2012/03/le-polpette.html

Speak Italian with Your Mouth Full - Lesson 5, part 2 (vocabulary)

ESG seminar on Italian language, culture, and food: ES.S41, Lesson 5, part 2 of 3