Upcoming Event: Conference “Ethics and Politics of 21st Century TV Series” (La Maison Française, New York University, April 1, 2022)

Event Program:

9:45AM-10:00AM: Introduction. François Noudelmann and Sandra Laugier

10:00AM-12:00PM: Panel 1. New Television and the Politics of Genres

Martin Shuster (Goucher College), The Persistence of the Western: Yellowstone, America, and the Present

Kathryn Reklis (Fordham University), The Limits of Ethics at the End of the World

David LaRocca, Metatelevision in The Crown

Sandra Laugier (Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne), Homeland and The Bureau: Ethics of the Security Genre

12:00PM-12:30PM: Discussion

12:30PM-2:00PM: Lunch Break

2:00PM-3:30PM: Panel 2. Moral Perfectionism in TV Series

Paola Marrati (Johns Hopkins University), Orange is the New Black: Perfectionism and Politics

Jeroen Gerrits (Binghamton University), Im/moral Perfectionism: TV between the Low and Lower Yet

Hent de Vries (NYU), “Nobody’s Perfect”: Moral Imperfectionism in Ozark

3:30PM-4:00PM: Discussion

4:00PM-4:15PM: Break

4:15PM-5:45PM: Panel 3. The Social Action of Popular Culture

Andrew Brandel (Harvard University), “Preparing to Live”: Foundation’s Account of Anthropology

Théo Touret-Dengreville (Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne-Demoseries), The Rise of Geekdom: from a Subculture to Popular Culture

Brendan Hogan (NYU), “But It’s the Other Way”: Surveillance between Structure and Agency in The Wire

5:45PM-6:15PM: Discussion

6:15PM-6:30PM: Closing Remarks