The program in Film and Visual Studies at Harvard University is pleased to announce Atmospheres of Violence, a graduate conference that asks: In a world teeming with images of brutality and destruction, how can we look away from spectacular violence and toward the atmospheres that produce its representations?

The conference begins on May 3 at 6:00pm with a screening program and artist talk by Colectivo Los Ingrávidos, and continues with keynote addresses by Pooja Rangan on May 4 at 4:30pm and Yuriko Furuhata on May 5 at 4:30pm. 

Throughout the days on May 9 and 10, conference proceedings will bring together scholars and practitioners working across film and media studies; the history of art and architecture; visual culture; critical studies of race and ethnicity; and postcolonial studies. Please see the website for a detailed schedule.