Ethics and Politics of 21st Century TV Series

La Maison Française, New York University, 16 Washington Mews, New York, NY.

Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, ERC Demoseries

This is a hybrid event: open in person to the NYU community, open online to the public. Registration is required: https://as.nyu.edu/maisonfrancaise/Calendar/events/spring-2022-events-/…

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

Théo Touret-Dengreville (Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne-Demoseries), Superheroes as Educators 

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-5:15PM: Panel 3. Social Science and Popular Culture

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

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

5:15PM-5:45PM: Discussion

5:45PM-6:00PM: Closing Remarks

This event is organized by DEMOSERIES, a European Research Council project hosted at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program. Additional funding and support are provided by Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and La Maison Française and Global Works & Society, Liberal Studies at New York University.