Keynote(s), Panel Talk co-curated by Nights
NIGHT(S)-Science: An Academic View on Nightlife16:30–18:00
90 min
Sass
William Straw
he/him
McGill University Montreal
Montreal, Canada
Bio: Will Straw is James McGill Professor of Urban Media Studies at McGill University Montreal. He is a former Director (2011-2016) of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada and has served as President of the Canadian Communications Association, and was awarded the David Thomson Award for Graduate Teaching and Supervision at McGill University. Dr. Straw is the author of Cyanide and Sin: Visualizing Crime in 50s America (Andrew Roth Gallery, 2006) and co-editor of several volumes including Circulation and the City: Essays on Urban Culture (with Alexandra Boutros), Formes Urbaines (with Anouk Bélanger and Annie Gérin), and Night Studies: Regards croisés sur les nouveaux visages de la nuit (with Luc Gwiazdzinski and Marco Maggioli, 2020). He has published widely on cultures of the urban night and is the author of over 180 articles on music, cinema and urban culture.
Thursday, 14.11.
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16:30
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