BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Zahid R. Chaudhary\, Associate Professor of English\, Princeton
  University\, will deliver this year's Culler Lecture in Critical Theory. C
 haudhary\, who received his Ph.D. from Cornell Unviersity\, specializes in 
 postcolonial studies\, visual culture\, and critical theory. His second boo
 k\, Paranoid Publics: Psychopolitics of Truth was published by Fordham Univ
 ersity Press in Fall 2025. This book is a psychosocial account of contempor
 ary cultural politics\, including conspiracy cultures\, anti-democratic soc
 ial movements\, and new media networks. He has published widely on visual c
 ulture\, photography\, film\, and psychoanalysis. More on Chaudhary and his
  work\, can be found on his Princeton faculty profile.\n\nTalk title: "Tech
 nofascism"\n\nAbstract: How to understand the contemporary conjuncture of t
 echnology and fascism? This lecture will develop a psychosocial account of 
 this conjuncture in light of recent political and economic developments: th
 e rise of platform capitalism\, state-sanctioned kidnappings and executions
  by federal agents in the United States\, the global militarization of arti
 ficial intelligence\, and the proliferation of deepfakes that no longer aim
  to deceive but to provide enjoyment. From fantasies of libertarian escape 
 to the nihilistic commitments of accelerationism\, technofascism amplifies 
 apocalyptic fears and pleasures while eroding legal\, ethical\, and politic
 al limits. Critical theory allows us to consider psychosocial and aesthetic
  elements of these dynamics alongside their political-economic realities\, 
 in order to understand how contemporary forms of power operate through affe
 ct\, spectacle\, and technological efficiency\, and are sustained by wideni
 ng practices of impunity. \n\nAcknowledging the Society for the Humanities’
  legacy of promoting the value of critical theory\, the Society organizes a
 n Annual Culler Lecture in Critical Theory. The inaugural lecture was offer
 ed in 2015-16 by Jonathan Culler (Class of 1916 Professor of English and Co
 mparative Literature)\, who served as the Director of the Society for the H
 umanities from 1984 to 1993.\n\nChaudhary will also offer a lunch workshop 
 for graduate students on Thursday\, 3/5/26\, from 12-2pm at the A.D. White 
 House (Room 201). Grad students can RSVP to this workshop by contacting Jul
 ie McLean (jzm6@cornell.edu). Subscribe to the Society for the Humanities n
 ewsletter to stay up to date with this visit\, and all Society news.
DTEND:20260304T230000Z
DTSTAMP:20260416T112522Z
DTSTART:20260304T220000Z
GEO:42.448277;-76.481995
LOCATION:A. D. White House\, Guerlac Room
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY: Culler Lecture in Critical Theory: "Technofascism" by Zahid R. Cha
 udhary
UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_52056127859044
URL:https://events.cornell.edu/event/culler-lecture-technofascism-by-zahid-
 chaudhary
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR