[UWcinema] Fw: Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa on The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research into Animal Life (February 9, 4pm, CMU 202)

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Hi all -- this talk by our colleague at Seattle U, Benjamin Schultz-Figueroa (about his new book!) is on the horizon, Feb. 9.   It will take place on the UW Seattle campus, CMU 202.  Hope to see you there!  JB



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Subject: Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa on The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research into Animal Life (February 9, 4pm, CMU 202)

Hi everyone,

Happy new year! I hope many of you will be able to join us for a talk by Dr. Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa on his exciting new book, The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research into Animal Life. More details below and attached.

Hope to see you then,

María Elena

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The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research into Animal Life



Dr. Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa (Seattle University)

When: Thursday, February 9, 2023, 4:00-5:30pm

Where: CMU 202, Seattle campus





In The Celluloid Specimen, Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa examines rarely seen behaviorist films of animal experiments from the 1930s and 1940s. These laboratory recordings—including Robert Yerkes's work with North American primate colonies, Yale University's rat-based simulations of human society, and B. F. Skinner's promotions for pigeon-guided missiles—have long been considered passive records of scientific research. In Schultz-Figueroa's incisive analysis, however, they are revealed to be rich historical, political, and aesthetic texts that played a crucial role in American scientific and cultural history—and remain foundational to contemporary conceptions of species, race, identity, and society.





Dr. Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa is an Assistant Professor in Film Studies at Seattle University. His research focuses on the history of scientific filmmaking, nontheatrical film, and animal studies. Among other venues, his writing has been published in JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, Film History, Journal of Environmental Media. His book The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research into Animal Life is due to be published by UC Press on February 28th, 2023.



Co-sponsored by Comparative History of Ideas, Cinema & Media Studies, and the Simpson Center for the Humanities.



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