Historical Ear, Auditory History, and the Future The opening session of the spring term introduces our central theme: what is auditory history, what has become of the historical ear, and what might we listen for next? S ophia Rosenfeld will map the field as it stands, highlight questions likely to matter in 2026, and set […]
How We Used to Endure Noise: The Emergence of Auditory Order in Modern China In this colloquium, Jin Qiu will use Lao She’s 1930s short story Sound Film and other Republican-era novels, diaries, and memoirs to reconstruct early Chinese cinema as a sonically contested public space. Tracing loud talk, commentary, coughing, and audience disputes—practices inherited […]
Because of time zone issues, the time of this event might change. We will inform about this change in time. Subcontinental Sonorities: Modernity, Forms of Archives, and the Politics of Listening This panel brings together five papers that explore modernity, archival memory, and the politics of listening in the Indian subcontinent, shaped by the complex […]
