About the Lab
The Experimental Humanities Lab is a hub for critics, theorists, and practitioners in the arts and humanities who seek to take intellectual and creative risks and move beyond disciplinary boundaries and genres. Bringing together scholars whose research focuses upon experimental arts (literature, music, performance, film, and dance), as well as those who want to experiment with their own writing or creative practices, the Lab facilitates imaginative, indisciplined work.
Experiments in Listening–boundary 2 annual conference
Friday, January 24-Saturday January 25, 2025
University of Southern California and California Institute of the Arts
With additional support from the Dean of the School of Critical Studies at CalArts; the USC Dornsife Graduate Dean and Divisional Vice Dean for the Humanities, the USC Department of Comparative Literature, and the USC Department of English.
This event is also supported by the Nick England Intercultural Arts Project Grant at CalArts.
Organized by Arne De Boever, Kara Keeling, Erin Graff Zivin, and Michael Pisaro-Liu.
Women in Theory
Women in Theory is a collective of theorists and philosophers who identify as cis or trans women or as non-binary. While some focus on gender, queer, feminist, or trans theory, the majority works in areas that tend to be male dominated (deconstruction, Marxism, Black studies, Frankfurt School, psychoanalysis, political theory, classical philosophy, media theory, Latin American studies).
Experimental Film Archive Project
Narcisa Hirsch was a pioneering experimental filmmaker in Argentina who started working in the 1970s with delicate mediums such as Super8 and 16mm film. The Filmoteca Narcisa Hirsch, which was established to safeguard her films, is working with the USC Digital Repository, with funding from USC Dornsife and a USC Office of Research grant, to digitize and preserve Hirsch’s films for a new generation of filmmakers to learn from. These films will also be made available to USC students and researchers through the USC Digital Library.
Upcoming Events
boundary 2/CalArts
Experiments in Listening
Friday, January 24- University of Southern California
Saturday January 25, 2025- California Institute of the Arts
Foto Con Papá
Date: 1/27/25
Time: 3-4:30 P.M
Location: THH 309K
Invited Scholar: Paola Cortes Rocca
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Huge thanks to everyone who joined us for the second event in the Adaptations series, co-hosted by the USC Dornsife Experimental Humanities Lab and Soho House! We were thrilled to see so many engaged faces in the audience.
A special shoutout to our incredible presenters, USC Professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen, and Maegan Houang, the brilliant writer and co-producer behind HBO’s adaptation of The Sympathizer. Their conversation was insightful, inspiring, and gave us an unforgettable look into the journey from page to screen.
