On The Menu (2022): The Authority of the Chef, Accompanied by a Breach of Trust
by Philine Schiller The Menu The chef claps once, and the room falls silent. The chef gives an order...
Tagged: cultural studies
Fan Studies: “You can do a PhD on that?!”
By Christina Wurst Why study (Anglophone) fan cultures? When you mention that you are writing a PhD on fan cultures,...
Collision Course: Don’t Look Up and the Politicization of Science in America
By David F. Eisler On last Christmas Eve, Netflix released the star-studded satirical disaster movie Don’t Look Up about two...
Entertainment, Politics, and Power: Georgia’s Creative Industries in Light of the New Voting Law
By Aylin Güngör In March 2021, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed Senate Bill (SB) 202 that reformed the state’s voting...
GKAT2020 Conference Report: Interdisciplinary and Comparative Perspectives on Authority and Trust in American Culture, Society, History, and Politics
by David F. Eisler Three years after inaugurating the HCA’s research training group on “Authority and Trust in American Culture,...