On Wednesday, 15 May, Prof. Dr Johannes von Moltke, media, literature and cultural studies scholar at the University of Michigan, USA, and currently visiting scholar at the American Academy in Berlin, will give a lecture entitled ‘’The Automat bleeds! Machine, Body and Cinema in Siegfried Kracauer's Media Anthropology’ at Paderborn University. The lecture, which will take place from 4 to 6 pm in room L1.202, will deal with the relationship between man and machine in the silent film ‘The Chess Player’ by Raymond Bernard from 1927 and discuss the interpretation of the film by the modern film and cultural critic Siegfried Kracauer. Anyone interested is invited to attend the public lecture. Registration is not necessary.
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