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Department Personnel : Sven Spieker

Spieker specializes in European modernism, with an emphasis on the Eastern
European avant-gardes, postwar and contemporary literature and art
(especially in Eastern and Central Europe), and critical theory. Spieker's
recent graduate seminars have included: "European Dada" (2005-2006);
"Foucault and the Future of Critical Theory" (2006-2007); "Surrealism and
Psychoanalysis" (2005-2006); "LA/Moscow: Repetitions" (2004-2005). In 2005,
Spieker organized a two-day conference devoted to the digital image at the
intersection of science and art. Spieker's most recent book-length
publication is "The Big Archive. Art from Bureaucracy" (forthcoming from MIT Press, 2008). He is the publisher of ARTMargins (www.artmargins.com). For more information, visit his web page: http://www.gss.ucsb.edu/faculty/spieker/

 


 

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