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SOCIETY Talk — Matt Ellis: A Spectre is Haunting the World – The Spectre of Modernism

  • SOCIETY 711 Southeast Grand Avenue Portland, OR, 97214 United States (map)

Thursday, June 11, 2026 — 7pm

Revisiting the unfinished project of cinematic modernism in Hellworld.
Matthew Ellis is incoming Assistant Professor of the Practice of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. Raised in the Portland metro area, he previously taught film and media studies courses at Portland State University and has worked in the local film exhibition and music worlds since the mid-2000s. He holds a PhD in Modern Culture and Media from Brown University. Read his work online at historiesofthepresent.com.

This event is organized by SOCIETY
art, its discourses and histories
711 SE Grand Avenue, Second Floor.
12–5 and by appointment societysocietysociety.com

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