Hyperreality Colloquium

Hyperreality Colloquium poster, featuring René Magritte's The False Mirror, an oil painting of an eye with a sky and clouds in the iris.

Date and Time

May 7, 2026
04:00PM - 07:00PM EDT

Location

CGIS Knafel, Room K354

1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States

Hyperreality Colloquium: Second Session

Interdisciplinary perspectives on hyperreality, culture, and politics.

Agenda

4:00 PM - 4:50 PM

The Map and the Encyclopedia: Science and the Hyperreality in Baudrillard, Borges, and Kuhn
  • Valerio Pepe (Harvard)
The Digital Uncanny: Repression, Return, and the Rendering of Simulacra
  • Piper Fishkind (Harvard)

4:50 PM - 5:40 PM

Integral Functions of Spatial Images
  • Lachlan Welsh (Harvard)
How Real is the View of the City 
  • Emily Yan (Harvard)

5:40 PM - 6:00 PM: Break

6:00 PM - 6:50 PM

In the Hills of Hyperreality: Mt. Trashmore, Spectacle Island, and Restoration Narratives
  • Thea Applebaum (MIT)
Life After Life in America’s Retirement Communities
  • Riley Moran (Harvard)

6:50 PM - 7:00 PM: Conclusions

Contact

Hannah Stone
hannahstone@g.harvard.edu

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