#  Hyperreality Colloquium 

 



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####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **May 7, 2026** 

 04:00PM - 07:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **CGIS Knafel, Room K354**  

 [1737 Cambridge Street  
Cambridge, MA 02138  
United States



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## 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>



 

 



 

 See also:- [ 2025–2026 ](/academic-year/2025-2026)
- [ Cultural Politics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives ](/seminars/cultural_politics/schedule)
 
 

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