Theory Today w/ Eugenie Brinkema

Professor Eugenie Brinkema’s research in film and critical theory focuses on violence, affect, sexuality, aesthetics, and ethics in texts ranging from the horror film to gonzo pornography, from the body of films dubbed “New European Extremism” to works of literature and continental philosophy. Her first book, The Forms of the Affects, published with Duke University Press in 2014, won honorable mention for the Modern Language Association First Book Prize. Her 2022 book, Life-Destroying Diagrams (also with Duke), explores the potential of radical formalism in relation to horror and love. Her ar…