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Film Studies Seminar with Astrid Söderbergh Widding and Opening of a New Exhibition at Humanisten

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Where is film studies heading – and what can the first people ever captured in a photograph tell us about the gaze, time and chance? Meet Astrid Söderbergh Widding at a film studies seminar, followed by the opening of the exhibition 'An Unforeseen Detail' at Humanisten.

Lecture,
Exhibition
Date
14 Sep 2026
Time
16:30 - 20:00
Location
Humanisten, Renströmsgatan 6, room J336
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Lecture: 16:30–18:00 in Room J336
Exhibition opening: 18:30–20:00 in the entrance hall

Lecture: Film Studies – Quo Vadis?

Returning to one’s academic discipline after many years away from film studies seminar rooms provides a degree of distance and perspective. Where does film studies stand today? This seminar does not offer a systematic survey of the question, but rather a series of reflections and free associations from the margins of the discipline.

Astrid Söderbergh Widding is Professor of Film Studies at Stockholm University, Chair of the Nobel Foundation, Executive Member of the Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation and the Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation, and former Vice-Chancellor of Stockholm University.

Exhibition Opening: An Unforeseen Detail

On a spring morning in 1838, at eight o’clock, the inventor Louis Daguerre points his camera towards the Boulevard du Temple in Paris. Because the exposure time lasts several minutes, only what remains still is captured on the silver plate. By chance, a shoeshiner and his customer become the first people ever to be photographed.

The exhibition is presented in collaboration with the Hasselblad Foundation, Region Jönköping County, GPS400, Mandé and Plattform Produktion.

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