Voegelin Graduate Film Series

 

The Voegelin Institute will continue its series, “Politics in Film,” in Spring 2025.  Three films will be shown, on the dates listed below, in the Voegelin Room (Stubbs 216).  LSU graduate students are welcome to join us, though space is limited; pizza will be served before each show.  Of course many of these films are available for viewing through internet sources.  Feel free to watch on your own  and join us via Zoom <https://lsu.zoom.us/j/99390253758> for the discussion afterwards, at 8:00 pm on the dates indicated.

Current:

“TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD” (dir. Robert Mulligan) — Friday, January 17

Discussion: Thomas Galligan, Professor of Law & past President of LSU, 8:00 pm
Viewing: 5:50 pm in the Voegelin Room (Stubbs 216)

“A FEW GOOD MEN” (dir. Rob Reiner) — Friday, February 7

Discussion: John Dunlap, Brig. Gen. (ret.), Louisiana National Guard, 8:00 pm
Viewing: 5:40 pm in the Voegelin Room (Stubbs 216)

“ERIN BROCKOVICH” (dir. Steven Soderbergh) — Friday, March 21

Discussion: who?, 8:00 pm
Viewing: 5:45 pm in the Voegelin Room (Stubbs 216)

 

Past Semesters:

VGFS-posterf2024

“HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR” (dir. Alain Resnais) — Friday, August 30

Discussion: Kalling Heck, Assistant Professor of English & Screen Arts, 8:00 pm
Viewing: 6:30 pm in the Voegelin Room (Stubbs 216)

“RHAPSODY IN AUGUST” (dir. Akira Kurosawa) — Friday, October 4

Discussion: Kathryn Barton, Instructor of Screen Arts, 8:00 pm
Viewing: 6:10 pm in the Voegelin Room (Stubbs 216)

“OPPENHEIMER” (dir. Christopher Nolan) — Friday, November 1

Discussion: James Stoner, Professor of Political Science, 8:00 pm
Viewing: 5:00 pm in the Voegelin Room (Stubbs 216)

 

VGFS-posters2024

“THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES” (dir. Juan José Campanella) — Friday, January 26

  • Discussion: Santiago Legarre, Professor of Law, Universidad Católica Argentina, 8:00 pm
  • Viewing: 5:50 pm in the Voegelin Room (Stubbs 216)

“THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES” (dir. Walter Salles) — Friday, February 16

  • Discussion: Pearce Edwards, Assistant Professor of Political Science, 8:00 pm
  • Viewing: 5:50 pm in the Voegelin Room (Stubbs 216)

“FOUR DAYS IN SEPTEMBER” (dir. Bruno Barreto) — Friday, March 22

  • Discussion: Thiago Moreira, Assistant Professor of Political Science, 8:00 pm
  • Viewing: 6:10 pm in the Voegelin Room (Stubbs 216)

 

VGFS-posterF2023

“GLADIATOR” (dir. Ridley Scott) — Friday, September 8

  • Discussion: Asher Gelzer-Govatos, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ogden Honors College, 8:00 pm
  • Viewing: 5:25 pm in the Voegelin Room (Stubbs 216)

“LAGAAN: ONCE UPON A TIME IN INDIA” (dir. Ashutosh Gowariker) — Friday, October 13

  • Discussion: Pallavi Rastogi, Professor of English, 8:00 pm
  • Viewings:
    • part one: Wednesday, October 11, 5:00 pm AND Friday, October 13, 3:45 pm
    • part two: Friday, October 13, 6:00 pm in the Voegelin Room (Stubbs 216)

“THE LAST EMPEROR” (dir. Bernardo Bertolucci) — Friday, November 10

 

VGFS-posterS2023

“BICYCLE THIEVES” (dir. Vittorio De Sica) — Friday, January 27, 2023

“CLÉO FROM 5 TO 7” (dir. Agnès Varda) — Friday, February 24, 2023

“THE LOST HONOR OF KATHARINA BLUM” (dir. Volker Schlöndorff & Margarethe von Trotta) — Friday, March 31, 2023

 

VGFS-posterF2022

“ON THE WATERFRONT” (dir. Elia Kazan) — Friday, September 16, 2022

“A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS” (dir. Fred Zinnemann) — Friday, October 21, 2022

“ROMERO” (dir. John Duigan) — Friday, November 11, 2022

 

VGFS-posterS2022r

“THE MISSION” (dir. Roland Joffé) — Friday, February 11, 2022

  • Discussion: Pedro L. Ramos, Universidad Ana G. Mendez, San Juan, PR, 8:00 pm
  • Viewings: 3:15 pm and 5:55 pm in the Voegelin Room (Stubbs 216)

“BLACK ROBE” (dir. Bruce Beresford) — Friday, March 11, 2022

“SILENCE” (dir. Martin Scorsese) — Friday, April 8, 2022

 

VGFS-posterF2021

“TROY” (dir. Wolfgang Petersen) — Friday, October 1, 2021

  • Discussion: Michael Katchmer, Distinguished Instructor of Classics, 8:00 pm
  • Viewings: 2:00 pm and 5:15 pm in the Voegelin Room (Stubbs 216)

“AMAZING GRACE” (dir. Michael Apted) — Friday, October 29, 2021

  • Discussion: Meredith Veldman, Associate Professor of History, 8:00 pm
  • Viewings: 3:30 pm and 6:00 pm in the Voegelin Room (Stubbs 216)

“LINCOLN” (dir. Stephen Spielberg) — Friday, November 19, 2021

  • Discussion: John Bardes, Assistant Professor of History, 8:00 pm
  • Viewings: 2:30 pm in Stubbs 210 and 5:30 pm in the Voegelin Room (Stubbs 216)

 

VGFS-posterS2021b

“MEDIUM COOL” (dir. Haskell Wexler) — Thursday, February 11, 2021

  • Discussion: Kalling Heck, Assistant Professor of English, 8:00 pm
  • Viewings: 3:30 pm and 6:00 pm in the Voegelin Room (Stubbs 216)

“THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS” (dir. Gillo Pontecorvo) — Thursday, March 11, 2021

  • Discussion: Farida Guechoud, PhD candidate in French Studies, 8:00 pm
  • Viewings: 3:30 pm and 6:00 pm in the Voegelin Room (Stubbs 216)

“COLD WAR” (dir. Pawel Pawlikowski) — Thursday, April 15, 2021

  • Discussion: Brendan Karch, Associate Professor of History, 8:00 pm
  • Viewings: 4:30 pm and 6:30 pm in the Voegelin Room (Stubbs 216)