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affiliated faculty
sven spieker, associate professor
german, slavic, and semitic studies
Ph.D. Oxford University
Spieker specializes in European modernism, with an emphasis on the Eastern
European avant-gardes, contemporary art, and critical theory. Spieker's
recent graduate seminars in the department have included: "European Dada"
(2005-2006); "Foucault and the Future of Critical Theory" (2006-2007);
"Surrealism and Psychoanalysis" (2005-2006); "LA/Moscow: Repetitions"
(2004-2005). In 2005, Spieker organized a two-day conference devoted to the
digital image at the intersection of science and art. Spieker's most recent
book-length publication is "The Big Archive. The Birth of Modernist Art from
the Spirit of the Bureaucracy" (forthcoming from MIT Press, 2008). For more
information, visit his web page
http://www.gss.ucsb.edu/faculty/spieker/
