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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Jessica Ruffin:  "'What can I hope?': Race, Abyssal Aesthetics, and the Failure of Beauty"  
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SUMMARY:Jessica Ruffin:  "'What can I hope?': Race, Abyssal Aesthetics, and the Failure of Beauty"  
DESCRIPTION:<p>Jessica Ruffin is Assistant Professor of Film and Media in the Literature Section at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.&nbsp; Her talk &nbsp;will address the function of the beautiful in accounts of aesthetic and ethical intersubjectivity. Immanuel Kant’s racialized ideal of human beauty and morality affords an interrogation of colorblind optimism.&nbsp; <a href="https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/event/%E2%80%9Cwhat-can-i-hope%E2%80%9D-race-abyssal-aesthetics-and-failure-beauty">Read more&nbsp;</a></p><drupal-media alt="photo of Jessica Ruffin" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="fcef9cdd-0340-477a-96ad-e550540edfda" data-view-mode="hwp_medium">&nbsp;</drupal-media>
LOCATION:Plimpton Room, Barker 133
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DTSTART:20250220T220000Z
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