• "I am the martyr...": Constructions and (Re)Enactments of Martyrdom in Contemporary Lebanon, Reina Akkouche Halabi, University of Iowa

• The Calendar of Delirium: Vanguard Time and the Colonization of Erotic Temporality in Wakamatsu Kōji's Ecstasy of the Angels (1972), Erik Yichen Tan, University of California, San Diego

• Footage of What Never Happened: Generative AI and China's Unlived Pasts and Futures, Zhiyuan Tan, The New School

• A Squib’s Discourse: Delirium, Diplomacy, and Death in the Action Cinema of Cannon Films, 1979-89, Ev Amaral, University of Southern California

Respondent: Dr. Nitin Govil