Rizvana Bradley’s Anteaesthetics Reviewed in Film Quarterly

June 17, 2024

Rizvana Bradley’s Anteaesthetics: Black Aesthesis and the Critique of Form (Stanford University Press, 2023) reviewed in the Summer 2024 issue of Film Quarterly.

Welcoming the 2024 Film & Media Ph.D. Cohort

May 10, 2024

Heartfelt congratulations to the distinguished individuals comprising our latest cohort of Film & Media Ph.D. students embarking on their academic journey this upcoming fall! We are thrilled to embrace your unique perspectives, talents, and aspirations, confident that your…

Eisner Prize Screenings at BAMPFA on May 12

May 2, 2024

The Eisner Prize is the highest award for creativity given on the UC Berkeley campus. Presented at BAMPFA since 1991, this screening offers the local community, as well as family and friends, an opportunity to see a wide…

Rizvana Bradley’s Anteaesthetics Named a Best Book of 2023 by Frieze

January 4, 2024

Congratulations to Rizvana Bradley on having her book, Anteaesthetics: Black Aesthesis and the Critique of Form (Stanford University Press, 2023), selected by Frieze Editor Vanessa Peterson as one of her top books of 2023!

Damon Young featured on A&H Website

November 27, 2023

Damon Young, Associate Professor in French and Film and Media Studies, was recently interviewed by UC Berkeley Arts & Humanities writer-in-residence Lucille Lorenz for her weekly column “What is Humanities Research?”  In the interview, Damon discusses the discipline…

J. Mira Kopell’s New Screenwriting Book

November 1, 2023

Congratulations to Mira Kopell on the publication of her new book with Routledge UP, The Screenwriter’s Workshop: Creative Exploration Through Meaningful Critique. Now it won’t just be the students in Mira’s screenwriting classes who will benefit from the very successful…

Weihong Bao Appointed to Chair in China Studies

August 25, 2023

Weihong Bao, associate professor of Film & Media and East Asian Languages & Cultures, has been appointed to the Pamela P. Fong and Family Distinguished Chair in China Studies. Bao’s appointment marks the first time the chair has been…