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Professor Mark Sandberg interviews Carol Clover, Professor Emerita of Rhetoric, Comparative Literature, Film, and Scandinavian
Nov 28, 2022
In order to preserve the history and accomplishments of its distinguished faculty, the University of California Berkeley Emeriti Association (UCBEA) has begun making video recordings of interviews with individual emeriti. This video-making project, called the Legacy Project, aims... More
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Professor Gaboury wins the Computer History Museum Prize
Nov 17, 2022
Congratulations to Professor Jacob Gaboury! He won the 2022 Computer History Museum Prize for his book, Image Objects: An Archaeology of Computer Graphics. The Computer History Museum Prize is awarded to the author of an outstanding book in... More
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Budhaditya Chattopadhyay Discussion & Performance, The Sonic Media Environment: Contemporary Film Sound Research
Apr 25, 2022
The Sonic Media Environment: Contemporary Film Sound Research Budhaditya Chattopadhyay discussion & performance Thursday May 5, 2-4pm in Dwinelle 142. In person and open to the public. Also hybrid on-line; for Zoom link please email Ernst Karel at ekarel@berkeley.edu... More
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Toxic Masculinity, Spectral Homosexuality by Damon Young
Mar 31, 2022
Read Professor Damon Young's piece on Power of the Dog and the Western in Public Books. (Read an excerpt below.) Toxic Masculinity, Spectral Homosexuality Of the film genres that shaped Hollywood during its classical period from the 1930s through... More
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HUM 196: Unlocatable: Seeing Hong Kong and its Arts
Mar 30, 2022
HUM 196 Mentored Research Lab 3 units, Class #24594 Unlocatable: Seeing Hong Kong and its Arts Instructor: Prof. Winnie Wong Thursday, 2-5pm Wheeler 212 Mentored Research courses are designed to introduce upper-division students to the research culture on... More
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Professor Doane publishes new book: Bigger Than Life
Mar 24, 2022
Bigger Than Life The Close-Up and Scale in the Cinema MARY ANN DOANE In Bigger Than Life Mary Ann Doane examines how the scalar operations of cinema, especially those of the close-up, disturb and reconfigure the spectator's sense... More
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Film & Media Professor Jacob Gaboury Releases New Book, “Image Objects: An Archaeology of Computer Graphics”
Aug 17, 2021
Most of us think of computer graphics as a relatively recent invention, enabling the spectacular visual effects and lifelike simulations we see in current films, television shows, and digital games. In fact, computer graphics have been around as... More
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2020 and 2021 Film & Media Commencement Ceremony
Apr 30, 2021
Monday, May 17, 2021 2PM, PST Keynote Speaker: Rick Prelinger (UCSC) We will be celebrating virtually with all the graduates from 2020 and 2021 on Monday, May 17, 2021 at 2PM, PST. Register for the Zoom webinar here:... More
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Announcing Film & Media Commencement Keynote Speaker, Rick Prelinger
Apr 14, 2021
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The Berkeley Film & Media Seminar Presents: Girl Head Feminism and Materiality
Mar 22, 2021
Thu, April 8, 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm PST Zoom meeting Click Here to Register For decades, feminist film criticism has focused on issues of representation: images of women in film. But what are the feminist implications... More
