Courses / Graduate

Fall 2020

  • Film and Media Historiography

    201 | CCN: 25948 | 33577

    Instructor: Kristen Whissel

    Lab: F 12pm-2pm; Seminar: F 2pm-5pm   This course investigates a range of methodologies and approaches for writing film and media history from the perspective of technological and historical change. Each week we will focus on recent examples of... More
  • Graduate Film Historiography

    201 001 | CCN: 25948

    Instructor: Kristen Mary Whissel

    Location: Internet/Online

    Date and Time: F 2:00pm - 4:59pm

    This course investigates a range of methodologies and approaches for writing film and media history from the perspective of technological and historical change. Each week we will focus on recent examples of historiography that engage with, historicize... More
  • Professionalization Seminar

    203 001 | CCN: 21831

    Instructor: Kristen Mary Whissel

    Location: Internet/Online

    Date and Time: TU 1:00pm - 3:59pm

    This seminar will address matters related to professionalization within the discipline of Film & Media Studies as well as the degree requirements for the Ph.D. in Film & Media. Each week we will meet to discuss a... More
  • Film and Media Seminar “Digital Aesthetics”

    240 - 001 | CCN: 25328 | 26530

    Instructor: Jacob Gaboury

    *This course will be taught via Remote-Synchronous instruction Lecture: Th 2pm-5pm; Lab: Th 5pm-8pm                   This course will examine the influence of digital technology on contemporary film and visual media. Drawing on... More
  • Graduate Topics in Film

    240 001 | CCN: 25328

    Instructor: Jacob R Gaboury

    Location: Internet/Online

    Date and Time: TH 2:00pm - 4:59pm

    This course will examine the influence of digital technology on contemporary film and visual media. Drawing on art history, cinema studies, architecture, and media studies we will historicize the radical shift brought about by digital technology while... More
  • Film and Media Seminar “The Frankfurt School and Critical Media Theory”

    240 002 | CCN: 33578

    Instructor: Anton J Kaes

    Location: Internet/Online

    Date and Time: M 1:00pm - 3:59pm

    This research seminar will focus on Frankfurt School theories of film, photography, radio, and television, as well as the culture industry in general. We will engage in close readings of texts by Siegfried Kracauer, Walter Benjamin, Leo... More
  • Screen Dynamics: A Comparative Perspective

    240 003 | CCN: 33615

    Instructor: Weihong Bao

    Location: Internet/Online

    Date and Time: W 4:00pm - 6:59pm

    In recent years, the proliferation and ubiquity of screens across the globe has raised new questions about the ontology, archaeology, and ecology of media. What is a screen? Is it a technical device, a material surface, an... More
  • Directed Research

    299 010 | CCN: 34171

    Instructor: Jeffrey A. Skoller

    Date and Time: 12:00am - 12:00am

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