Film and Media

Day/Time MW 9:00AM - 10:15AM Instructor TBA Is the so-called American dream dead? The notion once essentialized the grand promise of a better, fuller, and richer life. At the present moment, however, it seems to have lost its evocative power as a collective myth. In a time...

Day/Time M 12:45PM - 2:45PM Instructor TBA With a camera positioned at the entrance to the director’s factory, Louis Lumière’s famous early film of 1895, La Sortie de l’usine Lumière à Lyon, captured workers as they left for the day. Today, surveillance practices have...

Day/Time T 12:45PM - 2:45PM Instructor TBA This seminar considers the Frankfurt School's deliberations on film, radio, television, and mass culture. We will devote the majority of the course to three seminal figures: Siegfried Kracauer, Walter Benjamin, and T. W. Adorno...

Instructor Dymek Date/Time W 12:00 - 2:45 pm German Queer cinema played a pivotal role in the emergence of LGBTQ+ representation on celluloid. We’ll delve into the groundbreaking contributions of German filmmakers, exemplified by productions like Richard Oswald’s seminal...

Day/Time Th 12:00 pm - 2:45 pm Instructor Struck The public is where we see and meet others or avoid them—on squares, in the subway, in cafés… But how are these places constructed that we necessarily inhabit? What do they allow for, and what do they prevent? What about the...

Day/Time M 12:00–2:45pm, W 12:00–1:15pm Instructor Broomé This course explores Scandinavian cinema from the pioneers of the silent era to the globally successful hit films of the present day. Students will trace the development of Scandinavian cinema through the films of...

Day/Time M-Th 9:00-10:15am Instructor Broomé A basic course focusing on listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. During fall term, pronunciation and listening comprehension will be emphasized, as well as regular writing assignments. Literary, film, music and other...