Upcoming Events
With the return to campus and the resumption of in-person events, be sure to check out this year's Humanities Day on Saturday October 16. While there are a lot of very interesting programs, two of our own faculty members will be presenting work! Please check the Humanities Day schedule for a full list of presentation and locations.
- David Rodowick - 'Hannah Arendt and the Humanities' (in-person and virtual, 1:30PM CT)
- Allyson Nadia Field - 'Early Black Cinema in Chicago: Lost and Found' (in-person, 3:00PM CT)
Highlighted Events from AY2021
"BA Production Thesis Films" - six films produced by graduating CMS majors (June-July 2021). Satisfaction Guaranteed (Abby Henkin); Storm Drain (Ana Liu); Months at Home (Ethan MacCumber); An Omen of Nothing (Jacques Manjarrez); An Analysis of Radonautica (Phillip Otto); Before the Miracle Happen (Alexis Stanley)
"New Authors Discussion - Andrew Johnston and Gregory" Zinman (May 2021)
"Stages: Three Days in Mexico - Britney Spears" (April 2021)
"Full Zoom: Doc Productions 2020 Screening" - four short documentaries produced by students in Prof. Judy Hoffman’s Documentary Production classes in AY2020 (October 2020)
Annual CMS Graduate Student Conference
- 2021 "Site/Seeing" organized by Jenisha Borah, Maggie Sivit, Ashley Truehart, and Avery Laflamme. Keynote address - Alison Griffiths (CUNY, Baruch College)
- 2019 "Documenting the Archive", organized by Sean Batton, Ritika Kaushik, and Cinta Peleja. Keynote address - Paula Amad (University of Iowa)
- 2018 "Sensing Media", organized by Dave Burnham, Gary Kafer, and Amy Skjerseth. Keynote address - Mark Hansen (Duke University)
- 2017 "Trauma and Melodrama", organized by AP Pettinelli, Tyler Schroeder, and Tien-Tien Jong Zhang. Keynote address - Elisabeth Anker (George Washington University)
- 2016 "Still Walking, Still Sleeping, Still Life: Slow Aesthetics and the Moving Image", organized by Zain Jamshaid, Katerina Korola, and Pao-chen Tang. Keynote address - Jean Ma (Stanford University)
- 2015 "Performing Bodies: Gesture, Affect, and Embodiment on Screen", organized by Matt Hubbell, Noa Merkin, and Nicole Morse. Keynote address - Elena Gorfinkel (King's College London)