Biography
Tanya Desai received her PhD in Cinema and Media Studies from the University of Chicago in 2023. Previously, she completed her MA and MPhil in English Literature at the University of Delhi. She works on the philosophy of film, particularly on topics of language, time, narrative, and gender. Her current book project is on classical Bombay cinema of the 1950s, examining the convergence of film and poetry in its iconic songs and exploring the philosophical issues these songs raise about the relation between body and voice, between the self and the world, and between words and lives.
Teaching Experience
Autumn Quarter 2023
CMST 14400: Film and the Moving Image
Winter Quarter 2024
CMST 10100: Introduction to Film Analysis
Spring Quarter 2024
CMST 14400: Film and the Moving Image
Previously taught courses: Philosophy of Comedy: Classic Hollywood Film, Lecturer (CMST 21405), Introduction to Film, Lecturer (CMST 10100), Classical Film Theory, CA (CMST 27220), History of International Cinema I (1895-1927), CA (CMST 28500), Film and the Moving Image, CA (CMST 14400).