Archives: Film Studies

Archives: Film Studies

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An Informal Talk on Film Curating and Programming by Laurence Kardish

The School for Studies in Art and Culture, Film Studies is pleased to announce that they will holding an informal talk on film curating and programming by Carleton alumnus and longtime senior curator... More

Posted on Monday, September 30th, 2013 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Film Studies Feed for all posts filed under Film Studies, SSAC Feed for all posts filed under SSAC

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The Hyperlab Presents – Survival Horror: the perfect video game genre for a study of gender

In this talk, noted cinema and video game studies scholar Bernard Perron will examine survival horror video games as a surprisingly rich and complex site for the study of gender. At first blush,... More

Posted on Tuesday, December 4th, 2012 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Film Studies Feed for all posts filed under Film Studies, IIS Feed for all posts filed under IIS

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Video – English and French Canadian Cinema

In this video, Richard Nimijean of the School of Canadian Studies, and Andre Loiselle of Film Studies discuss film in Canada, language relations, the divergence between Quebec cinema and English... More

Posted on Tuesday, December 4th, 2012 in Canadian Studies Feed for all posts filed under Canadian Studies, FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Film Studies Feed for all posts filed under Film Studies

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2012 FASS Distinguished Visiting Scholar – Studies in Art and Culture: Acclaimed director and activist John Akomfrah

Presented by The School for Studies in Art and Culture and in association with several other FASS units, this year’s Distinguished Visiting Scholar (November 25-30) is John Akomfrah, a pre-eminent... More

Posted on Monday, November 19th, 2012 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Film Studies Feed for all posts filed under Film Studies

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Monsters and Monstrosity-Instructors explain the new ArtsOne cluster

As part of a new ArtsOne Cluster entitled Monsters and Monstrosity, Professors Andre Loiselle and Craig McFarlane are looking to explain the sociological and cultural significance of The Monster. The... More

Posted on Monday, January 23rd, 2012 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Film Studies Feed for all posts filed under Film Studies, Sociology and Anthropology Feed for all posts filed under Sociology and Anthropology

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Calling All Carleton Filmmakers

TVO is reaching out to aspiring filmmakers at Carleton University to introduce their Doc Studio Contest. The inaugural Doc Studio Contest invites students, accomplished and amateur filmmakers to hone... More

Posted on Monday, November 28th, 2011 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Film Studies Feed for all posts filed under Film Studies

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Award winning Pick

The Society for Cinema and Media Studies has selected Carleton University Professor Zuzana Pick as the winner of the prestigious Katherine Singer Kovács Book Award for her recent publication,... More

Posted on Monday, May 30th, 2011 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Film Studies Feed for all posts filed under Film Studies, SSAC Feed for all posts filed under SSAC

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Sanogo speaks at TIFF

Professor of film studies, Aboubakar Sanogo will be speaking at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Bell Lightbox on this Friday and Saturday. Higher Learning at TIFF Bell Lightbox is... More

Posted on Monday, January 31st, 2011 in African Studies Feed for all posts filed under African Studies, FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Film Studies Feed for all posts filed under Film Studies, SSAC Feed for all posts filed under SSAC, Twitter Feed for all posts filed under Twitter

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Sex, blood, gore and monsters

by Nicole Findlay With their implausibly stupid protagonists and gore splattered monsters, horror films are more often than not dismissed as tripe produced for the entertainment of teenagers. André... More

Posted on Monday, October 26th, 2009 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Film Studies Feed for all posts filed under Film Studies, SSAC Feed for all posts filed under SSAC

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Film student recruited to review university instead of movies

When humanities and film studies student Paul Anderson isn’t watching movies at the ByTowne or Mayfair theatres, as part of film studies research the student protests, he is either blogging for... More

Posted on Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 in College of the Humanities Feed for all posts filed under College of the Humanities, FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Film Studies Feed for all posts filed under Film Studies, SSAC Feed for all posts filed under SSAC