School news
Professor Iordanova gives talks at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia
Prof Iordanova gave talks and a doctoral masterclass in Melbourne.
Awards success for PhD student
PhD student, Shruti Narayaswamy recognised at the 2019 Domitor Student Essay Competition.
The Professional Foreigner: Sidebar at the 26th Astra Film Festival programmed by Dina Iordanova
Prof Iordanova has programmed a sidebar on visual anthropologist Asen Balikci (1929-2019), who taught at UQAM and worked trans-nationally in the Canadian Arctic, Afghanistan, Siberia and the Himalayas.
Professor Iordanova featured at the One Women's International Film Festival in Chengdu, China
Professor Iordanova moderated the women’s film festival panel, with participants from Spain, Belgium, Taiwan and China.
Exhibition on Scientific Photography and Film
In conjunction with the St Andrews Photography Festival, Professor Michael Cowan has curated a new exhibition: Tracing Movement: Locomotion Study, Photography and the Emergence of Cinema.
Professor Cowan curating film series at the Giornate del Cinema Muto
For the 2019 Giornate del Cinema Muto, Professor Cowan is curating, in collaboration with Professor Anton Kaes (UC-Berkeley), a film series entitled Weimar Shorts.
Professor Cowan Elected to Steering Committee of the European Network for Cinema and Media Studies (NECS)
Professor Cowan has been elected for a three-year term to the steering committee of NECS: the European Network for Cinema and Media Studies.
Fall 2019 Speaker Series
Film Studies’ Fall 2019 Speaker Series is now scheduled with the following talks and events. More details will follow, all of which will be posted on the Department events page.
IGCCC Screening of Santi Vina (Thavi Na Bangchang (‘Marut’), 1954)
The IGCCC will host be a screening Santi Vina (Thavi Na Bangchang (‘Marut’), 1954). Considered lost for almost 60 years, the first Thai film shot on 35mm in colour has been found and restored.
Live Film Screening: Wunder der Schöpfung and Herschel 36
The acclaimed sound duo Herschel 36 provide a live accompaniment of experimental soundscapes that breathe new life into a classic Weimar-eraprecursor to Cosmos, Wunder der Schöpfung (1926)