Tag Archives: film history

Challenging Eurocentric Surveys: The Transnational Topic in Film Studies

Posted on March 2, 2019 by erinwiegand

JCMS Teaching Dossier Vol 5 (2) Revisiting the Film History Survey Marcos P. Centeno Martin, Birkbeck, University of London Film history surveys have traditionally revolved around North American and European developments. However, the digital era allows an increasing access to … Continue reading →

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A Decade Under the Influence: US Films of the 1970s

Posted on February 27, 2019 by erinwiegand

JCMS Teaching Dossier Vol 5 (2) Revisiting the Film History Survey Amelie Hastie, Amherst College The Context I teach in an interdepartmental Film and Media Studies (FAMS) program in a small liberal arts college. Our core Film and Media faculty … Continue reading →

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Creative Encounters with Film History: Thomas Edison Then/Now

Posted on February 27, 2019 by erinwiegand

JCMS Teaching Dossier Vol 5 (2) Revisiting the Film History Survey Marsha Gordon, North Carolina State University I regularly teach a course on “Film History to 1940” at North Carolina State University. In the fall of 2015, I began incorporating … Continue reading →

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Unsettling the Canadian Film History Classroom through Sound

Posted on January 25, 2019 by erinwiegand

JCMS Teaching Dossier Vol 5 (2) Revisiting the Film History Survey Randolph Jordan, Ryerson University Chronology is the death of the survey course in Canadian film history. We simply do not harbor the necessary richness of early cinema to sustain … Continue reading →

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Teaching Film History to Production Students

Posted on January 25, 2019 by erinwiegand

JCMS Teaching Dossier Vol 5 (2)Revisiting the Film History SurveyChad Newsom, Savannah College of Art and Design How does teaching the film history survey change when instructing production students? When I first began to teach history surveys to undergraduate and … Continue reading →

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The Perks of an Heirloom Armoire: The Film History Survey as a Vehicle to Introduce Diversity to Undergraduate Students

Posted on January 16, 2019 by erinwiegand

JCMS Teaching Dossier Vol 5 (2)Revisiting the Film History SurveyDiana W. Anselmo, Georgia State University As someone who only entered the US educational system as a graduate student, I have found that conversations about the razing or the revamping of … Continue reading →

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