MHIS 429 SU01: Topics in Film + Media Theory

ECIAD
SectionSU01
TermSummer 2026
StatusP
DatesMay 4, 2026 – Jun 19, 2026
LocationIn Person
Meetings
  • Tue TueH 1:00pm–3:50pm — MAIN D1375
Description (ECIAD)

This advanced seminar course enables students to focus on a key topic in film and media (moving-image) theory. What role does the moving image play in contemporary philosophical and cultural debates? How have distinct theoretical lineages shaped the cinema as a mode of artistic practice and thought? How are emerging theoretical perspectives shaping the form, circulation, and reception of media objects today? While the specific topic and entry-point into these questions will vary each semester, the course will emphasize critical viewing, reading, and writing about moving-image aesthetics and theory.

This course is subject to priority rules; see here.

Each section of this course runs with a different topic. See here.