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Current Visiting Researchers

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  Alexander Pavlov's research interest is film studies and the philosophy on cinema.
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  Jenna Ng (Cambridge University) examines the function of machinima, films shown in virtual worlds, or media suspended in between game, image, avatar and our selves.
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  Robyn Citizen's research examines the functions of blackness in the reflexive construction of Japanese identities in Japanese cinema.
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Past Visiting Researchers

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  Rebecca Coyle is researching the on-screen presence of Bowen Island, and investigating early Australian cinema composers, and the soundscapes of Baz Luhrmann and The Jetsons.
  

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  Professor Philip Drake is researching the reception and political economy of Hollywood's operations in Canada.
  August-September 2009.

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  María del Mar Grandío will study the production of TV fiction in Canada, specially, the new ways of production in the new online platforms.

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  Professor Steffen Hantke is researching representations of the Cold War, January-May 2009.
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  Professor Angela Piccini is studying representations of archaeological heritage in factual screen media contextualized by the 2010 Olympic Games, January-September 2009.
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  Tomáš Pospíšil is a Visiting Scholar to UBC and Associate Professor in the Department of English and American Studies, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University in Brno.
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Events

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  Film Symposium on Migration, Multiculturalism and Misunderstandings: join us for a screening and discussion of two controversial European films about the chances and challenges of demographic changes in society. October 6, 2010
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Centre for Cinema Studies - Welcome

Everyone has two jobs: their own, and cinema critic
François Truffaut

The Centre for Cinema Studies aims to advance the scholarly study of film and film culture in all its diversity, at the University of British Columbia and on the local, national, and global scene.

The scholarly study of cinema has become a key academic discipline in the social sciences and humanities. Film scholars at the University of British Columbia have stood at the vanguard of these developments, helping to shape a field that is becoming increasingly competitive.

The Centre for Cinema Studies has the following objectives:

1. to promote and facilitate original research into film and film culture that contributes to the wider understanding of its role in society;
2. to provide a platform for interdisciplinary academic discussions that involve cinema in all its facets;
3. to encourage, and be a prime venue for, the national and international exchange of esteemed doctoral, and postdoctoral film researchers;
4. to be a welcoming host for, and play an active part in, the organization of academic forums that further peer debate, communication, and networks;
5. to play a custodian role in developing a wide range of accessible resources and tools for the study of film and film related materials (including the Film Library)
6. to establish an archival collection for the preservation and study of film and film related materials.
7. to promote active collaborations and joint research initiatives into the study of film culture;
8. to stimulate, and actively participate in, the dissemination of results of research into film to the public;
9. to offer expert advice and consultation for policy purposes concerning film culture.

 

The Centre for Cinema Studies is proud to be a sustaining member of the Film Studies Association of Canada.