“From the beginning, it’s been about bringing together all the hip-hop arts: MCs, DJs, beatmakers, bgirls and bboys, and live graffiti painting. In a very authentic way, these events are incredibly inclusive.”
––André Sirois, senior instructor and multimedia supervisor with the Department of Cinema Studies and School of Music and Dance
Continue reading “Let’s Get this Party (Re)started”
A new podcast called “What Happened in Skinner” has been downloaded more than 40,000 times and is being nominated for an Ambie Award.
Continue reading “Congratulations Alum Aaron Blanton, BA ’13 on Podcast Success!”
Professor Kawai won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Short at the 37th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival! The film ZONA, directed by Professor Kawai, is now Academy Award® qualified! Continue reading “Congratulations to Asst. Professor Masami Kawai”
Tune in to this latest episode of “The Duck Stops Here Podcast” with two Pixar Ducks: Greg Snyder, BA ’92 (Communications and Film) who is a Film Editor at Pixar Maura Turner, BA ’14 (Cinema Studies) who is a Feature Relations Project Manager at Pixar. Hosted by Cinema Studies Associate Professor Michael Aronson.
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Ari Purnama, assistant professor of Cinema Studies at the University of Oregon, talks about growing up in Indonesia and what led to his interest in film studies and filmmaking. He discusses his approach to his scholarship as well as his practice as a filmmaker. Purnama recommends a film that he finds especially interesting.
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Cinema, music, theatre and dance all have one thing in common: storytelling. Whether it’s through a heart-felt performance on screen or a mesmerizing dance routine on stage, it is art forms like these that allow the audience and the creators themselves to be deeply impacted by the stories told.
But for these four UO students, art is much more than that. For them, it’s about creating a space to express themselves freely, and taking what they have learned from their personal experiences to make positive changes in their creative industries and pave the way for future generations.
Continue reading “Breaking the glass ceiling one creative move at a time”
Cinema Studies is excited to congratulate Erin Hanna who has been promoted to associate professor with indefinite tenure! Erin joined the University of Oregon in 2014 and teaches courses on television; the film industry; fan culture; and gender media and diversity. Her research focuses on the relationship between media industries and audiences. Her most recent book, Only at Comic-Con: Hollywood, Fans, and the Limits of Exclusivity, examines the connection between exclusivity and the proliferation of media industry promotion at the longest-running comic convention in North America.
Please join us in celebrating this well-deserved achievement. Congratulations, Erin!!
Congratulations to Cinema Studies Associate Professor Daniel Gómez Steinhart on receiving a 2021 Summer Stipend for Humanities and Creative Arts Faculty from the Provost for work on his new book project, Cross-Border Hollywood: Production Politics and Practices in Mexico.
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The Center for the Study of Women in Society has announced 2021-22 funding awards for scholarship, research and creative work on women and gender. Cinema Studies Assistant Professor Masami Kawai has received a faculty research grant for “Valley of the Tall Grasses” (film).
Kawai also received a Creative Arts Fellowship from the Provost and a 2021 Faculty Research Award from Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation (VPRI).
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