From the spring of 2015 through the fall of 2016, Professor Karyn Riddle and four graduate students at UW–Madison researched and wrote a new paper on the nature of TV binge-watching. After a lengthy peer …
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Filmmaker Damien Chazelle Visits UW–Madison
The UW-Cinematheque and the Department of Communication Arts hosted film director Damien Chazelle on February 23-24, 2018. Chazelle, the Academy Award-winning director of La La Land, toured the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research …
Associate Professor Sara McKinnon Receives Bonnie Ritter Book Award for Her Book “Gendered Asylum”
It is our great pleasure to share that Associate Professor Sara McKinnon is the winner of the Bonnie Ritter Book Award for her book Gendered Asylum: Race and Violence in U.S. Law and Politics. The …
“Not According to Plan” — the New Book from Assistant Professor Maria Belodubrovskaya
For decades, many assumed Stalin had great or total control over filmmaking in the Soviet Union. However, in her new revisionist book, Not According to Plan, Assistant Professor Maria Belodubrovskaya argues that was not the …
Marissa Fernholz and Caelyn Randall To Receive Campus-Wide TA Awards
Last February, the Department of Communication Arts celebrated one of our teaching assistants for being the first in the department’s history to receive a campus-wide TA award. Now, in the following year, we are extremely …
Dr. Andrew Bottomley Wins SCMS 2018 Dissertation Award
We are proud to share that Dr. Andrew Bottomley is the recipient of the 2018 Society of Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) Dissertation Award. Dr. Bottomley is an Assistant Professor of Media Studies in SUNY …
James G. Hirsch Receives the Caucus Lifetime Achievement Award
On Sunday, December 3rd, UW alumnus James G. Hirsch will receive the Caucus Lifetime Achievement Award from the Caucus of Producers, Writers and Directors at the organization’s 35th Annual Awards Dinner. The Caucus is an …
Kelly Kahl Receives Distinguished Alumni Award
On Thursday, October 19, Kelly Kahl was one of four recipients to receive the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Wisconsin Alumni Association. The award, first established in 1936, is the highest honor bestowed by the …
Third Annual Asian American Media Spotlight
The weekend of October 13-15, students and Madison community members have the opportunity to see three brand new films at Madison’s Asian American Media Spotlight. This annual event, now in its third year as a …
Charles Burnett at UW-Madison
On Friday, the filmmaker Charles Burnett met with about two dozen undergraduate and graduate students from Communication Arts media production courses. In town for UW-Madison’s Distinguished Lecture Series, as well as a Cinematheque screening of …