'This course studies cases of filmmakers from Weimar to the present who have filmed literary texts and evoked the wrath of the censors: Sternberg's Blue Angel, H. Mann's Professor Unrat, with Dietrich as the New Woman; Dudow/Brecht's Proletarian film, Kuhle Wampe, censored for including an abortion; Szabos 1981 film of Klaus Mann's 1936 novel Mephisto, banned to protect actor Gustav Grundgens from a questionable Third-Reich past.

'How are we to respond to Indian popular film, which is notorious for its distracting song and dance numbers, meandering story line, and visually overblown spectacles? This seminar will develop historical and theoretical approaches to Indian films as what scholar Lalitha Gopalan calls a 'constellation of interruptions.' Students will examine feature films in class, write critical papers on scholarly essays, and pursue independent research projects on various aspects of Indian film.'

'Component course for Film Studies. In this course we go behind the scenes and behind the screens of anthropological films, museum exhibitions, 'small media' events such as television, and publications such as National Geographic Magazine, to explore the social contexts of image production, distribution, and interpretation. Focusing on visual activism and ethics, we consider how popular portrayals of our own society and of others' both shape and are shaped by hierarchies of value in the material world.

'This course will examine the films of Alfred Hitchcock and the afterlife of Hitchcock in contemporary U.S. culture. We will interpret Hitchcock films in a variety of theoretical frames, including feminist and queer theories, and in historical contexts including the Cold War. We will also devote substantial attention to the legacy of Hitchcock in remakes, imitations, and parodies.

'This course examines the principles, methods, and styles of nonfiction film. Beginning with the 'actualites' of film history's first practitioners and ending with contemporary self-reflexive films, such as Errol Morris's The Thin Blue Line, the class studies films that strive to represent some aspect of the real world as opposed to the fictional worlds of narrative cinema.'

'(Component course for Film Studies)How did the events of the 20th century set the stage for Korea in the 21st century? How did the country become divided into North and South, and how have their paths diverged in the decades since? In this course, students will develop a nuanced perspective of the key political, social, and cultural developments in 20th-century Korean history through close readings of short stories, novellas, and films, including rare propaganda films producing during the colonial and Korean War eras and North Korean productions.

'This course provides a foundation in the principles, techniques, and equipment involved in making short videos. Working with already existing texts, students will develop their own projects. The course will introduce the following: developing a project idea from a pre-existing text; script/treatment writing; aesthetics and mechanics of shooting; the role of sound; and the conceptual and technical underpinnings of digital editing. By translating other media into cinematic terms, we will develop our proficiency in the language of moving images.'

'This course teaches the basic concepts, vocabulary, and critical skills involved in interpreting film. Through readings and lectures, students will become more informed and sophisticated observers of the cinema, key examples of which will be screened weekly. While the focus will be on the form and style of narrative film, documentary and avant-garde practices will be introduced. The class will also touch upon some of the major theoretical approaches in the field.'

'We will explore the dynamic story shared by German and U.S. cinema. In the 1920s, Hollywood lured German directors; in the 1930s, Hitler ensured that German-speaking creative talent left for Hollywood film. Weimar Cinema brought to the movies expressionism; animation; monsters like Nosferatu, and the film noir; science-fiction films like Metropolis, which influenced Blade Runner; movies promoting liberalized views of gender and sexuality; and social satires like Blue Angel echoed in Cabaret.

'This course will discuss women who have made a seminal contribution to the way we see and experience the visual world through design and material culture including - the performing arts, film, fashion and couture, the decorative arts, gardens and interiors. Students will familiarize themselves with the work of Coco Chanel and her female contemporaries, Gertrude Jekyll, Zaha Habib, Irene Sharaff, Loie Fuller, Sonya Delaunay, Lyubov Popova, Margaret Macdonald and Eileen Grey as well as many other groundbreaking luminaries.