On Tuesday, June 14th 2016, Samantha Wilson became the fourth person to complete a PhD in Film and Moving Image Studies at Concordia upon her successful thesis defence, titled Aesthetics of Astonishment and Contemplation in the Sublime View: Nature Tours and Early Scenic Filmmaking in Great Britain. Concentrating on how travel writing, tour guides, panoramas, and scenic films epistemologically replaced firsthand contact with natural spaces in Britain, Samantha’s thesis naviga

PhD candidate Evangelos Tziallas will be defending his thesis, titled Between the Gothic and Surveillance: Gay (Male) Identity, Fiction Film, and Pornography (1970-2015), on Friday October 30th at 10am in room GM 930-48. If successful, Evangelos will be the third person to receive a PhD in Film and Moving Image Studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema! The defence is open to the public, and Grad/Aperture will be there to cheer him on. Good luck, Evangelos! #defence #t

In keeping with Grad/Aperture’s new tradition that dissertation defence reports should be written by a friend or former student of the defendee, read all about (Dr.) Andrée Lafontaine’s successful defence, summarized in glorious and loving detail by our own Papagena Robbins! * * * This Friday October 31, 2014 the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema saw its second PhD defence ever, occurring only 30 days after Dru Jefferies exciting inaugural success. Andrée Lafontaine, who (also)

After a brief hiatus, the Film Studies master’s thesis workshop will be starting up again.  This workshop is open to all MA students currently writing a thesis, and provides an opportunity to get feedback and work toward writing goals on an ongoing basis. The thesis workshop is a supportive environment where you can gain a critical distance from your own work, receive thoughts and input from colleagues, and most importantly, take part in ongoing sessions that creates a struct

In addition to presenting at conferences and publishing short papers, several MHSoC students are working on theses. This year, Kristen Alfaro, Julie Ravary-Pilon, and Tim Smith submitted their MA theses. You can read their abstracts here. And you can borrow a copy of the full thesis from the Grad Library! Kristen Alfaro – “Moving Cinema: Experimental Distribution and the Development of Anthology Film Archives” This thesis examines the emergence of Anthology Film Archives (her