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Programme Description
The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Faculty of Fine Arts, offers a programme leading to the degree of Master of/Magisteriate in Film Studies. This M.A. presents students with a highly stimulating context for study and immersion in film culture. Some of the programme’s unique features include credit for work at film institutions, the opportunity to study Québécois and Canadian cinema, and coursework/thesis options.
Programme Objectives
The focus of Concordia's M.A. in Film Studies is the study of cinema from aesthetic, cultural and historical perspectives. One of the primary goals of the programme is the promotion and critical appreciation of experimental, independent, and innovative filmmaking. The programme is committed to the advancement of a film culture that extends well beyond the film industry.
Analysis and discussion of independent filmmaking takes place alongside the study of the diversity of international film forms and histories, institutions of production and exhibition, and conditions of reception and spectatorship. Through coursework and independent research, students become intimate with the directors, actors, theorists and critics who populate film culture. The programme emphasizes critical methods specific to film studies, but also incorporates a broad range of interdisciplinary scholarship. Moreover, the opportunity to focus on Québécois and Canadian cinema offers students a unique cultural and scholarly opportunity to pursue these goals in the domestic context.
Graduates are well qualified to pursue Film Studies at the doctoral level. However, the M.A. in film studies is also designed as a terminal degree, preparing students for a wide range of film-related vocations, including teaching at high school or CEGEP levels. Montreal is an ideal location for film practicum courses, which facilitate careers in the areas of cultural industries, programming and exhibition, curatorial work, and arts journalism.
Concordia Context
Part of the Fine Arts Faculty at Concordia, The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema offers undergraduate B.F.A. degrees in film studies, animation, and film production. The School of Cinema also offers an M.F.A. in Film Production.
Graduate programmes in Fine Arts, Art History, Communications, and Humanities are part of the interdisciplinary scholarly context for the M.A. in Film Studies programme at Concordia. Students are permitted to take courses outside the programme, where appropriate.
The program also takes advantage of the cosmopolitanism of Montréal. Like Concordia itself, the M.A. in Film studies boasts an international student body and enjoys an unparalleled diversity of backgrounds and perspectives among its students.
Faculty
The strength of the Master of / Magisteriate in Film Studies is its faculty, who include: Mario Falsetto, Martin Lefebvre, John Locke, Erin Manning, Rosanna Maule, Peter Rist, Catherine Russell, Marc Steinberg, Haidee Wasson, Thomas Waugh and Carole Zucker. Faculty research interests include a diverse array of national cinemas, theoretical methods, and critical approaches, enabling students to pursue a wide variety of film research objectives.
Study Resources
In the grad lounge.
The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema has extensive screening facilities, film and video archives, and study resources. A seminar room equipped for film and digital projection has been designed for the M.A. programme in La Tour Faubourg (room FB 250). A fully-equipped
Graduate Lounge, a viewing room and a Graduate student office provides computer facilities available for word-processing, internet access, printing, scanning and DVD viewing. The Lounge is also home to the M.A. programme's eclectic collection of film books, journals, and screenplays.
Concordia University has two libraries: the Webster Library downtown, and the Vanier Library at the Loyola campus. Both libraries have Media Centres with large collections of video and DVD titles. The University also has a separate Visual Media Resources area with extensive holdings of films, laser disks, DVDs and video tapes. The Concordia libraries have good selections of film and related journals and monographs; and graduate students are also entitled to borrowing privileges in all of the city's University libraries.
Montréal is at the centre of a considerable amount of film and television production activity, and hosts a number of local and international film festivals. The Cinémathèque québécoise, National Film Board/ONF, la Fondation Daniel Langlois, and other archival/ research sites are conveniently located near campus.
Programme Objectives
The focus of Concordia's M.A. in Film Studies is the study of cinema from aesthetic, cultural and historical perspectives. One of the primary goals of the programme is the promotion and critical appreciation of experimental, independent, and innovative filmmaking. The programme is committed to the advancement of a film culture that extends well beyond the film industry.
Analysis and discussion of independent filmmaking takes place alongside the study of the diversity of international film forms and histories, institutions of production and exhibition, and conditions of reception and spectatorship. Through coursework and independent research, students become intimate with the directors, actors, theorists and critics who populate film culture. The programme emphasizes critical methods specific to film studies, but also incorporates a broad range of interdisciplinary scholarship. Moreover, the opportunity to focus on Québécois and Canadian cinema offers students a unique cultural and scholarly opportunity to pursue these goals in the domestic context.
Graduates are well qualified to pursue Film Studies at the doctoral level. However, the M.A. in film studies is also designed as a terminal degree, preparing students for a wide range of film-related vocations, including teaching at high school or CEGEP levels. Montreal is an ideal location for film practicum courses, which facilitate careers in the areas of cultural industries, programming and exhibition, curatorial work, and arts journalism.
Concordia Context
Part of the Fine Arts Faculty at Concordia, The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema offers undergraduate B.F.A. degrees in film studies, animation, and film production. The School of Cinema also offers an M.F.A. in Film Production.
Graduate programmes in Fine Arts, Art History, Communications, and Humanities are part of the interdisciplinary scholarly context for the M.A. in Film Studies programme at Concordia. Students are permitted to take courses outside the programme, where appropriate.
The program also takes advantage of the cosmopolitanism of Montréal. Like Concordia itself, the M.A. in Film studies boasts an international student body and enjoys an unparalleled diversity of backgrounds and perspectives among its students.
Faculty
The strength of the Master of / Magisteriate in Film Studies is its faculty, who include: Mario Falsetto, Martin Lefebvre, John Locke, Erin Manning, Rosanna Maule, Peter Rist, Catherine Russell, Marc Steinberg, Haidee Wasson, Thomas Waugh and Carole Zucker. Faculty research interests include a diverse array of national cinemas, theoretical methods, and critical approaches, enabling students to pursue a wide variety of film research objectives.
Study Resources
In the grad lounge.
The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema has extensive screening facilities, film and video archives, and study resources. A seminar room equipped for film and digital projection has been designed for the M.A. programme in La Tour Faubourg (room FB 250). A fully-equipped
Graduate Lounge, a viewing room and a Graduate student office provides computer facilities available for word-processing, internet access, printing, scanning and DVD viewing. The Lounge is also home to the M.A. programme's eclectic collection of film books, journals, and screenplays.
Concordia University has two libraries: the Webster Library downtown, and the Vanier Library at the Loyola campus. Both libraries have Media Centres with large collections of video and DVD titles. The University also has a separate Visual Media Resources area with extensive holdings of films, laser disks, DVDs and video tapes. The Concordia libraries have good selections of film and related journals and monographs; and graduate students are also entitled to borrowing privileges in all of the city's University libraries.
Montréal is at the centre of a considerable amount of film and television production activity, and hosts a number of local and international film festivals. The Cinémathèque québécoise, National Film Board/ONF, la Fondation Daniel Langlois, and other archival/ research sites are conveniently located near campus.
Description du Programme
L'École de cinéma Mel Hoppenheim (Faculté des beaux arts) offre un programme menant à l'obtention d'une maîtrise en etudes cinématographiques. Ce programme propose aux étudiant[e]s un environnement intellectuel stimulant leur permettant d'approfondir leurs connaissances des différents aspects de la culture cinématographique. Deux cheminements sont offerts : maîtrise avec cours et maîtrise avec cours et rédaction d'un mémoire. Le programme permet aussi aux étudiants d'effectuer des stages dans des institutions reliées au cinema (cinémathèques, festivals, compagnies de production, etc.) et d'étudier les cinémas canadien et québécois.
Objectifs du programme
La maîtrise en études cinématographiques promeut l'étude du cinéma sous ses différentes facettes esthétiques, culturelles et institutionnelles. L'un des principaux objectifs du programme est de soutenir la cause du cinéma expérimental, indépendant et novateur, tout en encourageant les étudiant[e]s à développer une perspective critique et théorique sur le 7e art. Le programme vise ainsi à favoriser une culture filmique qui ne se réduit pas à celle du cinéma institutionnel et commercial.
L'étude des cinémas en marge du modèle dominant, tant aux plans historique que culturel, y côtoie celle de la diversité des formes filmiques, de l'histoire du cinéma, de ses multiples institutions et de la réception des films. La formation méthodologique encourage fortement
l'interdisciplinarité en mettant l'accent sur la diversité des approaches élaborées dans le champ des études cinématographiques. Enfin, l'attention particulière que porte le programme à l'endroit des cinemas québécois et canadien offre aux étudiant[e]s une occasion unique d'atteindre leurs objectifs académiques tout en profitant des nombreuses ressources locales et en s'intégrant à l'une ou l'autre des deux cultures cinématographiques nationales.
Un des principaux objectifs du programme de maîtrise est de permettre aux étudiant[e]s d'acquérir la formation et les competences nécessaires pour poursuivre, une fois le diplôme obtenu, des recherches doctorales. Mais le programme est également conçu pour préparer les étudiant[e]s à exercer une multitude de professions dans divers domaines du cinéma. Les stages, notamment, de même que certains travaux pratiques, ouvrent la voie à des carrières dans les industries culturelles (institutions subventionnaires, festivals, programmation, etc.), le journalisme d'art et l'animation culturelle, l'archivistique et la conservation. La maîtrise en etudes cinématographiques prépare également à l'enseignement du cinéma à l'école secondaire et au cégep.
La contexte universitaire
L'École de cinéma Mel Hoppenheim relève de la Faculté des beauxarts de l'Université Concordia et offre aux étudiant[e]s des programmes de premier cycle en études cinématographiques, en cinema d'animation et en production cinématographique. L'École offre également un diplôme de maîtrise en production cinématographique. Les étudiant[e]s inscrit[e]s au programme de maîtrise en etudes cinématographiques peuvent profiter de l'existence, au sein de l'Université, de plusieurs programmes d'études avancées, notamment en histoire de l'art, en communication et en sciences humaines. Ces programmes contribuent à créer un contexte d'enseignement interdisciplinaire et les étudiant[e]s en cinéma ont le loisir d'y suivrecertains cours.
Le programme de maîtrise, tout comme l'Université Concordia dans son ensemble, bénéficient du cosmopolitisme propre à Montréal. L'École de cinéma Mel Hoppenheim, la plus grande au Canada, attire des étudiant[e]s issus de divers milieux culturels et ethniques tant du Canada que de l'étranger, ce qui enrichit grandement la formation universitaire.
Les Professeurs
Le programme de maîtrise en études cinématographiques tient son dynamisme de son corps professoral: Mario Falsetto, Martin Lefebvre, John Locke, Erin Manning, Rosanna Maule, Peter Rist, Catherine Russell, Marc Steinberg, Haidee Wasson, Thomas Waugh et Carole Zucker.
Ressources
FB 250
L'École de cinéma Mel Hoppenheim dispose de salles de projection cinéma et vidéo (16mm et 35mm, vidéo, disques laser et DVD) ainsi que d'une importante collection de films et de vidéos/DVD. Une sale de séminaire a été aménagée pour le programme de maîtrise dans la
Tour du Faubourg (FB 250). Les étudiant[e]s de deuxième cycle ont un accès direct à des ordinateurs dans les locaux de l'École (FB 341) de même qu'à des salles de visionnement vidéo/DVD. Un centre de documentation a récemment été aménagé dans le local étudiant.
Des espaces de visionnement vidéo/DVD et 16mm ainsi qu'une vaste collection de films sur support vidéo/disque laser/DVD sont accessibles par le biais du service de l'audiovisuel (IITS). Le Centre d'études en radio-télévision de l'Université Concordia détient également
d'importantes archives radiophoniques. L'Université possède deux bibliothèques, la bibliothèque Webster, située au centre-ville, et la bibliothèque Vanier sur le Campus Loyola (dans le quartier Notre-Dame-de-Grâce). On y trouve une excellente collection de monographies et de périodiques sur le cinéma. Par ailleurs, la bibliothèque Webster possède une médiathèque où l'on trouve un grand nombre de films sur support vidéo/DVD. De plus, les étudiant[e]s aux deuxième et troisième cycles ont un privilege d'emprunt dans toutes les bibliothèques du réseau universitaire
québécois, dont celles des trois autres universités situées à Montréal.
Montréal est un important centre canadien de production cinématographique et télévisuelle. Elle est également l'hôte de nombreux festivals de films internationaux et nationaux. La Cinémathèque québécoise, l'ONF, la Fondation Daniel Langlois, ainsi que d'autres centres d'archives et de recherche en cinéma sont situés à proximité de l'École.
Objectifs du programme
La maîtrise en études cinématographiques promeut l'étude du cinéma sous ses différentes facettes esthétiques, culturelles et institutionnelles. L'un des principaux objectifs du programme est de soutenir la cause du cinéma expérimental, indépendant et novateur, tout en encourageant les étudiant[e]s à développer une perspective critique et théorique sur le 7e art. Le programme vise ainsi à favoriser une culture filmique qui ne se réduit pas à celle du cinéma institutionnel et commercial.
L'étude des cinémas en marge du modèle dominant, tant aux plans historique que culturel, y côtoie celle de la diversité des formes filmiques, de l'histoire du cinéma, de ses multiples institutions et de la réception des films. La formation méthodologique encourage fortement
l'interdisciplinarité en mettant l'accent sur la diversité des approaches élaborées dans le champ des études cinématographiques. Enfin, l'attention particulière que porte le programme à l'endroit des cinemas québécois et canadien offre aux étudiant[e]s une occasion unique d'atteindre leurs objectifs académiques tout en profitant des nombreuses ressources locales et en s'intégrant à l'une ou l'autre des deux cultures cinématographiques nationales.
Un des principaux objectifs du programme de maîtrise est de permettre aux étudiant[e]s d'acquérir la formation et les competences nécessaires pour poursuivre, une fois le diplôme obtenu, des recherches doctorales. Mais le programme est également conçu pour préparer les étudiant[e]s à exercer une multitude de professions dans divers domaines du cinéma. Les stages, notamment, de même que certains travaux pratiques, ouvrent la voie à des carrières dans les industries culturelles (institutions subventionnaires, festivals, programmation, etc.), le journalisme d'art et l'animation culturelle, l'archivistique et la conservation. La maîtrise en etudes cinématographiques prépare également à l'enseignement du cinéma à l'école secondaire et au cégep.
La contexte universitaire
L'École de cinéma Mel Hoppenheim relève de la Faculté des beauxarts de l'Université Concordia et offre aux étudiant[e]s des programmes de premier cycle en études cinématographiques, en cinema d'animation et en production cinématographique. L'École offre également un diplôme de maîtrise en production cinématographique. Les étudiant[e]s inscrit[e]s au programme de maîtrise en etudes cinématographiques peuvent profiter de l'existence, au sein de l'Université, de plusieurs programmes d'études avancées, notamment en histoire de l'art, en communication et en sciences humaines. Ces programmes contribuent à créer un contexte d'enseignement interdisciplinaire et les étudiant[e]s en cinéma ont le loisir d'y suivrecertains cours.
Le programme de maîtrise, tout comme l'Université Concordia dans son ensemble, bénéficient du cosmopolitisme propre à Montréal. L'École de cinéma Mel Hoppenheim, la plus grande au Canada, attire des étudiant[e]s issus de divers milieux culturels et ethniques tant du Canada que de l'étranger, ce qui enrichit grandement la formation universitaire.
Les Professeurs
Le programme de maîtrise en études cinématographiques tient son dynamisme de son corps professoral: Mario Falsetto, Martin Lefebvre, John Locke, Erin Manning, Rosanna Maule, Peter Rist, Catherine Russell, Marc Steinberg, Haidee Wasson, Thomas Waugh et Carole Zucker.
Ressources
FB 250
L'École de cinéma Mel Hoppenheim dispose de salles de projection cinéma et vidéo (16mm et 35mm, vidéo, disques laser et DVD) ainsi que d'une importante collection de films et de vidéos/DVD. Une sale de séminaire a été aménagée pour le programme de maîtrise dans la
Tour du Faubourg (FB 250). Les étudiant[e]s de deuxième cycle ont un accès direct à des ordinateurs dans les locaux de l'École (FB 341) de même qu'à des salles de visionnement vidéo/DVD. Un centre de documentation a récemment été aménagé dans le local étudiant.
Des espaces de visionnement vidéo/DVD et 16mm ainsi qu'une vaste collection de films sur support vidéo/disque laser/DVD sont accessibles par le biais du service de l'audiovisuel (IITS). Le Centre d'études en radio-télévision de l'Université Concordia détient également
d'importantes archives radiophoniques. L'Université possède deux bibliothèques, la bibliothèque Webster, située au centre-ville, et la bibliothèque Vanier sur le Campus Loyola (dans le quartier Notre-Dame-de-Grâce). On y trouve une excellente collection de monographies et de périodiques sur le cinéma. Par ailleurs, la bibliothèque Webster possède une médiathèque où l'on trouve un grand nombre de films sur support vidéo/DVD. De plus, les étudiant[e]s aux deuxième et troisième cycles ont un privilege d'emprunt dans toutes les bibliothèques du réseau universitaire
québécois, dont celles des trois autres universités situées à Montréal.
Montréal est un important centre canadien de production cinématographique et télévisuelle. Elle est également l'hôte de nombreux festivals de films internationaux et nationaux. La Cinémathèque québécoise, l'ONF, la Fondation Daniel Langlois, ainsi que d'autres centres d'archives et de recherche en cinéma sont situés à proximité de l'École.
Regulations
Degree Requirements
The primary focus of the programme is the development of film studies scholarship. Coursework, independent studies, practicum work, and thesis work will all be designed to foster a rigorous understanding and competence in film studies as an academic discipline. Students must maintain a minimum B (3.0) average to remain in the program.
Residency
The minimum residence requirement for the M.A. programme is three terms of full-time study. From the year of initial registration in the programme, all work for the degree must be completed within five years. Part-time students are equally required to complete all degree requirements within five years of original enrolment. (See the Graduate Calendar for further details.) The time required to complete the M.A. programme is normally 24 months of full-time enrolment.
Language
All students are expected to have a comfortable reading knowledge of English and French when they begin the M.A. in Film Studies. Those who do not are expected to begin remedial language courses before they enter the programme. This is especially important given the English Canadian and Cinéma québécoise focus of the M.A. Classes are conducted in English, although there may be French texts assigned for reading, and occasionally films screened in French. Students have the option of submitting assignments in either English or French. A test will be administered by the department to ensure a functioning competency in French for those students whose first language is English or another language. All students must pass this test before receiving their degree, except those who demonstrate to the Graduate Program Director that they are fluently bilingual.
Credits
Students must complete a minimum of 45 credits. There are two degree options in this programme: courses, and thesis. Both options include a shared methodological base. The thesis option includes 24 credits of research and thesis which allows for a more intensive concentration in one area. The course option requires that students take all 45 credits in course work, and offers the fullest appreciation of the scope of the discipline. Students should select their preferred option based on their career goals and research interests.
Transfer Credits
A maximum of 15 transfer credits is allowed. The Department and the University will determine credit for previous graduate work upon entry to the programme.
The primary focus of the programme is the development of film studies scholarship. Coursework, independent studies, practicum work, and thesis work will all be designed to foster a rigorous understanding and competence in film studies as an academic discipline. Students must maintain a minimum B (3.0) average to remain in the program.
Residency
The minimum residence requirement for the M.A. programme is three terms of full-time study. From the year of initial registration in the programme, all work for the degree must be completed within five years. Part-time students are equally required to complete all degree requirements within five years of original enrolment. (See the Graduate Calendar for further details.) The time required to complete the M.A. programme is normally 24 months of full-time enrolment.
Language
All students are expected to have a comfortable reading knowledge of English and French when they begin the M.A. in Film Studies. Those who do not are expected to begin remedial language courses before they enter the programme. This is especially important given the English Canadian and Cinéma québécoise focus of the M.A. Classes are conducted in English, although there may be French texts assigned for reading, and occasionally films screened in French. Students have the option of submitting assignments in either English or French. A test will be administered by the department to ensure a functioning competency in French for those students whose first language is English or another language. All students must pass this test before receiving their degree, except those who demonstrate to the Graduate Program Director that they are fluently bilingual.
Credits
Students must complete a minimum of 45 credits. There are two degree options in this programme: courses, and thesis. Both options include a shared methodological base. The thesis option includes 24 credits of research and thesis which allows for a more intensive concentration in one area. The course option requires that students take all 45 credits in course work, and offers the fullest appreciation of the scope of the discipline. Students should select their preferred option based on their career goals and research interests.
Transfer Credits
A maximum of 15 transfer credits is allowed. The Department and the University will determine credit for previous graduate work upon entry to the programme.
Coursework / Thesis
Master of / Magisteriate of Arts with Thesis (Option A):
Candidates are required to take 6 credits in Methods FMST 600, and 3 credits in either English Canadian Cinema or Cinéma Québécois, plus 12 additional course credits. They will also take 24 credits of Research and Thesis. The maximum value of practicum (internship) credits allowable is 6.
This option permits students to balance coursework and intensive research in a specific research area. Students who choose this option must secure a member of the Film Studies faculty who can guide their work and supervise their thesis.
The thesis provides students with an opportunity to focus their research on a specific topic or body of work. The length of the thesis is normally between 80-120 pages.
All candidates admitted to the program are automatically enrolled in Option B. At the end of the first year of studies, students wishing to pursue thesis work, Option A, are asked to submit a thesis proposal for consideration by the faculty.
Master of / Magisteriate of Arts without Thesis (Option B):
Candidates are required to take 6 credits in Methods (see Course Descriptions), and 3 credits in either English Canadian Cinema or Cinéma québécois, plus 36 additional course credits. In each course they would typically be required to submit a research paper as well as to do an oral presentation. In this option, students would become familiar with a broad range of methodologies and film practices. In these courses students will be trained in research methods appropriate to film study; they will gain knowledge sufficient to assess and interpret research in the field; and will demonstrate their ability to conduct research by the completion of multiple graduate research papers.
Within this framework they may also be able to pursue specific areas of interest by enrolling in independent studies, internships, or taking course in other departments in the university. The maximum value of practicum (internship) credits allowable is 12. All students may take 9 course credits in graduate courses offered by other departments, with permission of the other department concerned.
Candidates are required to take 6 credits in Methods FMST 600, and 3 credits in either English Canadian Cinema or Cinéma Québécois, plus 12 additional course credits. They will also take 24 credits of Research and Thesis. The maximum value of practicum (internship) credits allowable is 6.
This option permits students to balance coursework and intensive research in a specific research area. Students who choose this option must secure a member of the Film Studies faculty who can guide their work and supervise their thesis.
The thesis provides students with an opportunity to focus their research on a specific topic or body of work. The length of the thesis is normally between 80-120 pages.
All candidates admitted to the program are automatically enrolled in Option B. At the end of the first year of studies, students wishing to pursue thesis work, Option A, are asked to submit a thesis proposal for consideration by the faculty.
Master of / Magisteriate of Arts without Thesis (Option B):
Candidates are required to take 6 credits in Methods (see Course Descriptions), and 3 credits in either English Canadian Cinema or Cinéma québécois, plus 36 additional course credits. In each course they would typically be required to submit a research paper as well as to do an oral presentation. In this option, students would become familiar with a broad range of methodologies and film practices. In these courses students will be trained in research methods appropriate to film study; they will gain knowledge sufficient to assess and interpret research in the field; and will demonstrate their ability to conduct research by the completion of multiple graduate research papers.
Within this framework they may also be able to pursue specific areas of interest by enrolling in independent studies, internships, or taking course in other departments in the university. The maximum value of practicum (internship) credits allowable is 12. All students may take 9 course credits in graduate courses offered by other departments, with permission of the other department concerned.
Recent Graduates
Mike Baker
MA Film Studies 2004
After graduating from Concordia, Michael Baker began his doctoral work at McGill University in Art History and Communication Studies. His research interests include documentary film, sound theory and popular music; his recent publications include a chapter in 24 Frames: The Cinema of Canada (ed. Jerry White, Wallflower Press) and he remains a senior editor for Synoptique. Michael sits on the executive of the Film Studies Association of Canada and teaches non-fiction film history in Concordia's undergraduate film programme.
Andre Habib
MA Film Studies 2001
Thesis: "Origine et fin : méthode(s). À partir et autour des Histoire(s) du cinéma de Jean-Luc Godard".
André Habib is a Ph.D. Student in Comparative Literature (Cinema Option) at the University of Montreal. He has given classes in the Department of Film Studies at Concordia, in the Department of Art History and Cinema Studies and the Department of Modern Language and Literature at the University of Montreal. His thesis is intitled : "Le temps décomposé : l'imaginaire des ruines au cinéma". Since 2001, he is the editorial coordinator of the Journal Intermédialités. He is also critic, co-editor and programme curator for the Cinema Web Journal Hors champ. He has published in different journals, such as Cinémas, Intermedialités, Senses of Cinema, Offscreen, Discours social, Postscript, Séquences, and has given conferences in Montreal, London, Utrecht, Milwaukee, Toronto, Ottawa, Halifax, etc. His current research projects are concerned with the aesthetics of ruins, avant-garde and post-war european cinema, history and theory of filmic archives, cinema and temporality. He is co-editing with Viva Paci a collective publication intitled "L'imprimerie du regard: Chris Marker et la technique", which will be published in 2006 in the collection Esthétiques of L'Harmattan. André Habib has obtained FQRSC and SSHRC grants, as well as a doctoral grant from the CRI (Centre de recherche sur l'intermédialité).
Randolph Jordan
MA Film Studies 2003
Thesis: Starting from Scratch: Turntables, Auditory Representation, and the Structure of the Known Universe in the Films of David Lynch"
website: http://www.randolphjordan.com
Randolph graduated from the MA Film Studies program at Concordia University in 2003 and is now pursuing his doctorate with Concordia’s Interdisciplinary PhD Humanities program. His dissertation concerns sound/image relationships in the cinema using a framework based on the theory and practice of acoustic ecology and electroacoustic music. He teaches on sound and film at Concordia and is a regular contributor to the online film journals Offscreen and Synoptique. He also has a variety of print publications to date, including “Life on the Edge of Perception: Immobility in Recent Video Installations" (Ciel Variable, 2005), “The Dual Substance of Cinema: What Kazantzakis’s Christ can teach us about Sound/Image Relationships in Film,” in Scandalizing Jesus: Re-Appreciating Kazantzakis’s Last Temptation of Christ, (ed Darren J. Middleton, Trinity Press International), “Emerging from Loss: Hearing Regained” (Soundscape: The Journal of Acoustic Ecology, 2005), and “Melodrama for a Dying Medium: Richard Kerr’s Adventures on the Periphery” (Industry: Recent works by Richard Kerr, 2005).
Rob Read
M.A. Film Studies 2003
Thesis: “Film Noir and the Legacy of the Nineteenth Century”
Rob Read is a currently a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Art History and Communications Studies at McGill University. His research focuses on the aesthetic position of “popular” or working class cultural production within Modernity theory and role of the Independent American Film Industry during the interwar period. He has contributed articles to Synoptique and Senses of Cinema.
Other recent graduates include:
Colin Burnett - PhD candidate at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Brian Crane - PhD candidate at Université de Montréal
Doug Hildebrand - Sales and marketing manager in the marketing department of the University of Toronto's scholarly publishing division
Brett Kashmere - MFA candidate and part-time instructor at Concordia University
Hanna Laakso - PhD candidate at Concordia University
Owen Livermore - PhD candidate at University of Western Ontario
Chris Meir - PhD candidate at University of Warwick, UK
Kristian Moen - PhD candidate at University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Hong Nguyen - Recently graduated from law school at the University of Ottawa
Scott Preston - Received PhD from York Univeristy, where he currently teaches
Jodi Ramer - PhD candidate and part-time instructor at Concordia University
MA Film Studies 2004
After graduating from Concordia, Michael Baker began his doctoral work at McGill University in Art History and Communication Studies. His research interests include documentary film, sound theory and popular music; his recent publications include a chapter in 24 Frames: The Cinema of Canada (ed. Jerry White, Wallflower Press) and he remains a senior editor for Synoptique. Michael sits on the executive of the Film Studies Association of Canada and teaches non-fiction film history in Concordia's undergraduate film programme.
Andre Habib
MA Film Studies 2001
Thesis: "Origine et fin : méthode(s). À partir et autour des Histoire(s) du cinéma de Jean-Luc Godard".
André Habib is a Ph.D. Student in Comparative Literature (Cinema Option) at the University of Montreal. He has given classes in the Department of Film Studies at Concordia, in the Department of Art History and Cinema Studies and the Department of Modern Language and Literature at the University of Montreal. His thesis is intitled : "Le temps décomposé : l'imaginaire des ruines au cinéma". Since 2001, he is the editorial coordinator of the Journal Intermédialités. He is also critic, co-editor and programme curator for the Cinema Web Journal Hors champ. He has published in different journals, such as Cinémas, Intermedialités, Senses of Cinema, Offscreen, Discours social, Postscript, Séquences, and has given conferences in Montreal, London, Utrecht, Milwaukee, Toronto, Ottawa, Halifax, etc. His current research projects are concerned with the aesthetics of ruins, avant-garde and post-war european cinema, history and theory of filmic archives, cinema and temporality. He is co-editing with Viva Paci a collective publication intitled "L'imprimerie du regard: Chris Marker et la technique", which will be published in 2006 in the collection Esthétiques of L'Harmattan. André Habib has obtained FQRSC and SSHRC grants, as well as a doctoral grant from the CRI (Centre de recherche sur l'intermédialité).
Randolph Jordan
MA Film Studies 2003
Thesis: Starting from Scratch: Turntables, Auditory Representation, and the Structure of the Known Universe in the Films of David Lynch"
website: http://www.randolphjordan.com
Randolph graduated from the MA Film Studies program at Concordia University in 2003 and is now pursuing his doctorate with Concordia’s Interdisciplinary PhD Humanities program. His dissertation concerns sound/image relationships in the cinema using a framework based on the theory and practice of acoustic ecology and electroacoustic music. He teaches on sound and film at Concordia and is a regular contributor to the online film journals Offscreen and Synoptique. He also has a variety of print publications to date, including “Life on the Edge of Perception: Immobility in Recent Video Installations" (Ciel Variable, 2005), “The Dual Substance of Cinema: What Kazantzakis’s Christ can teach us about Sound/Image Relationships in Film,” in Scandalizing Jesus: Re-Appreciating Kazantzakis’s Last Temptation of Christ, (ed Darren J. Middleton, Trinity Press International), “Emerging from Loss: Hearing Regained” (Soundscape: The Journal of Acoustic Ecology, 2005), and “Melodrama for a Dying Medium: Richard Kerr’s Adventures on the Periphery” (Industry: Recent works by Richard Kerr, 2005).
Rob Read
M.A. Film Studies 2003
Thesis: “Film Noir and the Legacy of the Nineteenth Century”
Rob Read is a currently a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Art History and Communications Studies at McGill University. His research focuses on the aesthetic position of “popular” or working class cultural production within Modernity theory and role of the Independent American Film Industry during the interwar period. He has contributed articles to Synoptique and Senses of Cinema.
Other recent graduates include:
Colin Burnett - PhD candidate at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Brian Crane - PhD candidate at Université de Montréal
Doug Hildebrand - Sales and marketing manager in the marketing department of the University of Toronto's scholarly publishing division
Brett Kashmere - MFA candidate and part-time instructor at Concordia University
Hanna Laakso - PhD candidate at Concordia University
Owen Livermore - PhD candidate at University of Western Ontario
Chris Meir - PhD candidate at University of Warwick, UK
Kristian Moen - PhD candidate at University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Hong Nguyen - Recently graduated from law school at the University of Ottawa
Scott Preston - Received PhD from York Univeristy, where he currently teaches
Jodi Ramer - PhD candidate and part-time instructor at Concordia University
Contact Information
Applications (Please visist the admissions page for more information):
Concordia University - Graduate Applications Centre
P.O. Box 2002, Station H
Montréal, Québec
Canada
H3G 2V4
Applications can be submitted in-person at:
Graduate Admissions Services
Birks Student Center
1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, Room LB-185
To apply online, visit this website:
https://welcome.concordia.ca/concordia
The M.A. in Film Studies is located in the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, La Tour Faubourg, 1250 Guy Street (just off Ste-Catherine). However, all correspondence (not including applications) should be sent to the downtown (Sir George Williams) campus address as follows:
THE MEL HOPPENHEIM SCHOOL OF CINEMA
Mailing Address
1455, boul de Maisonneuve ouest
FB 319
Montréal, Québec
H3G 1M8
In person or by courier
1250, rue Guy
3rd floor, FB 319
Montréal, Québec
H3H 2T4
phone: (514) 848-2424 x4335
fax: (514) 848-4255
email:
Concordia University - Graduate Applications Centre
P.O. Box 2002, Station H
Montréal, Québec
Canada
H3G 2V4
Applications can be submitted in-person at:
Graduate Admissions Services
Birks Student Center
1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, Room LB-185
To apply online, visit this website:
https://welcome.concordia.ca/concordia
The M.A. in Film Studies is located in the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, La Tour Faubourg, 1250 Guy Street (just off Ste-Catherine). However, all correspondence (not including applications) should be sent to the downtown (Sir George Williams) campus address as follows:
THE MEL HOPPENHEIM SCHOOL OF CINEMA
Mailing Address
1455, boul de Maisonneuve ouest
FB 319
Montréal, Québec
H3G 1M8
In person or by courier
1250, rue Guy
3rd floor, FB 319
Montréal, Québec
H3H 2T4
phone: (514) 848-2424 x4335
fax: (514) 848-4255
email: