Communication and Culture
Documentaries featured on ESPN Films' 30 for 30 series will be screened at Indiana University Bloomington on Friday during events in which filmmakers Billy Corben and Thaddeus Matula discuss the filmmaking process, the collegiate sport world and its representation in visual media, and related topics.
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IU Cinema and the Department of Communication and Culture will explore the evolution of comics in film through "The Comic Book Rises: From Underdogs to Blockbusters" symposium and film series Oct. 27-29. The event will feature a public lecture and book signing with movie producer and IU alumnus Michael Uslan, set to begin at 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, at the IU Cinema. The lecture will be followed by a 7 p.m. screening of 2008's The Dark Knight.
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The 2011-12 Remak New Knowledge Seminar at Indiana University Bloomington will explore a contemporary American paradox: Images and reports of war are everywhere in popular culture and the media, yet there is little tangible sense that the nation is "at war." The seminar is organized by John Lucaites and Jon Simons, both faculty members in the Department of Communication and Culture in the IU College of Arts and Sciences.
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The first 15 projects have been selected for a new interdisciplinary research studies initiative at Indiana University that focuses on global issues and their linkages across borders and to local communities.
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Recipients of the Indiana University Outstanding Junior Faculty Award this year are Joshua Brown (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Michael Foster (Folklore and Ethnomusicology), Ilana Gershon (Communication and Culture), Amit Hagar (History and Philosophy of Science), and Eden Medina (Informatics and Computing).
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An appearance by internationally acclaimed film director Peter Bogdanovich will help mark a historic occasion at Indiana University Bloomington -- the formal dedication of the new IU Cinema on Jan. 27.
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