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1. What is your name and pronouns?
Hi guys, I am Rin :) They/She.
2. What is your research interest and why?
My research interests include STS (Science, Technology and Society Studies), the history of media technology and infrastructure, and East Asian media culture. I see media as a prism through which all the messages humans create and perceive are transmitted. Elegant and comprehensive, CMS makes me feel united with all the cultural phenomena happening… Read more
1. What is your name and and pronouns?
I’m Connor Telford (he/they).
2. What is your research interest and why?
My research primarily revolves around canonization and intertextuality. I’m particularly fascinated with the reinforcement of canonical works through intertextual referencing.
3. What drew you to UW?
I was drawn to UW's program due to its strong foregrounding of graduate students as future educators. I applied to graduate school… Read more
1. What is your name and pronouns?
Mavis Siu (she/her)
2. What is your research interest and why?
My research interests include documentary and video art, aesthetic and social film histories, and more. I am particularly drawn to the documentation/re-presentation of unrecorded histories and forgotten memories, including the traumas associated with them.
3. What drew you to UW?
The primary reason I was drawn to UW is definitely the expertise of… Read more
UWAA is hosting a special screening of "Single," the rom-com set against the backdrop of Seattle's grunge scene on Saturday, February 22 from 4:00-6:00pm at the SIFF Cinema Uptown in Lower Queen Anne. SIFF Executive Director Tom Mara will introduce the film.
A post-screening conversation featuring industry insiders and artists to discussing the cultural impact of "Singles," the Seattle music scene of the '90s and the topic of how film and art impact how we date/love to follow.… Read more
Professor Sudhir Mahadevan was interviewed by UW's South Asia Center about his current microseminar and upcoming symposium on October 24-25, 2024.
Centered around a private collection of film memorabilia accumulated… Read more
What made you decide to major in CMS?
I have always known that I wanted to be involved in film and entertainment as a career. I was the kid who would make music videos or scripts with friends and fell in love with the process of creating these stories. I knew I wanted to be in a leadership role and took some time in high school to figure out the different positions that interested me. Because of this, I knew going into college that I wanted to be a producer, and knowing this… Read more
Spend an evening with film director and writer Raymond “Boots” Riley, of Sorry to Bother You, and I’m a Virgo, fame and UW Assistant Professor in Cinema and Media Studies, Dr. Golden M. Owens, for a conversation on making movies, rapping, storytelling, and activism.
This lecture is part of University of Washington's Autumn 2024 Public Lecture series. Sponsoring departments: The Graduate School and Cinema and Media Studies.
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We kick off this year's CMS Works in Progress series with a talk by Ph.D. candidate Yumo Yan.
Date: Friday, October 25, 2025
Time: 3:30-5:00
Location: Allen Library Auditorium
Title: "20th Century Fox’s CinemaScope Lens-leasing Program and Hong Kong Anamorphic Cinema’s Deterred Beginnings in the 1950s"
What was Hong Kong’s first anamorphic film has long been subject to debate. In this talk, I present my archival findings around two films made by the Hong Kong Grandview Film Company that… Read more
Arielle Santos
Humanities Academic Services Center
Academic Counselor/Advising Lead
What do you find most fulfilling or rewarding about your job?
This is a very cheesy answer, but I mean this so wholeheartedly but genuinely connecting with students and being a consistent person of support during their time at UW. The four or so years you spend here can go by so quickly and each quarter you have a new set of classes with a different mix of students and new faculty, however,… Read more