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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
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
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
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
Happening September 18–27, 2024, Dawg Daze offers more than 500 events hosted by student organizations and UW departments. Kick off the fall quarter and celebrate a return to campus with these can’t-miss recommendations from the College of Arts & Sciences!
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CMS graduate Mawahib Ismail (BA in CMS, 2023) was recently featured in an article on Real Change. Read about her project here: “A very unequivocally Somali story”: “Hooyo Macaan” depicts a tale rarely told on the silver screen.
The College of Arts & Sciences celebrates undergraduate and graduate students from across all four divisions, who are recognized for making the most of their time at the UW.
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Current doctoral student Sarah Choi was awarded the AAUW American Fellowship for the 2024-2025 academic year.
The American Fellowship program support women scholars who are pursing full-time study to complete dissertations, conducting postdoctoral research full time, or preparing… Read more