2005 Press Releases

13 Oct 2005

Lord David Puttnam to launch MA in Film Studies at UCC, 13 October



2005/2006 sees the launch of a new MA in Film Studies in UCC. This exciting new programme underlines UCC's commitment to the visual arts, which has already seen the establishment of the Lewis Glucksman Gallery and a BA degree in History of Art.

For the past ten years UCC students have had the opportunity to take a number of undergraduate Film Studies modules in various Arts Faculty departments. The immense popularity of these modules suggested the viability of establishing a postgraduate programme in the area. This new MA offers the students the opportunity to further their education in a thriving discipline, one which has a very active research community producing cutting-edge work that is of interest to many other disciplines.

UCC has two specialist Film Studies lecturers on permanent staff (Dr Laura Rascaroli, Toyota Lecturer in Film and Media Studies, Italian Department/School of Languages and Literature, and Dr Gwenda Young, College Lecturer in Film, English Department). Both Dr Rascaroli and Dr Young have international research profiles in European and American Film Studies and many years experience of teaching and directing research.  The MA reflects their interests as well as those of other staff members involved in the programme. The interdepartmental nature of the MA offers students opportunities to take courses in world cinema, postcolonialism, musicology, philosophy and sociology of Film, and digital video.

The Board of Film Studies and the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences are delighted to announce that Lord David Puttnam will formally launch the MA in Film Studies on Thursday, 13 October. Lord Puttnam is the Oscar-winning producer of Chariots of Fire, Midnight Express, Local Hero, The Killing Fields, The Mission and War of the Buttons filmed in West Cork. Having retired from film production in 1998, Lord Puttnam now focuses on his work in education and politics. Lord Puttnam will deliver a public lecture titled "Why Film Matters - Maybe More Than Ever!" on Thursday, 13 October, 8.00 pm, Boole II Lecture Theatre, Main Campus, UCC.  Members of the public are invited to attend and admission is free.

125MMcS



« Back to 2005 Press Releases

                 

University College Cork

Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh

College Road, Cork T12 K8AF

Top