The Center for Advanced Media Studies

CAMS facilitates the historical, cultural, and linguistic analysis of how ideas are communicated in the mass media through events, courses, and graduate fellowships.

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Earn a Graduate Certificate

The Graduate Certificate Program in Film and Media educates doctoral candidates in the theory, aesthetics, and history of film, video, and other audiovisual media.

Become A Fellow

Fellows, who can come from any discipline in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, focus on a media-related aspect of their research and studies during the fellowship.

April 20: Screening of “The Missing Tale”

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Join CAMS on April 20th at 5pm in Gilman 50 for a special screening of the documentary The Missing Tale (Emlékek őrei, 2022, Hungary) followed by responses from Lila Fabro (MLL) and Kunal Joshi (Anthropology) and a post-screening Q&A with director Klára Trencsényi. The film is part of the CAMS film series Films You Cannot See...

March 27: Animation Workshop with Adriana Copete

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Join CAMS on Monday, March 27th from 4:30pm to 6:30pm in Gilman 208 for an animation workshop with Adriana Copete, co-sponsored by The Alexander Grass Humanities Institute, the Department of Comparative Thought and Literature, and the Film and Media Studies Program. Adriana Copete A media producer and animator, Adriana graduated from the California Institute of...

CAMS attends the 43rd International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana

photo from Havana International Film Festival 2022 featuring slogan "Cine a lo grande" projected on screen

Graduate students in the Fall 2022 seminar “Contemporary Latin American Cinema: History, Theory, and Practice” joined Professor Bernadette Wegenstein and Professor Marina Bedran in attending the 43rd International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, held in Havana, Cuba from December 1 to 11, 2022. Founded in 1979 by Alfredo Guevara and Gabriel García Márquez, the...