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Archive/Counter-Archives: 2019 Summer Institute in Cinema & Media Arts

The 2019 Summer Institute in the Department of Cinema & Media Arts partners with Archive/Counter-Archive, Professor Janine Marchessault’s SSHRC Partnership Grant project, on four free public presentations dedicated to media archives and archiving practices. Tell Me What You See! Found Footage Films by Christoph Girardet & Matthias Müller May 8, 7 to 9:10 p.m., TIFF …

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Professor Ali Kazimi earns Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts

York University Film Professor Ali Kazimi is one of eight recipients of the 2019 Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts. Kazimi’s work explores themes of race, social justice, migration, history, memory and archive. He is an associate professor in the School of Arts, Media, Performance and Design and former chair for the Department of …

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Malcolm Thurlby to be given second annual AMPD Research Award on February 27

What stories do buildings tell about taste, faith, trade, cultural networks, economies, and political power structures? Art History Professor Malcolm Thurlby has dedicated over half a century studying and sharing his love for medieval and medieval revival (Gothic and Romanesque) architecture, exploring what it said about its time and helping it speak to a new …

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AMPD professor donates documentary collection to Canadian Lesbian & Gay Archives

The Canadian Lesbian & Gay Archives (CLGA), the holder of the world’s largest independent LGBTQ+ archives, will be celebrating the launch on April 23 of the Nancy Nicol Collection. Over many years Nicol, a documentary filmmaker and professor in the Department of Visual Art & Art History, has interviewed activists, community leaders and human rights …

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