This course explores the contribution of female filmmakers in Britain in the twenty-first century. From the recent global successes of directors such as Emerald Fennell and Molly Manning Walker to the long-standing triumphs of producer Tessa Ross...
This course examines the role of formal and informal censorship in British media since the early 20th century and its role in policing the moral, sexual and political status quo. Through the study of key texts (media artifacts, such as film, books...
This course is an examination of contemporary cinema from Europe and asks a key question: what do national cinema products reveal about national identity, culture, and values? The course will combine a study of the economics and cultural politics of...
The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of Italian cinematic history with a special focus on gender issues. The chronological trajectory will outline the transformation of Italian society, the progressive independence of Italian women...
German unification marked the beginning of a new era in German film: a generation of young filmmakers developed new forms of film aesthetics. Beginning in 1989, the time of fundamental changes in Europe and the postwar world, a strong desire for...
This course considers two of the most interesting questions in contemporary Spanish cinema: studying the figure of Pedro Almodóvar, the most internationally renowned Spanish director, and analyzing the representations of Spanish women in Spanish...
The Mediterranean region, one of the oldest trading regions in the world has been described as an area of mutual economic, social and cultural exchanges. Yet this ancient trading ground is now threatened by unsustainable human pressures on fragile...
This course introduces the fundamental concepts of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the major functionality of the open source GIS application QGIS. After presenting various definitions of GIS, the basic principles of modelling the infinitely...
This semester-long course is designed for students with little or no prior knowledge of the language.
By the end of the course, the successful student will develop a basic foundation in the five skills: intercultural communication, reading, writing...
This course is designed for students with little or no prior knowledge of the language. By the end of the course, the student will have developed a basic foundation in the five skills: intercultural communication, reading, writing, listening and...