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The Arts
February 20, 2024 | 12:04 pm

The work of horror films

A collection of essays coedited by Jason Middleton explores the “monster” of late capitalism lurking in modern American horror films.

topics: Department of English, Film and Media Studies Program, Jason Middleton, Joel Burges, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
The Arts
March 3, 2023 | 01:54 pm

Mellon grant supports a close-up on close-ups

A Rochester research team is part of an inter-institutional project to document the history of the close-up, one of film and television’s most powerful techniques.

topics: Department of English, digital humanities, film, Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies, humanities, Joel Burges, Mellon Foundation, research funding, River Campus Libraries,
Society & Culture
November 3, 2017 | 01:16 pm

Thinking about time

Spring forward. Fall back. On two Sundays each year, as we move in and out of Daylight Saving Time, time itself suddenly starts to seem a little arbitrary. Every discipline in the University has its own way of constructing and thinking about time.

topics: Carlos Stroud, Department of History, Department of Religion and Classics, Emil Homerin, featured-post, Film and Media Studies Program, Institute of Optics, Joel Burges, Richard Kaeuper, School of Arts and Sciences,
University News
May 16, 2017 | 02:48 pm

New faculty books examine sustainability, time, and more

Each academic year, Rochester faculty members publish books that advance scholarship and investigate questions of broad interest. New Reads offers a selection of some of their most recent work.

topics: Department of English, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, Department of Philosophy, Department of Political Science, Environmental Humanities Program, Gretchen Helmke, Jennifer Creech, Joel Burges, Nancy Ares, Randall Curren, Robert Doran, School of Arts and Sciences, Warner School of Education,