Who Could Ask for Anything More?
Jeanine Basinger had never taught a film class in her life when she first arrived at Wesleyan on May 31, 1960. As the ne…
Short Features
View AllA Glimpse into the Ogden and Mary Louise Reid Cinema Archives
Wesleyan’s Cinema Archives began in 1981 when director Frank Capra Hon. ’81 (It’s a Wonderful Life and many other films) donated his collection of papers and memorabilia to Professor Jeanine Basinger. Notably, the archive continues to gather and house primary source material, a distinctive focus in a university film studies sett…
The New Wesleyan Documentary Project: MacLowry ’86 and Strain
Beginning in the fall of 2019, the College of Film and the Moving Image (CFILM) is launching the Wesleyan Documentary Project. Led by Tracy Heather Strain and Randall MacLowry ’8…
Phase III: The Final Step in the Master Plan for Film Studies
Twenty years ago, Wesleyan set in motion a master plan for Film Studies facilities.
Luckily, its architects carved out space for areas of study unimagined in that era.
Phase II…
Game On! Soaring Cardinals
Wesleyan’s athletic teams claimed a bounty of victories and titles in this unprecedented season.
The Cardinals keep raising the profile of Wesleyan Athletics, moving the program…
Historical Row: Preserving Student Voices
One of the most complex aspects of working in any archives is preserving our unique materials. This is especially important for our audiovisual holdings, which run the gamut from…
Letters
View AllPresident’s Letter
Whatever you study in college, you should be prepared to talk about what you’ve learned with people who haven’t studied your subject. In a world in which so many are locked into small silos of understanding, it’s a great…
Letters to the Editor: Dr. Martin Luther King Hon. ’64; Quantitative Leaders; Class of ’45: 10th Mountain Division
Wesleyan’s Dr. Martin Luther King Hon. ’64
Dear Sir:
An article in Issue 1, 2019, on African American Studies at Wesleyan was very interesting and informative. I was very surprised that the authors neglected to…
“I’ve Got My Gal”
I came to Wesleyan expressly to study with Jeanine Basinger. Many of us did. Film was our religion and initially we loved it with the reckless idiocy of first lust; it overwhelmed us, obsessed us.
Jeanine remade lust in…
President’s Letter: Data Analytics in the Context of Liberal Learning
Many liberal arts colleges have come under extraordinary duress in recent years, and many universities (when not just focused on specialized research) seem to have abandoned broad, contextual learning in favor of vocatio…
Editor’s Note: Difficult Problems and Creative Solutions
Despite growing up in Connecticut, most of what I knew about Wesleyan as an adolescent was that a very bright friend of mine—Nick Encalada-Malinowski ’04—chose it from many other impressive collegiate options.
Aside from preternatural ultimate frisbee chops, my clearest memory of Nick is from high school geometry. We were taske…