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2019 Issue 2

Who Could Ask for Anything More?
Category 2019 Issue 2Posted on September 17, 2019December 4, 2019

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 new marketing director of the University’s American Education Publications, she wa…
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Category 2019 Issue 2Posted on September 17, 2019

President’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…
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“You Will Know Them By Their Films”: Scott Higgins and Jeanine Basinger in Conversation
Category 2019 Issue 2Posted on September 17, 2019December 5, 2019

“You Will Know Them By Their Films”: Scott Higgins and Jeanine Basinger in Conversation

Jeanine Basinger is the Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies and the founder of both the Film Studies Department and …
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Category 2019 Issue 2Posted on September 17, 2019

“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…
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A Motion Picture Event
Category 2019 Issue 2Posted on September 17, 2019December 5, 2019

A Motion Picture Event

How is it that a small school in Connecticut has so many alumni working at the highest levels of the entertainment indus…
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Alumni in Action: Kira Orange-Jones ’00
Category 2019 Issue 2Posted on September 17, 2019September 17, 2019

Alumni in Action: Kira Orange-Jones ’00

Because Wesleyan film studies focuses on the history and analysis of the discipline—teaching how rather than what to thi…
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Alumni in Action: Brooks Kraft ’87, P’23
Category 2019 Issue 2Posted on September 17, 2019September 17, 2019

Alumni in Action: Brooks Kraft ’87, P’23

Because Wesleyan film studies focuses on the history and analysis of the discipline—teaching how rather than what to thi…
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Alumni in Action: Sarah Berns ’98
Category 2019 Issue 2Posted on September 17, 2019September 17, 2019

Alumni in Action: Sarah Berns ’98

Because Wesleyan film studies focuses on the history and analysis of the discipline—teaching how rather than what to thi…
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Alumni in Action: Bruce Eric Kaplan ’86
Category 2019 Issue 2Posted on September 17, 2019September 17, 2019

Alumni in Action: Bruce Eric Kaplan ’86

Because Wesleyan film studies focuses on the history and analysis of the discipline—teaching how rather than what to thi…
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Alumni in Action: Majora Carter ’88, Hon. ’13
Category 2019 Issue 2Posted on September 17, 2019September 17, 2019

Alumni in Action: Majora Carter ’88, Hon. ’13

Because Wesleyan film studies focuses on the history and analysis of the discipline—teaching how rather than what to thi…
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