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The Hispanic Studies graduate program offers students the possibility of specializing in Spanish and Latin American cinema and visual media. Graduate faculty who teach dedicated seminars on cinema include Román de la Campa (Latin American cinema) Luis Moreno-Caballud (Spanish cinema and participatory media), and Michael Solomon (Spanish and Latin American cinema and new media).
Students interested in cinema and media studies are encouraged to take seminars in Penn’s Cinema Studies program, which include courses taught by well-known specialists such as Karen Beckman, Timothy Corrigan, and Peter Decherney.Cinema Studies offers a Graduate Certificate in Cinema Studies, which students can pursue in addition to their Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies.
The Hispanic Studies program also works closely with curator Robert Cargni-Mitchell at the International House, Philadelphia’s foremost venue for screening world cinema.
Recent Hispanic Studies seminars in Spanish and Latin American Cinema and Media Studies
- Contemporary Latin American Cinema (Professor de la Campa)
- Cinema Transgresivo: Paracinema from Spain and Latin America (Professor Solomon)
- Remediating Iberia: Medieval Texts and Modern (Audio)Visual Culture (Professor Solomon)