Nolte Hall

Leo Chen

612-625-8443
Cultural Studies & Comparative Lit 224 Nich Hall

Department Affiliations


Specialties

  • Intellectual histories of media and visual culture
  • Theories of aesthetics and globalization
  • Comparative studies of national cinemas
  • Film history and theory
  • Chinese & Asian cinemas
  • Interdisciplinary Studies of Visual & Media Cultures
  • Intellectual History of Aesthetics & Criticism

Educational Background

  • Ph.D. candidate: Film, TV & Digital Media, UCLA, 2004.
  • M.Phil: Film, TV & Digital Media, UCLA, 1997.
  • B.A.: Foreign Literature and Languages, National Taiwan University, 1987.

Publications

  • Taiwanese Cinema. Chen, Leo Chanjen, London: Verso, Forthcoming 2005.
  • "A Frustrated Architect: the Cinema of Edward Yang.". Chen, Leo Chanjen, Author, 2001.

Research Activities

  • History of Taiwanese cinema: An auterist survey of the history of Taiwanese cinema, September 2004 - September 2005

Creative Activities

  • Jury for San Diego Asian Film Festival, 2004: August 2004 - October 2004

Professional Activities

  • Graduate Advisor at National Tainan University of Arts: Review students' projects, teach and advise at the graduate school of visual images and audial media , September 2003 - August 2004

Outreach Activities

  • Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs: Presented paper on the cinema of Hou Hsiao-hsien, October 1, 2004 - October 3, 2004

Courses Taught

  • HSem 2080 - Visual Turn: Cinema and the Other Arts
  • CSCL 3176 - Oppositional Cinemas
  • SCMC 5001 - Critical Debates in the Study of Cinema and Mass Culture
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