The Moving Image & Media Studies Graduate Group (MIMSGG) is a student-operated collective working in film and audiovisual media with membership drawing from numerous UMN departments. In collaboration with faculty, production professionals, and other academic groups, we have built an active scholarly community, created research opportunities for graduate students, and organized public events throughout the Twin Cities, including an academic conference, the MIMSGG Film Screening Series, film projection workshops, reading groups, collaborative research on audiovisual technologies, and the production of original work in a multitude of disciplines. Operating at a university with no central department dedicated to graduate-level film and audiovisual media studies/production, yet where such work thrives within many distinct areas across campus, including departments outside the humanities, MIMSGG exists as an active resource for students and faculty to organize events, share research, and work collaboratively. Additionally, as an organization operating within a land-grant institution, MIMSGG steadily works to create opportunities for connecting with communities beyond our campus. We are renewing with the IAS Collaborative Program to continue expanding our group as well as our collective efforts to engage with film and media as both an object of study and a tool for interdisciplinary scholarship.

CONVENERS:

Matthew Tchepikova-Treon, American Studies, CLA, TC
Dzmitry Tsapkou, Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, CLA, TC
Maggie Hennefeld, Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, CLA, TC
Olga Tchepikova-Treon, Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, CLA, TC
Graeme Stout, Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, CLA, TC