Cinema Theatre Events
Seminar on April 10: Sarah Dimick
Mar. 12, 2026—“The Missing Things People” Friday, April 10, 2026 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities In this era of climate disturbance, how do we decipher genres produced by increasing displacement and unhousing? How do we understand documents of loss? In this talk, I read lists of objects confiscated during sweeps...
Seminar on February 27: Homay King
Feb. 1, 2026—“Better Living in Eichlerville: California Modernism’s Influence on Apple” Friday, February 27th, 2026 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities This talk studies a set of Californian suburban tract housing developments built by Joseph Eichler during the 1950s-1970s. Working with architects who had studied California Modernism with Richard Neutra and...
Seminar on February 13: Susan Scott Parish
Jan. 12, 2026—“Horace Pippin and the Historical Medium of Wood” Susan Scott Parrish (University of Michigan) Friday, February 13, 2026 10 a.m.12 p.m. Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities In this talk, Parrish will focus upon Horace Pippin (1888-1946), a self-taught modernist painter and “pyrographer” who incorporated the wood grain from board supports into a number...
Seminar on December 5: Jennifer Fay
Nov. 12, 2025—“The Sincerity Threshold and the Media Theory of Muhammad Ali” Jennifer Fay (Department of English and Cinema & Media Arts, Vanderbilt University) Friday, December 5, 2026 2 – 4 p.m. Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities From the mid 1960s through the mid 1970s, sincerity emerged as a literary and philosophical concept in transition and...
November 10th “Lab-to-Table: AI and Cinema”
Oct. 27, 2023—In collaboration with ArtLab Vanderbilt, come see a panel of speakers discuss “Hollywood Reimagined with AI.” This special event takes place at 2 p.m. on November 10 and is free to attend.
Nov 10 – “Insta-flix Celebrity and Fashion: A Brave New Convergent World?”
Nov. 1, 2022—Join us on Thursday Nov 10 for “Insta-flix Celebrity and Fashion: A Brave New Convergent World?,” part of the ongoing “Conversations in Film and Media” lecture series Who: Jorge Pérez (Peter T. Flawn Centennial Professor at the University of Texas at Austin) Where: Wilson 115 When: Thursday November 10, 3:15pm
Conversations in Film and Media
Nov. 1, 2022—The Department of Cinema & Media Arts is excited to partner with Comparative Media Analysis & Practice, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, and European Studies to sponsor the lecture series “Conversations in Film and Media”
One to Watch Out For – Nov 7
Oct. 28, 2022—Please join us for an event on Monday Nov 7 at 5pm in the Community Room of Vanderbilt’s Central Library. The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center, the Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies, the Jean and Alexander Heard Library, and the Office of LGBTQI Life are partnering to host “One to Watch Out For: An Afternoon...
Alumni Weekend Event – The Creative Career Path: Life After the Cinema & Media Arts Major
Sep. 28, 2022—CMA is bringing successful and celebrated alumna Rachel Abeshouse to campus to discuss her experiences during and after majoring in Cinema & Media Arts. When: Thursday, October 6, 4-5pm Where: Buttrick 103 Refreshments will be provided!
CMA Fall 2022 Meet+Greet
Aug. 31, 2022—Join us in Buttrick’s basement to meet CMA faculty and students and learn about upcoming events! Donuts will be provided. Where: Buttrick 103 When: Friday September 2, 2:30PM