Department News

Spring 2012

Dept. of Film & Media studies professor Mary Flanagan appointed first chair of Digital Humanities
Mary Desjardins keynote speaker at conference in Norwich, England
German film director Jan Schutte guest lecturer this summer in Film Studies
David Ehrlich's films shown in international competition
Jeffrey Ruoff's article “Ten Nights in Tunisia: Les Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage” was published in Film International (v. 6, n. 4, 2008, pp. 43-51). Jeff also attended the Edinburgh International Film Festival in Scotland in June 2008.
Jeffrey Ruoff worked with Bill Pence to design this summer's Dartmouth Film Society "Africa on Film" series. Chadian filmmaker Mahamet Saleh-Haroun was awarded the Dartmouth Film Award on July 11, and Jeff hosted a discussion with the filmmaker after a screening of his film Daratt in Loew Auditorium.

Helen Kang '06 was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study animation production and Chinese Animation History at Beijing Film Academy, ’08-09.
Reggie Schickel '09's "What We Can Draw From Obama", a 30-second animated ad for Barack Obama, was given the “Most Original Ad” award in MoveOn.org’s “Obama in 30 Seconds” video competition in May , 2008. Reggie's win was featured in a May 13th article in The D.
Jeffrey Ruoff received a fellowship from the Camargo Foundation in Cassis, France, where he will be in residence from January-May 2009.
David Ehrlich's “Ferenc Mikulas and the Kecskemet Animation Studio”, has been published in CARTOON (John Libbey:London; Spring, 2008).