A Campus Talkshow

							This spring, the following course is being offered at Teachers
College based on the ideas of cinematic education:
Problems in Art Education: Film, Politics, Art & Education
A&HG 6580.001/CRN TBA
Spring 2005, Two Weekends
April 2 & 3; April 16 & 17
Sat/Sun: 9:30-4:30
Available for 2-3 credits @$875 per credit or 1.5 CEU’s @$350 (plus
special fee of $40)
Instructor: Kelvin Shawn Sealey
Email: kss2008@columbia.edu
How do the worlds of politics and pop culture converge,
                                                                                      The Film & Education
and what can that encounter mean for educators? Popular culture                       Research Academy (FERA)
                                                                                      A research unit of
is increasingly impinging on the world of education through
multinational channels of mass communication. Domestic and                            Presents
international political agendas often find outlet through music,
film and television, affecting the vocabulary, knowledge, and
common sense that students bring to their education. This course
will explore the nexus of domestic and international politics and
education, with film as the primary lens through which to under-
stand these concepts. Using case studies, pedagogical experiments
and curricular explorations, we will interrogate popular culture and                                                        A Campus Talkshow
the many political dynamics operating within and through it, while
seeking to interpret cinematic texts in ways that enhance their                       Bodies in Motion: Images of Women in Film & Video
practical applicability in classroom teaching.
                                                                                      with
                                                                                      Kelvin Shawn Sealey
INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES                                            and guests
The College will make reasonable accommodations for persons with documented           Hyun Kyung Chung
disabilities. Students are encouraged to contact the office of Access and Services    bell hooks
for Individuals with Disabilities for information about registration (166 Thorndike   Gloria Steinem
Hall). Services are available only to students who are registered and submit
appropriate documentation.                                                            Wednesday, November 3, 2004
                                                                                      Miller Theater, Columbia University




The Center for Educational Outreach and Innovation                                                                                             FERA
                                                                                                                                     FILM & EDUCATION RESEARCH ACADEMY

TEACHERS COLLEGE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
For more course information contact:
800.209.1245
                                                                                                                                  The Center for Educational Outreach & Innovation



www.tc.columbia.edu/ceoi                                                                                                               TEACHERS COLLEGE
                                                                                                                                    COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
                                              Associate Professor of Ecumenical Theology at Union                  The Film & Education Research Academy was founded by:
                                              Theological Seminary in New York City, Hyun Kyung Chung
                                              graduated from Ewha Women’s University in Seoul, Korea with
                                              the B.A. (1979) and the M.A. (1981). She holds the M.Div. from the
                                              School of Theology at Claremont (1984), a diploma from the                                                   From age 6-16 John Broughton was the Cinema Paradiso style
                                              Women’s Theological Center in Boston (1984), and the M.Phil                                                  projector boy for a film society in rural England, and by 17 was
                                              (1987) and Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary (1989). She is                                              official festival film reviewer for the British National Film Theatre.
                                              a lay theologian of the Presbyterian Church of Korea. Her                                                    From journalism he moved to the study of psychology at
                                              teaching and research interests include feminist and                                                         Cambridge University, and thence to Harvard for doctoral
                                              eco-feminist theologies and spiritualities from Asia, Africa and                                             studies in adolescent worldviews and moral development. He
Latin America; Christian Buddhist dialogue, various Zen meditations; disease and healing in varied                                                         has published two books on developmental psychology and is
religious backgrounds; mysticism and revolutionary social change; Goddesses and women’s liberation                                                         now interim director of Cultural Studies in the department of
in Asia; as well as the history and critical issues of various ecumenical, Asian Christian theologies (e.g.,                                               Arts and Humanities at Teachers College, where he teaches
Minjung theology, EATWOT theology, Gospel and Culture, inter-religious dialogue). Chung synthesizes                                                        courses on youth, pop culture, high technology, violence, gender,
the wisdom of the worldwide people’s movement, spiritual legacies of Asian religious traditions, critical          and diversity. Dr. Broughton has also initiated a data-base project at Columbia for archiving multimedia
academic analysis and the world of the arts in her theology. In addition to numerous articles, Chung is            materials for classroom and student use. A budding videographer, he assists in the media lab at the
author of Struggling to be the Sun Again: Introducing Asian Women’s Theology, In the End, the Beauty Saves         Elizabeth Irwin High School in Soho.
Us All, Vol. I & II, Letter from the Future: Goddess-Spell According to Hyun Kyung, and Hyun Kyung and Alice’s
Fabulous Love Affair with God (with Alice Walker).

                                                                                                                                                            Kelvin Shawn Sealey has been an educator for twelve years,
                                        Acclaimed visionary, cultural critic and feminist theorist, bell                                                    working as a consultant, secondary school teacher and
                                        hooks was born and raised in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. She                                                            administrator, and university adjunct lecturer, with specialties in
                                        received her B.A. from Stanford University, where, at the age of                                                    American history, Media and Communication history, Cultural
                                        twenty, she published her first book: the groundbreaking                                                            Studies and Philanthropy and Social Enterprise. He is currently
                                        feminist treatise Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism. Bell                                                   an interdisciplinary program doctoral candidate, combining
                                        received her M.A. from the University of Wisconsin and her Ph.D.                                                    International and Comparative Education and Cultural Studies at
                                        from the University of California at Santa Cruz. Previously a                                                       Teachers College, Columbia University. Also at Teachers College,
                                        professor in the English departments at Yale University and                                                         he has taught several courses on the use of feature film in
                                        Oberlin College, hooks is now a distinguished Professor of                                                          classroom teaching, and has recently joined the adjunct faculty
                                        English at the City University of New York. hooks is hailed as one         of Eugene Lang College of New School University. Sealey has held teaching positions at the Packer
of the foremost intellectual voices on race in America. Publishers Weekly rated hooks’ Ain’t I a Woman             Collegiate Institute, Hunter College and York College. He recently co-founded, with John Broughton, the
one of the most influential women’s books of the last twenty years. Atlantic Monthly named bell one of             Film & Education Research Academy at Teachers College to advance research and practice around the
the New Intellectuals who are “bringing moral imagination and critical intelligence to bear on the                 use of film in pedagogy. His publications include the texts Restoring Hope, edited with Princeton scholar
defining American matter of race.” A prolific writer, she is the author of more than seventeen books               Cornel West, A Reader in Social Enterprise, and A Reader in Media Studies. Sealey holds a BA in Economics
including Black Looks, Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom, Reel to Real, All About       from the University of Toronto, and an Ed.M from Teachers College, Columbia University.
Love: New Visions, and Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center.


                                        Gloria Steinem is one of the most influential writers, lecturers,
                                        editors, and activists of our time. Steinem helped found                   CITIZEN is a production of FERA, the Film & Education Research Academy at Teachers College, Columbia
                                        numerous national organizations including the Women’s Action               University. It is intended as a vehicle to broaden understanding of cinematic education – teaching and
                                        Alliance, the National Women’s Political Caucus, Voters for Choice,        learning infused with the moving image – while catalyzing public discourse on issues of national
                                        Choice USA, and the Ms. Foundation for Women. As a freelance               import as they relate to contemporary citizenship.
                                        writer, she has published in Esquire, The New York Times
                                        Magazine, and numerous women’s magazines. Her books include
                                        Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem, Outrageous Acts and         Project CITIZEN is generously supported by:
                                        Everyday Rebellions, Moving Beyond Words, and Marilyn: Norma
                                        Jean, on the life of Marilyn Monroe. Her writing also appears in           Arthur Levine, President, Teachers College
many anthologies and textbooks. Steinem has received numerous awards, including the Penney-                        Darlyne Bailey, VP of Administration & Dean of the College, Teachers College
Missouri Journalism Award, the Front Page and Clarion awards, National Magazine awards, and an                     Janice Robinson, Office of the President, Community & Diversity, Teachers College
Emmy Citation for excellence in television writing. Parenting magazine selected her for its Lifetime               MaryRose Barranco Morris, Interim Director, CEO&I, Director of Lifelong Learning, Teachers College
Achievement Award in 1995 for her work in promoting girls’ self-esteem, and Biography magazine                     Farah Jasmine Griffin, Director, Institute for Research In African-American Studies, Columbia University
listed her as one of the 25 most influential women in America. In 1993, she was inducted into the                  The Barnard Center for Research on Women, Barnard College
National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York. Ms. Steinem graduated Phi Beta Kappa from                 Michael Andrews Audio Visual Services, Inc.
Smith College in 1956.