The Department of Film and Media Arts within the College of Visual and Performing Arts seeks Part-Time Instructor to teach FIL 250.1 Topics in Film History & Culture: Dark Futures Noir & Transhuman, a 3-credit hour course, during the Spring semester, 2027.
This is a “special topics” course in Film History & Culture. This course explores how the visual language and moral ambiguity of classic film noir evolve in contemporary science fiction and futuristic cinema. Through film screenings, readings, and critical discussions, students will examine how filmmakers use noir aesthetics to explore artificial intelligence, transhumanism, technological transformation, and the shifting boundaries between human and nonhuman identities. The course considers how cinematic visions of the future reflect contemporary anxieties about technology, power, identity, and what it means to be human.
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