Luca Caminati
Professor (Film Studies), Cinema

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Email: | luca.caminati@concordia.ca |
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Luca Caminati's research deals with post-colonial theory and orientalist discourses in post-WWII Italian cinema and media, with a specific interest in non-fiction film and media arts. In 2009-2010 he was the recipient of the Paul Mellon/National Endowments for the Humanities "Rome Prize", a residential fellowship awarded by the American Academy in Rome. His new book, titled Traveling Auteurs: the Geopolitical Engagements of Postwar Italian Cinema, investigates the "Third World" documentary films of political filmmakers and artists. He is currently serving as associate editor for the journal Italica.He previously taught at Colgate University and the University of Florida.
Education
PhD (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Laurea (Università Statale di Genova, summa cum laude)
Teaching activities
Graduate Courses
FMST 660: Approaches to the the Cinema of Pasolini
FMST600: Methods in Film Studies
FMST800D:PhD Pro-Sem: The Geopolitical Imaginary of Film Studies
FMST655D: The Essay Film
FMST665J: Cinema and Exploration
FMST635G: Postcolonial Theory and Cinema
FMST625D: Italian Neorealism in its Global Context
FMST803B: Theories and Practice of Realism in the Cinema
Undergraduate Courses
FMST 328 Non-Fiction Film Since 1956
FMST 319 The Moving Image and Society
FMST425: Contemporary Film Theory
FMST498: ¡Fake Docs!
Publications
Books
Cinema of Exploration: Essays on an Adventurous Film Practice (co-edited with James Cahill). New York: American Film Institute/Routledge. 2021
Roberto Rossellini documentarista. Una cultura della realtà. Rome: Fondazione Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia/Carocci, 2012.
Il cinema come happening. Il primitivismo pasoliniano e la scena
Orientalismo eretico: Pasolini e il cinema del Terzo Mondo. Milan: Bruno Mondadori, 2007.
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