Part-Time Faculty: FIL 250.1 Topics in Film History & Culture: Dark Futures Noir & Transhuman (Sp27)
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Syracuse University’s Department of Film and Media Arts seeks a part-time instructor to teach FIL 250.1, a three-credit special-topics course, during Spring 2027. The course examines how classic film noir’s visual language and moral ambiguity evolve in contemporary science fiction and futuristic cinema, using screenings, readings, and critical discussions to explore artificial intelligence, transhumanism, technological transformation, identity, and contemporary anxieties about technology and power.
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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.
About The College of Visual and Performing Arts
The College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University is committed to the education of cultural leaders who will engage and inspire audiences through performance, visual art, design, scholarship, and commentary. We provide the tools for self-discovery and risk-taking in an environment that thrives on critical thought and action. To learn more about the college, our distinguished faculty, and our program, please visit our websites at www.syr.edu, www.vpa.syr.edu.
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