Portrait: Antonio Zadra Probes Our Dreams Using Cinema
Lire en français The researcher Antonio Zadra, who studies sleep disorders and dreams, is now exploring cinema, not only as a sometimes unconscious manifestation of our dreams but also as…
Francesco Casetti Lecture: “Screens Have Become Protection Systems”
Lire en français The film theorist and professor at Yale University Francesco Casetti was invited at the Université de Montréal to give a lecture, the second in the cinEXmedia Distinguished…
Portrait: Anna Kolesnikov, at the Crossroads of the Neurosciences and Cinema Studies
Lire en français After obtaining a Ph.D. in cinema studies and completing a post-doctorate in cinema and the neurosciences at the Università di Parma in Italy, Anna Kolesnikov joined Laboratoire…
Portrait: Ingrid Verduyckt Incorporates the Arts into Speech Therapy
Lire en français Initially committed to a career in the arts, in the end Ingrid Verduyckt branched out into speech therapy. Today she emphasises the importance of combining the two…
Portrait: Michelle Carr, Sleep Specialist and Engineer of Dreams
Lire en français Like in Christopher Nolan’s film Inception (2010), Michelle Carr hopes to directly modify our dreams with “dream engineering”. Michelle Carr | Photo: courtesy of the researcher Hugo…
Portrait: Adriana Lacerda and the Intersectoral Potential of Audiology
Lire en français Adriana Lacerda, an associate professor in the École d’orthophonie et d’audiologie at the Université de Montréal, recently joined the cinEXmedia partnership as a researcher. Adriana Lacerda |…
Portrait: Alanna Thain Champions the “Right to Risk”
Lire en français For the researcher Alanna Thain, member of the cinEXmedia partnership, it should be possible to carry out university research off campus, directly amidst the people it concerns.…
Claudia Polledri on the Track of Images of the Iranian Revolution
Lire en français With the support of the cinEXmedia partnership, the researcher Claudia Polledri visited the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam to consult a never-before-seen collection of photographs.…
Portrait: Olivier Daigle, an Astrophysicist Cinephile
Lire en français The scientist and entrepreneur Olivier Daigle recently moderated a discussion at a Université de Montréal seminar on the contribution of the sciences to science fiction cinema. Olivier…
Spotlight on Educational Cinema at the Université de Montréal
Lire en français Educational films in the Université de Montréal’s 16mm film collection, recently digitised at Laboratoire CinéMédias, are featured in a new series of events. Image from the film…