Cinema Studies – (M.A.)

The master’s programme is taught by departmental staff and visiting professors who conduct cutting-edge research in the histories, aesthetics, and cultures of cinema and the moving image. The programme is designed to advance knowledge and understanding of cinema and the moving image through two obligatory core courses on theories, methods and research skills. In addition, students are offered optional courses on key areas of expertise: national, transnational, and intercultural considerations with regard to the moving image; screen cultures in transition; questions of gender, sexuality, and ethnicity in the study of audiovisual media; and cinema ‘before’ sound. At least one of the optional courses offered in each academic year focuses on Swedish or Nordic cinema. The two-year programme features intensive teaching, individual supervision of thesis work and work-in-progress seminars. Students may complement their degree with courses offered at master’s level by other departments or by partner universities. The programme is supported by the resources of the Swedish Film Institute, the National Library of Sweden, the Ingmar Bergman Foundation, museums, and libraries, and may lead to creative, administrative and/or policy-making careers in film, television, publishing, and archives.