Word: connorism
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Longtime observers say a unique set of circumstances, intimately tied to the complicated development of VES, have conspired to make film studies what Connor calls “the last art to hop into the Arts and Sciences...
...know there was a worry [in VES that film studies] would pick up the bad habits of a hardened academic department,” Connor says...
Many wonder how much film studies concentrators should be expected to know about film production—an area in which there is already a well-established track within VES. This resource, Connor notes, is finite: requiring film studies concentrators to take existing VES film production courses could take away valuable spots in those capped-enrollment classes...
...Connor says there are still important gaps in the film studies faculty, citing Harvard’s lack of an expert on silent cinema. Such holes, he says, might be filled by visiting professors, but Connor worries that it will be a challenge to find experts on the constellation of specific niches that make up a field as diverse as film studies...
...winds the reels for the new program, Connor notes that showtime is by no means guaranteed...