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Richard Abel

Name: Richard Abel

Title(s):

  • Robert Altman Collegiate Professor of Film Studies
  • Interim Chair and Professor of International Film and Media

Contact Information: 734.763.1314 , richabel@umich.edu

Website: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/sac/faculty_staff/abel.htm

International Institute Affiliation(s):

  • CES-EUC

Department Affiliation(s):

  • Screen Arts & Cultures

Education Background: Ph.D., M.A. Comparative Literature, University of Southern California

World Area(s) of Study/Interest:

  • European Studies

Related Countries:

  • France

Research/Teaching Specialization: Film studies, French cinema

Area/Int'l Course(s) Taught: Seminar in Film Historiography, French Cinema: From the First Wave to the New Wave, The Emergence of Mass Culture: From Dime Novels to Nickel Dumps, The Vietnam/Persian Gulf Wars on Film/Video, and Film Theory and Criticism

Publications:

  • The Passing (Picture) Show in the Industrial Heartland, the Early 1910s. 2004. (Refereed Journal Article)
  • The Encyclopedia of Early Cinema. 2005. (Edited Book)
  • The 'Culture War' of Sensational Melodrama, 1910-1914. 2004. (Refereed Journal Article)