School of Media Studies

🎓Heartiest congratulations to our grad awardees! 🎉

Honoring Student Speakers, Distinguished Thesis (MA), Outstanding Capstone (MS), and Student Service awardees who have gone above and beyond to enhance our community. 🌟

Recognize your friends? 👀Celebrate them!

This year marks a particularly special moment as The School of Media Studies co-hosts the 70th edition of the Flaherty Film Seminar, taking place June 26–29, 2025.

These students will join a small, international cohort of Flaherty Fellows, gaining access to a unique professional development experience shaped by mentorship, curated programming, and collaborative engagement opportunities during the renowned Flaherty Film Seminar.

Happening today (May 12) and tomorrow (May 13)!

Join The School of Media Studies in celebrating our Spring 2025 Media Management students! Students will present their final Capstone projects over two days of presentations.

Where: Wolff Conference Room, Albert and Vera List Academic Center, Room D1103

When: Monday, May 12th, 3:00-8:00 P.M

Register here-https://event.newschool.edu/spring-2025-media-management-capstone

Join us for a lively discussion with MA Media Studies alums who have made their mark working in diverse media-related fields. Learn about their journeys from The New School to the careers that sustain them.

These are your people! Come and get inspired!

Register Now! - https://event.newschool.edu/media-works-alumni-spotlight-on-creative-media-curating

Are you thinking about continuing your media research and practice in a PhD program? Do you have questions about doctoral programs and what it takes to apply? What to expect? Are there jobs afterwards?

Bring your lunch and ask questions in conversation with the Assistant Professor of Media Studies, Josh Scannell, hosted by MA Program Director, Melissa Friedling.

Register now! - https://event.newschool.edu/media-works-phd-qa-brown-bag-with-professor-josh-scannell

Please join us for an Experimental Lecture by filmmaker Lynne Sachs for Professor Margaret Rhee's course, "Poetry and/as Cinema." Lynne's performative lecture is entitled, "Choke, Chew, Savor, and Spit: The Messy Practice of Cinema" and includes films.

When - May 1st (4:30 - 6:00 PM)

Where- Room 538, 79 5th Avenue

1. Dean of the School of Media Studies, Vladan Nikolic‘s short film, "Everything That Will Happen Has Already Happened," is set to screen at the Beirut International Women’s Film Festival on April 30, 2025.

2. On May 8, 2025, Hanoi University will celebrate 18 years of the Media Lab project, a milestone in an ongoing academic collaboration that began in 2007 with support from the Fulbright Program and The New School.

Please join The New School community as we honor and celebrate the contributions, successes, and achievements of our diverse graduating students. The Multicultural Affinity Celebration recognizes and acknowledges the intersectionality of identities as many parts of a whole, the celebration of diversity, and the promotion of belonging. At this event, we will be recognizing graduating students who identify with the following cultural identities:

• Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacifier Islander

• Black/African American

• First Generation College Student

• Indigenous

• International Student

• Latiné and Latiné American

• Le***an, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Q***r & Non-Binary

When: May 12th, 2025 (4:00 P.M - 6:00 P.M)

Where: Starr Foundation Hall, University Center, 63 5th Ave.

Register now! - https://event.newschool.edu/2025multiculturalaffinityceleb

📚 The Cleaving — a powerful celebration of the Vietnamese diaspora through poetry, stories, and community.

Join us for a two-part event honoring the new anthology edited by Viet Thanh Nguyen, Lan Duong & Isabelle Pelaud, plus the release of Nguyen’s To Save and To Destroy.

✨ Reading @ Rizzoli Bookstore

🥂 Private reception @ The New School

Event links:

The New School Splash Page for The Cleaving: https://event.newschool.edu/thecleavingvietnamesewriters

TNS Faculty and Staff Reception Reservation Form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfIh54s4PV2c7__xtOVPY0EvHtfXMwzHG2SsYXggxFPANAxQw/viewform?usp=sharing

Rizzoli Bookstore Reading Reservation: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vietnamese-writers-in-the-diaspora-on-displacement-creativity-otherness-tickets-1302581529419?aff=oddtdtcreator

Learn from trailblazing executives and storytellers Christina Norman (The Moth), Lisa Cortés (Cortés Filmworks), and Michèle Stephenson (Rada Studio) as they share insights on balancing creativity, storytelling, and strategic business approaches to achieve success in their projects.

Event Details:

When- Monday, April 21, 2025, 6:00PM to 8:30PM
Where- Wollman Hall, 65 East 11th Street

Register now! - https://lnkd.in/esNC3i_4

1. The New School Co-Hosts 70th Flaherty Seminar! ❤️

Each year, the Flaherty Fellowship brings together emerging and mid-career filmmakers, to explore the ethical, artistic, and community-driven dimensions of cinema. More information here- https://lnkd.in/e5CE-BPv

2. Ruff Cuts Wraps the Semester with a Full House and Milestone Moments!

Throughout the semester, Ruff Cuts achieved several milestones:

Partnered with Lighthouse International Film Festival to spotlight Fine Cuts winners. 🎉

Expanded collaboration with CoPA to better connect composers and filmmakers. 🎬

🎬 Audience First: From Indie to Mainstream – Show & Sell

Join us for a dynamic conversation about the evolving strategies behind content acquisition in today’s multi-platform media landscape.

This event will explore how studios and distributors discover and acquire diverse content — from indie gems to mainstream hits — and how these strategies are adapting to better engage today’s audiences.

📅 Tuesday, April 15 @ 1PM�📍 6 E 16th St, 5th Fl, Room 542�🍱 Lunch, snacks, and drinks provided!

🎤 Guest Speakers:

• Shayna Weingast, Manager, Content Acquisitions at Giant Pictures

• Christina Jang, Manager, Content Acquisitions & Partnerships at The Walt Disney Company

• Grace McNeill, Acquisitions & Production Analyst at Sony Pictures Classics ✨

RSVP - https://reurl.cc/eMm4Kx