Cinema Studies Graduate Students' Union

Calling all CSI graduate students! We will be hosting Trivia Night on Friday, February 26. Sign up with your team to win exciting prizes:

Graduate Student Trivia Night The Cinema Studies Graduate Students’ Union is organizing a trivia night on Friday, February 26 at 5:00pm-6:30pm on Zoom. There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners!

This year's graduate colloquium was a major success! What an honour to witness such brilliant scholarship, camaraderie, and creativity in action today.

We are so grateful to the organising committee, The Film Studies Association of Canada (FSAC), University of Toronto Cinema Studies Institute, and the incomparable Innis College AV team for their technical prowess. Thank you to our presenters, moderators, and enthusiastic attendees! See you at the 8PM reception.

Day 2 of our Graduate Colloquium with FSAC will now begin at 9:15AM. The opening panel will still start at 9:30AM, as scheduled. See you there!

That's a wrap on Day 1 of 'Spectre.' We are grateful to Dr. David Marriott for a fantastic, provocative, and incredibly thorough keynote address, "On Revolutionary Su***de," which brought the work of Bataille, Nietzsche, Mbembe, Huey Newton, and others into conversation. We are grateful to all who participated and look forward to a full day of student panelists tomorrow, beginning with our first panel, "Dead Alive." Introductions begin at 9AM EST. 👻 (Thanks to for the screenshot.)

It's almost time! Day 1 of our Graduate Colloquium with
The Film Studies Association of Canada (FSAC) begins tonight. We are honoured to have Dr. David Marriott from Penn State delivering the Keynote Address, "On Revolutionary Su***de." Tune in from 6-8PM to hear his talk, followed by a Q&A. Join by using the Day 1 login credentials on the schedule.

It's official! 🤩 We are pleased to release the poster and schedule for the 23rd Annual FSAC Graduate Colloquium hosted by the Cinema Studies Graduate Students' Union at U of T. We look forward to seeing you (virtually) on January 29-30. Special thanks to M.A. student Winnie Wang for our branding this year.

Reminder that submissions are due Monday, Dec 7! For more info on how to submit, see:

2021 Cinema Studies Graduate Student Union's Conference: Spectre La version française ci-dessous 23rd Annual Film Studies Association of Canada Graduate Colloquium University of Toronto Cinema Studies Institute Friday January 29 - Saturday January 30, 2021 (Virtual) Call for papers: “SPECTRE” Keynote address by Dr. David Marriott, Penn State University

CFP ALERT 📣
CSGSU/FSAC Grad Colloquium (Jan 29-30, 2021)
Theme: Spectre
Keynote Speaker: David Marriott (Penn State University)
Deadline to submit: December 7, 2020.

See CFP for more details.

Call for Papers - FSAC Graduate Colloquium, Spectre 2021.pdf

New logo designed by the marvelous CSI MA Winnie Wang.

Annual conference news coming soon! Stay tuned! 👀

Dear colleagues,

As this year’s president, it is my pleasure to announce the 2020-21 CSGSU Executive:

Co-Vice Presidents: Tia Glista and Blythe Hunter
Treasurer: Patrick Woodstock
Secretary: Kaitlyn Smith
UTGSU Rep: Joshua Harold Wiebe

Planning for our annual grad conference is now underway. Per usual, we’d like your input on the conference theme! In this poll, we’ve brainstormed some keywords. Please vote for your favourite or you can feel free to make a suggestion. The poll will be open for one week (October 9th), so get your vote in as soon as possible!
https://forms.gle/4fkUnRUddpwuvZD8A

- Meghan

A big thank you to everyone that attended the conference! It was a remarkable weekend and we are so glad we could share it with all of our new F-R-I-E-N-D-S !