Presented by the Centre for Cinema Studies and Cinema Thinks the World, the Critical Thinkers Series features research talks by notable and emerging scholars in cinema and media studies. Next up in the series is a talk by Gabrielle Berry, “[eldritch thrumming][eerie music playing]: Read/Listening to Sound and Music On Screen”.
All are welcome and there is no need to RSVP.
About Gabrielle Berry
Gabrielle Berry is a PhD candidate in Cinema and Media studies at UBC. She holds a BA (Honours) in Film and English from Queen’s University, Ontario, and an MA in Film Studies from UBC. Her research focuses on the intersections of Sound, Deaf and Disability studies, her dissertation considering the sonic resonances and frictions of closed captions in film and media.
Gabrielle is a recipient of the SSHRC and Killam doctoral awards, and is a member of the Public Scholars Initiative program at UBC. Her work has received the Claudia Gorbman Graduate Student Writing Award, and appeared in the Music, Sound and the Moving Image journal.