Open AccessRemembering Thomas Elsaesser and Peter Wollen
Author(s) -
Murat Akser
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cinej cinema journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2159-2411
pISSN - 2158-8724
DOI - 10.5195/cinej.2020.286
Subject(s) - movie theater , german , structuralism (philosophy of science) , meaning (existential) , field (mathematics) , film studies , art history , media studies , sociology , history , philosophy , epistemology , mathematics , archaeology , pure mathematics
Late in 2019 film studies lost two of its founding members that help define the field as a discipline with their work in the last 50 years. Thomas Elsaesser was one of the founding members of the editorial board of CINEJ Cinema Journal. His contribution to the study of German Cinema, founding of Amsterdam School of Cultural Studies and training of countless PhD students in the field will be a long-lasting legacy for this giant figure of cinema and media studies. Peter Wollen will be remembered for his Signs and Meaning in the Cinema and as the father of structuralism in film studies. Along with his partner Laura Mulvey he will also be remembered as a pioneering experimental media producer.