Paul McEwan

Assistant Professor

B.A., University of Guelph
B.Ed., University of Western Ontario
M.A., Wilfrid Laurier University
Ph.D., Northwestern University

Film Theory and Film History

Paul McEwan's current major project is a book on the history of the reception of D.W. Griffith's 1915 racist epic The Birth of a Nation. His film theory work centers around arguments about the social construction of science and history and how these arguments play out in film and media studies and in the humanities. These later issues are also central to the debates about accuracy that inevitably surround historical fiction films. Other interests include the cinemas of Canada and India, silent cinema, television studies and popular music studies. His essays have appeared in Cinema Journal, Film History, the International Journal of Cultural Studies, and the volume Affiliations: Identity in Academic Culture. As a journalist, he has written about books and media culture for The Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail in Canada, and covered popular music for Time Out Chicago. His concert photography has appeared on the website of Blender magazine. He teaches Bollywood Cinema, Canadian Cinema, Methods of Film and Video Analysis, Film Theory and Criticism, and Video Production. He is Associate Director of the College's interdisciplinary program in Film Studies.

Dr. McEwan's contact information: 484/664-3436