Meta Mazaj

Meta Mazaj is a Lecturer in Cinema Studies at Penn.  She received her Ph.D. in English from Temple University, with a specialization in film studies and critical theory.  Her book, National and Cynicism in Post 1990s Balkan Cinema (VDM Verlag, 2008) examines the relationship between film and nationalism in contemporary Balkan cinema.  She is currently working on a book about contemporary world cinema, and editing a volume on New Slovenian Cinema. She is also completing, with Timothy Corrigan and Patricia White, an anthology of film theory titled, Critical Visions: Readings in Classical and Contemporary Film and Media Theory. Her teaching and research interests include film theory and history, film and nationalism, film and philosophy, and world cinema. Her recent courses include:  Film History, Film Methods and Analysis, Contemporary International Film, Cinema of the Balkans, Cinema and Popular Memory, Poets of Cinema, American Independents, and Film Festivals.