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Stephen C. Shafer




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Assistant Dean, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Assistant Professor, Cinema Studies

Address
270 Lincoln Hall, MC-446
702 S. Wright Street
Urbana, Illlinois 61801
phone: (217) 333-4923
fax: (217) 333-9142
email: scs@illinois.edu



Education
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign


Major research interests
Nineteenth and twentieth century British and European history
History of film both as an industry and art form
Relationship of film, literature, and popular culture to society, literature and politics
American musical theatre
Political and literary career of Carl Sandburg
Films of Frank Capra and Alfred Hitchcock
British Cinema in the 1930's
Stage musical works of George and Ira Gershwin



Selected Publications
  • British Popular Films 1929-1939: The Cinema of Reassurance. London: Routledge, 1997.




University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Unit for Cinema Studies
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