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Cinema Studies Affiliated Faculty Stephen C. Shafer Titles 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 rleskosk@illinois.edu 5.16.2008 rjl