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Nico Baumbach
Nico Baumbach holds a BA from Brown University and a PhD in Literature from Duke University. His research and teaching focus on critical theory, film theory, documentary and the intersection of aesthetic and political philosophy. Recent publications include “Nature Caught in the Act” in Comparative Critical Studies, “Rancière and the Fictional Capacity of Documentary” in New Review of Film and Television and “Rancière and the Persistence of Film Theory” in Critical Cinema: Beyond the Theory of Practice (Wallflower Press, 2010). He is currently working on two projects: a book on the writings on cinema by contemporary Continental philosophers Alain Badiou, Jacques Rancière, Giorgio Agamben and Slovoj Zizek; and a study of Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami.
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Columbia University School of the Arts offers MFA degrees in Film, Theatre Arts, Visual Arts, and Writing, an MA degree in Film Studies, a joint JD/MFA degree in Theatre Management & Producing, and a PhD degree in Theatre History, Literature, and Theory.
Columbia University School of the Arts offers MFA degrees in Film, Theatre Arts, Visual Arts, and Writing, an MA degree in Film Studies, a joint JD/MFA degree in Theatre Management & Producing, and a PhD degree in Theatre History, Literature, and Theory.