Message text written by INTERNET:[log in to unmask] > Jane wondered: > can someone tell me when film studies became recognized as a discipline in us university curriculum? also at what point cultural studies entered the scene? dates, time frames, cites would be most appreciated. < Victor Bachy, professeur emerite a l'universite de Louvain in Belgium, was the first academic to teach cinema studies in Belgium, and perhaps in all of Europe. He told me that cinema studies developed out of the cinephile clubs of the 40s, but I do not know what year he began teaching. ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]