Film Studies and International Relations

About this course

Film studies and international relations is an unusual but intellectually compelling combination, bringing together the analysis of cinema and moving image culture with the systematic study of global politics, diplomacy, and international order. Film studies asks how films are made, how they create meaning, and what they tell us about the societies that produce and consume them. International relations examines how states, international organisations, and other actors interact across borders, and what drives conflict, cooperation, and governance at the global scale. Read alongside each other, the two disciplines illuminate questions about representation, propaganda, soft power, cultural exchange, and the role of storytelling in shaping political realities. At the School of Oriental and African Studies, this three-year, full-time degree carries a foundation year option for those who bene

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