George Melnyk

Associate Professor

Canadian Studies (CNST)

Program Coordinator, Film Studies

Co-chair, Consortium for Peace Studies
Film Studies (FILM)

(403) 220-7562

gmelnyk@ucalgary.ca

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BA (Hons) History, University of Manitoba
MA History, University of Chicago
MA Philosophy, University of Toronto

Information

Research Interests:	Canadian film and literary history, western Canadian identity and peace and conflict issues.
Current Research:	He is writing a book on Canadian film titled Film and the City: Urbanity in Canadian Cinema. He is co-editing a second book on Canadian film titled: Canadian Women Film-Makers. As well, he is editing a book of interviews with Canadian Film-makers titled: The Young, the Restless, and the Dead.
Teaching Interests:	Canadian Studies, Film Studies, and Peace Studies
Current Courses:	Professor Melnyk will be teaching in Fall 2007 (CNST 331) Issues in Canadian Film Culture (Block Week) and Film 305: Film in the City: urbanity in Canadian cinema.
Books:	Great Canadian Film Directors (2007) Elegy for a Poem Garden (2006) Canada and the New American Empire: War and Anti-War (2004) My Mother is an Alien: 10 Takes on Life and Film (2004) One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema (2004) The Poetics of Naming (2003) The Wild Rose Anthology of Alberta Prose (2003) Canada and September 11: Impact and Response (2002)
About Me:	George Melnyk is a cultural historian with a specialty in Canadian literature and film. He is also a writer on peace issues from a Canadian perspective.

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