Michael Roth’s Book Picks

Michael S. Roth ’78 became Wesleyan’s 16th president in 2007. He is currently teaching a course entitled The Past on Film, which examines how films represent the past and how they can help us understand crucial questions in the philosophy of history. The course is cross listed in the Film Studies, History, and Philosophy departments. And check out his blog, Roth On Wesleyan.

On his choices

I’ve been getting reacquainted with Wesleyan faculty through some of their recent publications…

• The Star Machine
  Jeanine Basinger (Knopf, 2007)
  
  insightful and appreciative analysis of classic Hollywood

  

• The Films of Samuel Fuller: If You Die, I’ll Kill You
  Lisa Dombrowski (Wesleyan, 2008)
  
  informative and fun historical book on Sam Fuller and his films

  

• Deep Gossip
  Henry Abelove (University of Minnesota, 2005)
  
  elegant and astute essays on politics and culture

  

• Islamophobia: Making Muslims the Enemy
  Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg ’04 (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007)
  
  timely and provocative

  

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