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Joshua Sperling

  • Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media
  • Creative Media Director for Arts and Sciences

Areas of Study

Education

  • PhD, Yale University
  • MFA, Brooklyn College
  • BA, University of California, Berkeley

Biography

Joshua Sperling's interests focus on 20th and 21st century aesthetics, the interplay of culture and politics, and the history of cinema. His first book, A Writer of Our Time: The Life and Work of John Berger, was published in 2018 by Verso. On its release it was reviewed in the New Yorker, New York Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, Nation, Los Angeles Review of Books, and Bookforum, among other outlets. It has since been translated into Korean, complex and simplified Chinese, and Turkish.

Professor Sperling holds an MFA in fiction from Brooklyn College and a dual PhD in comparative literature and film & media studies from Yale. At 91直播, he teaches courses on documentary, Hollywood, Latin American cinema, contemporary auteurism, and narrative. He also helps to coordinate the Obiewood program and is the Creative Media Director for the College of Arts and Sciences. 

Spring 2026

Hollywood Narrative and Genre 鈥 CIME 282

What is Cinema? 鈥 CIME 290

What is Cinema? 鈥 ENGL 291

Narrative Across Platforms 鈥 CIME 377

Notes

Joshua Sperling Review Publsihed in "Cleveland Review of Books"

Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media Joshua Sperling published "" in the Cleveland Review of Books. Sperling and Hamrah participated in a Cinema Talk at the Cleveland Cinematheque, hosted by Bilgesu Sisman.

Joshua Sperling Interviewed by "The Times"

Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media Joshua Sperling was interviewed by (of London) for an article on Landman, Trump, and shifting Hollywood norms.

Joshua Sperling Article Published in "Adaptation"

Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media Joshua Sperling published the article 鈥溾 in the journal Adaptation (Oxford Academic).

Joshua Sperling Essay Published in "Tussle Magazine"

Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media Joshua Sperling published an essay on the visual artist Iliana Ortega in .

Joshua Sperling Interviewed About Recently Published Article

Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media Joshua Sperling published "" in the Journal of Literary Studies. Sperling was interviewed on the topic by the French cultural magazine .

Joshua Sperling Publishes Essay

Visiting Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies Joshua Sperling published an essay, "," for Public Books.

Joshua Sperling publishes two reviews

Visiting Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies Joshua Sperling recently published two review essays, one on wartime Hollywood for , and another on Van Gogh's letters for the .

 

Joshua Sperling's Book Translated into Korean

Visiting Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies and Creative Writing Joshua Sperling's book has been translated into Korean.

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Winter Term in 91直播: 2020

Winter Term is a time of year when 91直播 students are encouraged to conduct independent or group projects outside of courses related to their majors. Pursuits can be done on or off campus with students choosing to work almost anywhere on the map. This year we highlight some of the work by the more than 900 students who completed projects in 91直播.

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