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Professors’ Information

Sophia University ／ Faculty of Liberal Arts

HOLTZMAN Hannah
HOLTZMAN Hannah
  • Field
    Visual Culture

  • Assistant Professor

    Film and Media Studies

    BA, University of Michigan

    MFA, University of Virginia

    MA, University of Virginia

    PhD, University of Virginia

  • Contact

    Email: holtzman[at]sophia.ac.jp
    Tell: 03-3238-4064
    Office: 10-634

  • Research and Teaching Interests

    My research in global and transnational film studies focuses on French/Francophone and Japanese cinemas, documentary, ecocinema, and nuclear culture. Current interests include film production across linguistic and national borders and the environmental impacts of filmmaking and emerging technologies.

    I teach courses on global cinema, film history and theory, cultural exchange in filmmaking, and media and the environment. I also teach a Core course on critical thinking.

  • Selected Publications

    Books

    ・Through a Nuclear Lens: France, Japan, and Cinema from Hiroshima to Fukushima. SUNY Press, 2024

     

    Book Chapters

    ・“Les Français ne savent pas où me mettre: situer les petits portraits japonais de Michaël Ferrier” in Michaël Ferrier, un écrivain du corail, ed. Fabien Arribert-Narce (Paris: Honoré Champion, 2021), 161-178

     

    Journal Articles

    ・“Chris Marker’s Ecological Consciousness, or 36 Views of the Train in Tokyo.” French Screen Studies, 22.4 (2022): 251-270.

    ・“Les Français ne savent pas où me mettre: Placing Michaël Ferrier’s petits portraits from Japan.” French Studies4 (2019): 561–577.

    ・“A Fifty-Two-Year Love Affair: Rewatching Hiroshima mon amour after Fukushima.” Contemporary French Civilization1 (2018): 55-71.
    ・“A risky venture: Typhoon Over Nagasaki and the particularity of Franco-Japanese cinematic co-production.” Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television (2026) (open access) ・“The global auteur and poetic vérité in La Vérité (Kore-eda Hirokazu, 2019).” Transnational Screens (2025) (open access) ・“Chris Marker’s Ecological Consciousness, or 36 Views of the Train in Tokyo.” French Screen Studies, 22.4 (2022): 251-270 ・“Les Français ne savent pas où me mettre: Placing Michaël Ferrier’s petits portraits from Japan.” French Studies 73.4 (2019): 561–577 ・“A Fifty-Two-Year Love Affair: Rewatching Hiroshima mon amour after Fukushima.” Contemporary French Civilization 43.1 (2018): 55-71
  • COURSES

    Faculty of Liberal Arts

    INTRODUCTION TO FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES
    STUDIES IN FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES
    SEMINAR IN FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES

     

    Graduate Program in Global Studies

    FILM AND MEDIA
    ADVANCED STUDIES IN FILM AND MEDIA

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