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Michael Pittman
Assistant Professor
Department of Arts and Sciences
(o) 518.694.7385
Education:
Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook
Courses Taught at ACP:
Principles of Communication
Humanities I & II
History of Cinema
Islam and Sufism
Introduction to Buddhism
Research Interests:
G.I. Gurdjieff and the Role of Orality in Spiritual Teaching and Practice; Sufi Poetry; Religious Themes in Medieval Literature; Classical Themes in Contemporary Sufism and Buddhism. Faith and Redemption in the films of Andrei Tarkovsky, Lars von Trier, and Wim Wenders; The Islamic Other in Iranian Cinema
Recent Publications:
“Laughter as Demolition and Reconstruction in Gurdjieff’s Beelzebub’s Tales to his Grandson.” Proceedings of the 11th Annual All and Everything Conference. 2006.