Nadine Soraya Vafi, M.A.

Curriculum vitae

PhD, Research and Teaching Assistant
2018– present, Department of Film Studies, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Visiting Research Fellow
April – August 2022 / April – May 2023, Waseda University, Japan

Visiting Research Fellow
September – December 2022, University of Udine, Italy

MA in Film Studies
King's College London, UK

BA in Arts of Social Sciences (Popular Culture Studies/Film Studies/ Philosphy) University of Zurich, Switzerland

PhD project
Contemplations of Modernity: Urban Noise, in 1930s Italian and Japanese Sound Films

Organization of the international conference “Aesthetics of Early Sound Film: Media Change around 1930”, together with Jessica Berry and Daniel Wiegand (2020 postpo-ned, 2021 online). Department of Film Studies, University of Zurich.

Department of Film Studies, University of Zurich

2024 Autumn	Urbane Gefühlswelten: der städtische Raum im globalen filmischen Kontext
2024 Spring	Exkursion zum Festival Il Cinema Ritrovato (Bologna), in co-teaching with Simone Winkler
2023 Autumn	Japan und die Vielfalt der filmischen Kunst. Einblicke in das japanische Kino des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts
2023 Spring	Michel Chion. Die akustische Dimension des Films
2021 Autumn	Der Ton macht die Musik: Die ästhetische und narrative Vielfalt des Filmtons
2021 Spring	Tokyo Story: Das japanische Kino von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart
2020 Spring	American Independent Cinema: Geschichte, Politik und Ideologie
2019 Autumn	Diskurse zum frühen Kino, in co-teaching with Jessica Berry
2019 Spring	Die vielen Gesichter der Metropole: Die filmische Grossstadt im 20. und 21. Jahrhundert

(only most relevant)

2020 –present	Film history/theory introduction classes, High School visits in Zurich in collaboration with the Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
2021	Selection committee (Sotto Voce Jury Member) for TRANSFER Architecture Video Award 2021
2018 –2020	Management, Curation und artistic direction, Architektur Film-Tage Zürich
2019	Selection (Sotto Voce/AFTZ Jury Member) for TRANSFER Architecture Video Award 2019
2019	Copy editor (official catalogue), author (LocarnoDaily), Locarno Film Festival
2018	Copy editor (official catalogue), author (LocarnoDaily), Locarno Film Festival
2017	Press Office (internship), Locarno Film Festival
2016 –2017	Curatorial and journalistic activities, BFI Future Film, London
2016	Transcription/Translation, You Are Here Productions, London
2016	Internship, Raindance Film Festival, London
2015	Internship, Cineworx GmbH, Basel