Professor Eduardo Ledesma has been awarded a Unit for Criticism & Interpretive Theory Senior Fellowship for the years 2020-22, for his project, Blind Cinema: Visually Impaired Filmmakers and the Somatic Sensorium. This is a competitive fellowship given on the intellectual significance of the research project, including its theoretical and interdisciplinary value, the quality and promise of the applicant’s scholarship and also the quality of the proposal.

As a Criticism & Interpretive Theory Senior Fellow, Eduardo will receive discretionary research funds to be used during or after the fellowship period. The Unit will also organize a manuscript workshop to assist Eduardo in the publication of his book project.