Luka Arsenjuk

Luka Arsenjuk is Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Maryland's School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. He holds a PhD in Literature from Duke University (2010) and specializes in film theory, aesthetics, and critical theory. His research examines the intersection of politics, philosophy, and visual culture through historical and theoretical frameworks.

Arsenjuk's scholarship focuses on:

• Dialectical approaches to cinematic form
• Revolutionary aesthetics in visual media
• Videographic criticism methodologies
• Historical materialism in film analysis

Publication analysis reveals consistent engagement with Eisensteinian montage theory, political cinema historiography, and contemporary digital media forms. Recent work demonstrates increasing focus on migration narratives and audiovisual disjunction in digital environments.

Awards include the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Best Essay Award (2018) for his contribution to The Essay Film: Dialogue, Politics, Utopia. He serves as editor for Discourse: Journal for Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture and is preparing The Heist Project monograph for Northwestern University Press.