It is part of the Department of German and Romance Languages and Literatures at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
The center organizes workshops, conferences, lectures, screenings and overall supports the study of the rapidly growing field of advanced media study through fellowships and artist residences.
Media study has advanced over the last century from a convergence of cultural studies, critical theories and philological disciplines focusing on the historical, linguistic and cultural analysis of how an idea is communicated.
[1] CAMS has been the host of conferences that include media theorists such as Tom Gunning and Thomas Elsaesser.
Bernadette Wegenstein, a Research Professor and documentary film maker, is the director of CAMS.