Staff
Our department is transnational in its focus and international in its composition. This diversity is reflected in the range and vibrancy of our scholarship, with interests including (but not limited to): world cinemas (Russian, Eastern European, Indian, Chinese, South Korean, British/Scottish, Italian), Deleuze and contemporary film theory, Hollywood film and history, film festivals and exhibition, queer cinema, silent cinema and social advocacy film and video.
Our staff have authored or edited some twenty books including Film Nation: Hollywood Looks at U.S. History (Robert Burgoyne), Cinema of the Other Europe: The Industry and Artistry of East Central European Film (Dina Iordanova), Beauty and the Beast: Italianness in British Cinema (Elisabetta Girelli), Deleuze and World Cinemas (David Martin-Jones), and Moving Color: Early Film, Mass Culture, Modernism (Joshua Yumibe).
We have an excellent record of funding and research projects with grants from AHRB for research into Balkan Cinema, Leverhulme Trust for research into Film Festivals and also into colour cinema in the 1920s, and the Russell Trust to bring art films to our local cinema.
Formed in 2004, we are a small but rapidly expanding department. This year saw the appointment of two new lecturers (Dr Dennis Hanlon and Dr Brian Jacobson) and two new post-doctoral positions (Dr Stefanie Van de Peer and Dr Bregt Lameris).
Our staff comprises of:
Teaching staff
Professor Robert Burgoyne
Phone: +44 (0) 1334-462448
Email: rjb21@st-andrews.ac.uk
B.A., Summa cum laude, University of Minnesota, 1978
Ph.D., New York University, Department of Cinema Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 1986
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Dr Lucy Fife Donaldson
Teaching Fellow in Film Studies
Phone: +44 (0) 1334 467483
Email: lfd2@st-andrews.ac.uk
BA University of Kent; MA/PhD University of Reading
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Jean-Michel Frodon
Professorial Fellow
Email: jmf9@st-andrews.ac.uk
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Dr Elisabetta Girelli
Lecturer in Film Studies
Phone: +44 (0) 1334 467471
Email: eg51@st-andrews.ac.uk
MA/PhD Queen Mary, University of London
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Dr Dennis Hanlon
Lecturer in Film Studies
Email: djh22@st-andrews.ac.uk
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Professor Dina Iordanova
Phone: +44 (0) 1334 467474
Email: di1@st-andrews.ac.uk
BA/MA/PhD University of Sofia.
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Dr Brian Jacobson
Lecturer in Film Studies
Phone: +44 (0) 1334 467481
Email: brj2@st-andrews.ac.uk
MS Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Comparative Media Studies); PhD University of Southern California
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Dr David Martin-Jones
Senior Lecturer in Film Studies (On Research Leave 2012-2013 S1)
Phone: +44 (0) 1334 467475
Email: dm70@st-andrews.ac.uk
BA University of Sheffield; MSc University of Edinburgh; PhD University of Glasgow.
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Dr Jonathan Owen
Teaching Fellow in Film Studies
Email: jlo2@st-andrews.ac.uk
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Dr Tom Rice
Lecturer in Film Studies
Phone: +44 (0) 1334 467472
Email: twtr@st-andrews.ac.uk
BA/MA University of Southampton; PhD University College London
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Dr Leshu Torchin
Lecturer in Film Studies (On Research Leave 2012-2013)
Phone: +44 (0) 1334 467476
Email: lt40@st-andrews.ac.uk
MA/PhD in Cinema Studies from New York University and recipient of a Certificate in Culture and Media, an interdisciplinary programme between Cinema Studies and Anthropology at New York University.
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Dr Joshua Yumibe
Lecturer in Film Studies
Phone: +44 (0) 1334 462453
Email: jy20@st-andrews.ac.uk
BA University of Texas at Austin, MA/PhD University of Chicago.
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Honorary staff
Dr Ruby Cheung
Honorary Research Fellow, Film Studies, University of St Andrews / Assistant Professor in Culture, Creativity and Management, United International College, Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University
Phone: +44 (0) 1334 462471
Email: wyrc@st-andrews.ac.uk
BSc University of Colorado at Boulder, MA University of Leicester, PhD University of St Andrews
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Visiting teaching staff
Professor Richard Dyer
Email: rwd4@st-andrews.ac.uk
BA (Hons) University of St Andrews; PhD University of Birmingham.
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Research staff
Dr Stefanie Van de Peer
Research Assistant
Phone: 01334-467476
Email: sevdp@st-andrews.ac.uk
MA in Modern and Contemporary Studies: British and American Literature and Film (Newcastle); PhD in Film Studies (Stirling)
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Research fellows
Dr Bregt Lameris
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Email: bgl2@st-andrews.ac.uk
BA and MA in Cinema and Theatre Studies (Radboud University Nijmegen)
Ph.D. in Media and Culture Studies (Utrecht University)
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