2024 Film Studies Postgraduate Research Conference
The annual Film Studies Postgraduate Research Conference was held on March 10, 2024.
Department news
Prof Glyn Davis to take part in Sexuality Summer School roundtable
As part of this year’s Sexuality Summer School on ‘'Queer Friendship and Other Intimacies', Prof Glyn Davis will take part in a roundtable on Thursday 30 May, titled 'Queer Friendship and Academic Collaborations'.
'Perverse Collections' website launch
The website for the Perverse Collections: Building Europe's Queer and Trans Archives project is now live.
Dr Lucy Fife Donaldson discusses Pixar’s Toy Story on the Fantasy/Animation podcast
Dr Lucy Fife Donaldson featured as a guest on the Fantasy/Animation podcast for an episode on Toy Story.
Work of Film Studies honoured at BAFTSS awards 2024
The work of Film Studies staff and students was honoured at the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies annual awards 2024.
Research grant and visit to the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum
Dr Anushrut Ramakrishnan Agrwaal awarded a small grant to support his research into nineteenth and early twentieth century British visual media history at Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, University of Exeter.
Launch for major new book on George Hoyningen-Huene
A major new book on George Hoyningen-Huene, which features a chapter by Dr Lucy Fife Donaldson, is being launched with an event at the V&A.
Filmstrip Events across the UK
As part of Tom Rice's ongoing RSE network grant, "The Lost World of Filmstrips" (2022-2024), Rice has run a series of events, partnering with major UK institutions.
St Andrews staff and student shortlisted for BAFTSS awards 2024
The British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies has shortlisted the work of Dr Lucy Fife Donaldson and Julie Jaresova (graduated 2023) in their annual awards.
Kicking off an archival restitution project: Bolivian Miners’ Cinema
Chronicle of a train journey undertaken by a team of film scholars in search of archival materials that will bring back to life one of the most radical experiments of film technology transfer to the Bolivian proletariat.