Research Profile

Biography

I hold an MA and PhD in Film Studies from University College Dublin. My MA thesis examined gender representation in a selection of films by David Cronenberg; my PhD thesis was a critical study of the career of Jacques Tourneur. My research interests lie primarily in American cinema, particularly classic Hollywood cinema; silent cinema (especially 1920s) ;film history; the horror genre;  and animals in film and media. I also have an interest in contemporary US cinema; gender representations; genre cinema; representations of ethnicity in cinema; stardom and publicity discourse, esp. 1920s.  My book on the life and career of American film director Clarence Brown was published by UP Kentucky in Oct. 2018. My research has appeared in international journals and collections. I supervise/have supervised at MA and PhD level on a wide range of topics. I have served as the coordinator of the MA in American Literature and Film in the School of English, and as Co-head of the Discipline of Film and Screen Media at University College Cork, as coordinator of Industry links, and as coordinator of the MA in Film and Screen Media. I was also part of the team on the IRCHSS funded project, Capturing the Nation: Irish Home Movies, 1930-70.
I am currently collaborating with Dan O'Connell on a Creative Ireland- Cork County Council/ UCC project on cinema and cinema going in rural Cork. This consists of a short documentary, "Movie Memories" (completed May 2018), and a web archive of oral and written histories. 

Research Interests

My post-doctoral research has been centred on three broad areas: classical Hollywood cinema, silent cinema, and ethnicity in American cinema. I have conducted very extensive research on the career and life of American film director, Clarence Brown, whose career spanned the period 1915-1953. This research has incorporated significant archival research in a variety of collections in the US and also in London, including British Film Institute; George Eastman House, Rochester, NY; UCLA Film Archive; USC MGM archive; Academy of Motion Picture, Arts and Sciences' archive/Margaret Herrick Library; David O.Selznick Collection at University of Texas at Austin; Clarence Brown archive at University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Film Study Center at MoMA, New York. My book is published in 2018 by the University of Kentucky press and is the first full length monograph on the career of a key American director (see https://www.amazon.com/Clarence-Brown-Hollywoods-Forgotten-Classics-ebook/dp/B07CVPH4T5/ref=sr_1_1?i...)
 I have already published articles on Brown in Sight and Sound, and The Journal of East Tennessee History and Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media. Additionally, I co-curated, with film historian Kevin Brownlow, a retrospective on Brown for the National Film Theatre/BFI in London in April/May 2003. I also wrote programme notes for the retrospective, which were published by NFT/BFI. I have acted as a consultant for a long article on Brown by Jack Neely, which was published in Metropulse, Knoxville, Tennessee in March 2008. This article featured extensive quotes from me about my work on Brown and on his critical reputation.

I recently completed a short documentary, written, produced and directed in collaboration with Dan O'Connell, titled "Movie Memories". This is part of a Creative Ireland/Cork CoCo/UCC funded research project on filmgoing in rural Cork. A web archive consisting of podcasts, written memoirs, editorial content, archive footage, is currently being developed. See corkmoviememories.com
 
In the past five years, I have published a number of chapters in edited collections, including an article on films in 1925 published in American Cinema: The 1920s ed. Lucy Fischer (Rutgers, 2009); an article on Early Screen comediennes, stardom and ethnicity in Screening Irish America. ed. Ruth Barton (Irish Academic Press, 2009); and an article titled,  "Family Matters: Tales of Tigers and Tapirs at Dublin Zoo" in  The Zoo and Screen Media, ed. Michael Lawrence and Karen Lury (Palgrave, 2016).
I was part of a team conducting research on Irish amateur filmmaking from 1930-1970 (Capturing the Nation: Irish Home Movies, 1930-70). This was an IRCHSS-funded 100K project that involved a collaboration between UCC and Irish Film Archive. A dvd was produced and I co-edited a collection (with Barry Monahan and Laura Rascaroli) published by Bloomsbury/Continuum in 2014. As well as editing the collection, I co-wrote the Introduction, and wrote a chapter on Irish Amateur film collections. 
I have co-edited two issues of Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media: one on Film History (co-edited with Pierluigi Ercole) and one on Corporeal Cinema (co-edited with Ian Murphy). I have also published a long article on Clarence Brown's Intruder in the Dust in Issue 6 of the journal

Publications

Books

 YearPublication
(2018)Clarence Brown: Hollywood's Forgotten Master.
Young, Gwenda (2018) Clarence Brown: Hollywood's Forgotten Master. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. [Details]

Book Chapters

 YearPublication
(2016)'Family Matters: Tales of Tigers and Tapirs at Dublin Zoo'
Young, Gwenda (2016) 'Family Matters: Tales of Tigers and Tapirs at Dublin Zoo' In: Michael Lawrence and Karen Lury (eds). The Zoo and Screen Media: Images of Exhibition and Encounter. US: Palgrave-Macmillan. [Details]
(2014)'Glimpses of a Hidden History: Exploring Irish Amateur Collections, 1930–1970'
Young, Gwenda (2014) 'Glimpses of a Hidden History: Exploring Irish Amateur Collections, 1930–1970' In: Amateur Filmmaking: The Home Movie, the Archive, the Web. New York: Bloomsbury.   [Details]
(2014)'Introduction. Amateur Filmmaking: New Developments and Directions’'
Rascaroli, Laura, Gwenda Young, Barry Monahan (2014) 'Introduction. Amateur Filmmaking: New Developments and Directions’' In: Amateur Filmmaking: The Home Movie, the Archive, the Web. New York and London: Bloomsbury. [Details]
(2009)'1925: Movies and a Year of Change'
Young, Gwenda; (2009) '1925: Movies and a Year of Change' In: American Cinema of the 1920s: Themes and Variations (Screen Decades). New Jersey: Rutgers.   [Details]
(2009)'Funny Girls: Early American Screen Comediennes and Ethnicity'
Young, Gwenda ; (2009) 'Funny Girls: Early American Screen Comediennes and Ethnicity' In: Screening Irish America. Dublin: Irish Academic press.   [Details]
(1999)'The Evolution of Film Studies'
Young, Gwenda; (1999) 'The Evolution of Film Studies' In: Media Studies: Course Reader. University College Cork, Ireland: Centre for Adult and Continuing Education. [Details]

Edited Books

 YearPublication
(2014)Amateur Filmmaking: The Home Movie, the Archive, the Web
Rascaroli, Laura, Gwenda Young and Barry Monahan (Ed.). (2014) Amateur Filmmaking: The Home Movie, the Archive, the Web Amateur Filmmaking: The Home Movie, the Archive, the Web. London: Bloomsbury Academic. [Details]
(2006)Molly Keane: Essays in Contemporary Criticism
Young, Gwenda; Walshe, Eibhear (Ed.). (2006) Molly Keane: Essays in Contemporary Criticism Molly Keane: Essays in Contemporary Criticism. Dublin: Four Courts Press.   [Details]

Peer Reviewed Journals

 YearPublication
(2014)'Editorial'
Murphy, Ian and Gwenda Young (2014) 'Editorial'. Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, (7) [Details]
(2013)'Reframing Cinema Histories: Editorial'
Young, Gwenda and Ercole, Pierluigi (2013) 'Reframing Cinema Histories: Editorial'. Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, (6)   [Details]
(2013)'“Exploring Racial Politics, Personal History and Critical Reception: Clarence Brown’s Intruder in the Dust (1949)”'
Young, Gwenda (2013) '“Exploring Racial Politics, Personal History and Critical Reception: Clarence Brown’s Intruder in the Dust (1949)”'. Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, (6)   [Details]
(2003)'Starmaker (A portrait of Clarence Brown, an MGM mainstay in Hollywood's golden era and Greta Garbo's favorite director)'
Young, G; (2003) 'Starmaker (A portrait of Clarence Brown, an MGM mainstay in Hollywood's golden era and Greta Garbo's favorite director)'. Sight and Sound, 13 :28-30 [DOI] [Details]
(2005)'The Swedish Sphinx: Greta Garbo'
Young, Gwenda; (2005) 'The Swedish Sphinx: Greta Garbo'. Film Ireland, 106 (*):83-84 [Details]
(2002)'Femininity on the Frontier: The Wind (1928) and Psychological Melodrama'
Young, Gwenda; (2002) 'Femininity on the Frontier: The Wind (1928) and Psychological Melodrama'. Film Culture, 1 (1):51-61 [Details]
(2002)'Clarence Brown: From Knoxville to Hollywood and Back'
Young, Gwenda; (2002) 'Clarence Brown: From Knoxville to Hollywood and Back'. Journal of East Tennessee History, 73 :53-73 [Details]
(2001)'Shadows: Jacques Tourneur's Cinema of Ambiguity'
Young, Gwenda; (2001) 'Shadows: Jacques Tourneur's Cinema of Ambiguity'. Film Ireland, 83 (*):47-51 [Details]
(1999)'Jacques Tourneur's World War II Films: From Unity to Chaos'
Young, Gwenda; (1999) 'Jacques Tourneur's World War II Films: From Unity to Chaos'. Popular Culture Review, 10 (2):55-65 [Details]
(1998)'The Cinema of Difference: Jacques Tourneur, Race and I Walked with a Zombie (1943)'
Young, Gwenda; (1998) 'The Cinema of Difference: Jacques Tourneur, Race and I Walked with a Zombie (1943)'. Irish Journal of American Studies, 7 (*):101-121   [Details]

Other Journals

 YearPublication
(2009)'Capturing the Nation: Irish Home Movies, 1930-1970'
Rascaroli, Laura, Gwenda Young, Barry Monahan; (2009) 'Capturing the Nation: Irish Home Movies, 1930-1970' Film Ireland, (130) :46-46. [Details]
(2003)'Clarence Brown Retrospective: Programme Notes and Profile for the National Film Theatre, London'
Young, Gwenda; (2003) 'Clarence Brown Retrospective: Programme Notes and Profile for the National Film Theatre, London' NATIONAL FILM THEATRE PROGRAMME, LONDON, * :*-*. [Details]

DVD

 YearPublication
(2011)Capturing the Nation: Irish Home Movies, 1930-1970.
Monahan, Barry; Rascaroli, Laura; Gwenda Young (2011) Capturing the Nation: Irish Home Movies, 1930-1970. Cork: DVD [Details]
(2010)Capturing the Nation: Irish Home Movies, 1930-1970.
Monahan, Barry, Rascaroli, Laura, Young, Gwenda (2010) Capturing the Nation: Irish Home Movies, 1930-1970. CORK: DVD [Details]

Encyclopedia Entries

 YearPublication
(2008)Freddie Bartholomew.
Young, Gwenda; (2008) Freddie Bartholomew. Santa Barbara:ABC Clio. Encyclopedia Entries. [Details]
(2008)John Wayne.
Young, Gwenda; (2008) John Wayne. Santa Barbara:ABC Clio. Encyclopedia Entries. [Details]
(2008)Raoul Walsh.
Young, Gwenda; (2008) Raoul Walsh. Santa Barbara:ABC Clio. Encyclopedia Entries. [Details]
(2008)Declan Quinn.
Young, Gwenda; (2008) Declan Quinn. Santa Barbara:ABC Clio. Encyclopedia Entries. [Details]
(2008)Leo McCarey.
Young, Gwenda; (2008) Leo McCarey. Santa Barbara:ABC Clio. Encyclopedia Entries. [Details]
(2008)Walter Huston.
Young, Gwenda; (2008) Walter Huston. Santa Barbara:ABC Clio. Encyclopedia Entries. [Details]
(2008)John Huston.
Young, Gwenda; (2008) John Huston. Santa Barbara:ABC Clio. Encyclopedia Entries. [Details]
(2008)Anjelica Huston.
Young, Gwenda; (2008) Anjelica Huston. Santa Barbara:ABC Clio. Encyclopedia Entries. [Details]
(2008)Helen Hayes.
Young, Gwenda; (2008) Helen Hayes. Santa Barbara:ABC Clio. Encyclopedia Entries. [Details]
(2008)Richard Harris.
Young, Gwenda; (2008) Richard Harris. Santa Barbara:ABC Clio. Encyclopedia Entries. [Details]
(2008)Cedric Gibbons.
Young, Gwenda; (2008) Cedric Gibbons. Santa Barbara:ABC Clio. Encyclopedia Entries. [Details]
(2008)Judy Garland.
Young, Gwenda; (2008) Judy Garland. Santa Barbara:ABC Clio. Encyclopedia Entries. [Details]
(2008)John Ford.
Young, Gwenda; (2008) John Ford. Santa Barbara:ABC Clio. Encyclopedia Entries. [Details]
(2008)Robert Flaherty.
Young, Gwenda; (2008) Robert Flaherty. Santa Barbara:ABC Clio. Encyclopedia Entries. [Details]
(2008)Mia Farrow.
Young, Gwenda; (2008) Mia Farrow. Santa Barbara:ABC Clio. Encyclopedia Entries. [Details]
(2008)Daniel Day-Lewis.
Young, Gwenda; (2008) Daniel Day-Lewis. Santa Barbara:ABC Clio. Encyclopedia Entries. [Details]
(2008)Clarence Brown.
Young, Gwenda; (2008) Clarence Brown. Santa Barbara:ABC Clio. Encyclopedia Entries. [Details]
(2008)Pierce Brosnan.
Young, Gwenda; (2008) Pierce Brosnan. Santa Barbara:ABC Clio. Encyclopedia Entries. [Details]
(2008)Herbert Brenon.
Young, Gwenda; (2008) Herbert Brenon. Santa Barbara:ABC Clio. Encyclopedia Entries. [Details]
(2008)George Brent.
Young, Gwenda; (2008) George Brent. Santa Barbara:ABC Clio. Encyclopedia Entries. [Details]
(2008)Patrick Bergin.
Young, Gwenda; (2008) Patrick Bergin. Santa Barbara, Calif:ABC Clio. Encyclopedia Entries. [Details]
(2008)William Wellman.
Young, Gwenda; (2008) William Wellman. Santa Barbara:ABC Clio. Encyclopedia Entries. [Details]
(2008)King Baggot.
Young, Gwenda; (2008) King Baggot. Santa Barbara, Calif:ABC Clio. Encyclopedia Entries. [Details]

Film or Broadcasts

 YearPublication
(2016)Teaching Film: Project Lumière Comes to Puerto Vallarta.
O'Connell, Daniel and Young, Gwenda (2016) Teaching Film: Project Lumière Comes to Puerto Vallarta. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico: Film or Broadcasts [Details]

Programme Note

 YearPublication
(2003)The Clarence Brown Retrospective.
Young, Gwenda; (2003) The Clarence Brown Retrospective. London: Programme Note [Details]

Radio Presentation

 YearPublication
(2003)Discussing David Cronenberg's career, especially Spider on 'Rattlebag'.
Young, Gwenda; (2003) Discussing David Cronenberg's career, especially Spider on 'Rattlebag'. Dublin: Radio Presentation [Details]
(2006)Panel Discussion on Molly Keane on 'The Eleventh Hour'.
Young, Gwenda; (2006) Panel Discussion on Molly Keane on 'The Eleventh Hour'. Radio Presentation [Details]
(2007)Panel Discussion on Irish Americans and cinema on 'The Eleventh Hour'.
Young, Gwenda; (2007) Panel Discussion on Irish Americans and cinema on 'The Eleventh Hour'. Radio Presentation [Details]
(2009)Interview with Cillian Donnelly on the subject of Irish born actors in early Hollywood to be broadcast as part of the 13 week series, 'Behind These Doors' on Dublin City FM radio.
Young, Gwenda; (2009) Interview with Cillian Donnelly on the subject of Irish born actors in early Hollywood to be broadcast as part of the 13 week series, 'Behind These Doors' on Dublin City FM radio. Dublin: Radio Presentation [Details]

Thesis/Dissertation

 YearPublication
(1993)Typhoid Marys and Mutant Flakes: The Representation of Women in the Films of David Cronenberg.
Young, Gwenda; (1993) Typhoid Marys and Mutant Flakes: The Representation of Women in the Films of David Cronenberg. Thesis/Dissertation [Details]
(1998)Jacques Tourneur: A Critical Study.
Young, Gwenda; (1998) Jacques Tourneur: A Critical Study. Thesis/Dissertation [Details]

Web Page

 YearPublication
(2010)Dark Journeys: Jacques Tourneur's Experiment Perilous.
Young, G; (2010) Dark Journeys: Jacques Tourneur's Experiment Perilous. Italy: Web Page   [Full Text] [Details]

Professional Activities

Honours and Awards

 YearTitleAwarding Body
2008Capturing the Nation: Irish Home Movies from 1930-1970 IRCHSS

Professional Associations

 AssociationFunctionFrom / To
Cork University press Editorial Board/
Society of Cinema Studies Member/
Irish Association for American Studies Member of Steering Committee01-JAN-98 / 20-OCT-05

Conference Contributions

 YearPublication
(1998)Irish Film Institute,
Gwenda Young; (1998) The Modern Horror Film. [Oral Presentation], Irish Film Institute, Irish Film Centre, Dublin , 01-DEC-98 - 01-DEC-98. [Details]
(1998)Annual Conference of the Irish Association for American Studies,
Gwenda Young; (1998) The Cinema of Difference: Jacques Tourneur, Race and I Walked with a Zombie [1943]. [Oral Presentation], Annual Conference of the Irish Association for American Studies, Irish Film Centre, Dublin , 01-MAY-98 - 01-MAY-98. [Details]
(1999)Irish Film Institute,
Gwenda Young; (1999) Georges Franju's Les Yeux sans Visage. [Oral Presentation], Irish Film Institute, Irish Film Centre, Dublin , 01-NOV-99 - 01-NOV-99. [Details]
(2000)Irish Film Institute,
Gwenda Young; (2000) Barbara Loden's Wanda and the American New Wave. [Oral Presentation], Irish Film Institute, Irish Film Centre, Dublin , 01-OCT-00 - 01-OCT-00. [Details]
(2001)Annual Conference of the Irish Association for American Studies,
Gwenda Young; (2001) unknown. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Annual Conference of the Irish Association for American Studies, UCC , 01-MAR-01 - 01-MAR-01. [Details]
(2001)Irish Film Institute,
Gwenda Young; (2001) Early Hitchcock. [Oral Presentation], Irish Film Institute, Irish Film Centre, Dublin , 01-OCT-01 - 01-OCT-01. [Details]
(2003)Film Musicals: From the Classical Era to Postmodern Cinema,
Dr Christopher Morris, Dr Laura Rascaroli, Dr Gwenda Young; (2003) International Conference organisation. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Film Musicals: From the Classical Era to Postmodern Cinema, UCC , 19-SEP-03 - 20-SEP-03. [Details]
(2003)NUI Galway,
Gwenda Young; (2003) The Lodger and the silent cinema of Alfred Hitchcock. [Oral Presentation], NUI Galway, NUIG , 01-FEB-03 - 01-FEB-03. [Details]
(2003)Film Musicals: From the Classical Era to Postmodern Cinema,
Morris, Christopher; Young, Gwenda; Rascaroli, Laura; (2003) Organiser. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Film Musicals: From the Classical Era to Postmodern Cinema, Cork , 19-SEP-03 - 20-SEP-03. [Details]
(2004)Molly Keane Centenary Conference,
Gwenda Young; (2004) unknown. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Molly Keane Centenary Conference, UCC , 06-NOV-04 - 27-NOV-04. [Details]
(2004)Black and White: Representing the Other in Silent Cinema,
Gwenda Young; (2004) The Perils of Piccadilly: Exploring sexuality, race and ethnicity in E.A. Dupont's Piccadilly. [Oral Presentation], Black and White: Representing the Other in Silent Cinema, Huston School of Film & Digital Media, Galway , 08-OCT-04 - 08-OCT-04. [Details]
(2004)Annual Conference of the Irish Association for American Studies,
Gwenda Young; (2004) American cinema's response to World War II: Jacques Tourneur and Clarence Brown. [Oral Presentation], Annual Conference of the Irish Association for American Studies, UCD , 15-JAN-04 - 15-JAN-04. [Details]
(2004)Irish Film Institute,
Gwenda Young; (2004) Genre and Gender: Reflections on John Carpenter's Halloween. [Oral Presentation], Irish Film Institute, Irish Film Centre, Dublin , 05-MAY-04 - 05-MAY-04. [Details]
(2004)Annual Conference of the Irish Association for American Studies,
Gwenda Young; (2004) Victor Sjostrom's The Wind (1928): A Swede's Encounter with the American Frontier. [Oral Presentation], Annual Conference of the Irish Association for American Studies, UCD , 08-MAY-04 - 08-MAY-04. [Details]
(2005)Greta Garbo Conference,
Gwenda Young; (2005) unknown. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Greta Garbo Conference, UCC , 16-SEP-05 - 17-SEP-05. [Details]
(2005)Irish Film Institute,
Gwenda Young; (2005) Incendiary Cinema: Censorship, race and The Birth of a Nation. [Oral Presentation], Irish Film Institute, Irish Film Centre, Dublin , 01-OCT-05 - 01-OCT-05. [Details]
(2005)Annual Conference of the Irish Association for American Studies,
Gwenda Young; (2005) unknown. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Annual Conference of the Irish Association for American Studies, UCC , 01-JAN-05 - 01-JAN-05. [Details]
(2007)Screening Irish America,
Gwenda Young; (2007) Funny Girls: Early film comediennes and ethnicity. [Oral Presentation], Screening Irish America, UCD , 13-APR-07 - 15-APR-07. [Details]
(2009)Con(tra)vention: Crime and the Boundaries of Genre,
Marco Amici, Eoin Barrett, Mark Chu, Rachel MagShamhráin, Barry Monahan, Alessia Risis, Gwenda Young, ; (2009) Third Interdisciplinary Conference of the Atlantic Alliance of Universities (NUI Galway, University of Limerick, University College Cork) Crime Genre Research Group. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Con(tra)vention: Crime and the Boundaries of Genre, UCC , 26-JUN-09 - 27-JUN-09. [Details]
(2010)Saving Private Reels: An International Conference on the Presentation, Appropriation and Re-contextualisation of the Amateur Moving Image,
Young, G, Rascaroli, L, Monahan, Barry; (2010) International conference on amateur filmmaking, home movies, archives and independent cinema. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Saving Private Reels: An International Conference on the Presentation, Appropriation and Re-contextualisation of the Amateur Moving Image, University College Cork , 17-SEP-10 - 19-SEP-10. [Details]
(2010)Saving Private Reels. An International Conference on the Presentation, Appropriation and Re-contextualisation of the Amateur Moving Image,
Dr Barry Monahan, Dr Laura Rascaroli, Dr Gwenda Young ; (2010) Conference Organising Committee Member. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Saving Private Reels. An International Conference on the Presentation, Appropriation and Re-contextualisation of the Amateur Moving Image, UCC , 17-SEP-10 - 19-SEP-10. [Details]
(2012)Screening Irish America III: A Symposium,
Young, Gwenda (2012) Researching Irish America in Early Hollywood. [Invited Lectures (Workshops)], Screening Irish America III: A Symposium, Trinity College Dublin , 30-MAR-12 - 30-MAR-12. [Details]
(2012)Annual Conference of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies,
Young, Gwenda (2012) A far down Shanty Irish ”: Marshall Neilan and the constructions of Irishness in Early Hollywood”. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Annual Conference of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies, Boston, USA , 21-MAR-12 - 25-MAR-12. [Details]

Committees

 CommitteeFunctionFrom / To
Departmental Graduate Studies committee Member/

Employment

 EmployerPositionFrom / To
UCC Lecturer in Film Studies01-OCT-94 /

Education

 YearInstitutionQualificationSubject
1998University College Dublin Ph.D.Film Studies
1992University College Dublin Bachelor of ArtsEnglish and History
1993University College Dublin Master of ArtsFilm Studies

Languages

 LanguageReadingWritingSpeaking
French BasicBasicBasic
English FluentFluentFluent

Consultancy

 ClientDescription
The ABC-Clio: Ireland and the Americas: Culture, Politics and History: A Multidisciplinary Encyclopedia
Served as advisor on the editorial board of  The ABC-Clio: Ireland and the Americas: Culture, Politics and History: A Multidisciplinary Encyclopedia
National Film Theatre, London
Co-curator of the Clarence Brown retrospective, National Film Theatre, London, April/May; also wrote full programme notes for the event

Outreach Activities

 Description

I have taught courses and delivered guest lectures for the Cork Branch of the Association of English Teachers.

I delivered lectures for the English department Outreach programme, coordinated by Dr. Mary Breen, based in Caherciveen and Kenmare, Co. Kerry.

I have appeared on national radio several times to discuss aspects of film.

I have coordinated and organised a number of high profile lectures by eminent professionals and academics, such as Academy Award winning cinematographer, Jack Cardiff, OBE; BAFTA winning actress, Betsy Blair; world renowned film historian and fellow of the British Film Institute, Kevin Brownlow; with composer Carl Davis. These lectures were open to the public and were exceptionally well attended and reported upon in the local press.

Journal Activities

 JournalRoleTo / From
Irish Journal Of American Studies Referee-

Teaching Activities

Teaching Interests

I was responsible for introducing film studies module into the School of English undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.I currently teach (and coordinate) EN2036 American Cinema/Genre; EN3037 with Dr Barry Monahan; FX1003 Early Cinema. In the past, I have taught a diverse ranges of seminars on such topics as: Encounters with the American West and Frontier in Film and Literature (UG module); "Projecting New York" (UG module); "Canadian Cinema" (UG module). At MA level, I coordinated and contributed for a number of years to the School of English's MA in American Literature and Film. With colleagues, I also established, taught and supervised on the interdepartmental MA in Film Studies (2005-2015), and have recently redeveloped the MA in Film and Screen Media. Modules taught at PG level include: "Advanced Film Analysis and Theory"; "American Cinema after 1960"; and (from 2016): "Film Industries and Cultures"  FX6002.

I am co-Head of the Discipline of Film and Screen Media at University College Cork and with my colleague, Dott. Laura Rascaroli developed the BA in Film and Screen Media, which launched in September 2013. This is a three year major programme with a separate CAO entry. In 2015 the Discipline launched an MRes in Film and Screen Media, and also a PhD in Film (Creative Practice). In 2016 the Discipline launched an MA in Film and Screen Media. 

Modules Taught

 Term (ID))TitleLinkSubject
2010Critical Skills Seminar II EN2007Critical Skills Seminar II
2020European Cinema EN3037European Cinema
2010Special Studies Seminar II EN3007Special Studies Seminar II
2020American Cinema to 1960 EN2036American Cinema to 1960

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