When we (with Noel King) put together our ARC-funded project Australian Film Theory and Criticism (1975–1985) to document the development of film studies in Australia, we were also thinking about…
As we know, the discipline of film studies in many institutions in Australia is closely tied to or subsumed within media studies programs. For this reason, I would like to…
I am flattered to participate in this event with a panel of energetic film scholars, all still teaching and publishing in their respective, tertiary education systems. This October 2016 will…
When I first looked at the title for the symposium, my immediate reaction was: there’s a word missing! The title should be: “The Future of Film Studies in the Age…
One of the perceived challenges facing film studies today concerns the transfer of film as our object of study into the digital domain. The materiality of film as celluloid is…
I want to thank you for including me in the inspiring and energetic life of film studies here in Australia. In my public talk for Monash (11 August 2016), I…