Promotions in Film Studies
Dr Lucy Fife Donaldson and Dr Philippa Lovatt promoted this year.
Department news
New staff publication: Rebel Without a Cause by Glyn Davis
Rebel Without a Cause was published on 13 November by BFI/Bloomsbury, as part of the BFI Film Classics series.
New issue of Frames Cinema Journal
Frames Cinema Journal has just published a special issue: ‘(Re)Locations: Transformations of Place in Film'.
Alumni publications
PhD alumni of the Department celebrate publications in 2025.
New Staff publication: Weimar Slapstick and Hollywood Comedy Transformed by Paul Flaig
Paul Flaig's book explores the appeal of American slapstick, cartoon, and screwball comedies during and after Germany's Weimar Republic.
AHRC funding success: 'Ways of Undoing: Craft, Collaboration and Videographic Practice'
Three-year AHRC-funded project and international collaboration on videographic practice starting in January 2026.
ONWARD! | Flaherty Film Seminar Gatherings - Department of Film Studies & Centre for Screen Cultures collaboration with LUX Scotland
In Autumn 2025 LUX Scotland will host three events as part of the 70th annual Flaherty Seminar in partnership with The Hunterian, Cooper Gallery and the Centre for Screen Cultures at the University of 精东传媒.
Association for Southeast Asian Cinemas Conference in Chiang Mai
Dr Philippa Lovatt co-organised the 12th Association for Southeast Asian Cinemas (ASEACC) conference at Chiang Mai University on 14-16 August.
"Transing Pacific Asia: Gender, Sexuality and Oceanic Cinema" funding success
The research project has received funding from the Chinese University of Hong Kong Research Grants Council.
PhD candidate Hal Young helps launch Leith Kino
PhD candidate in Film Hal Young is working with twelve members of the Leith Kino collective to launch a new, weekly community screening programme in Leith.