Research Degrees: Media and Film Studies
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The Centre for Media and Film Studies enjoys a large and vibrant community of research students who are studying a wide range of issues related to the global south. Training and supervision are provided for students registered for postgraduate research degrees (MPhil and PhD). The research student seminar is very student-oriented and responsive to the specific needs and interests of each group. Training in a wide range of relevant research methods is provided. There is ample opportunity to develop or improve language skills and to attend selected courses offered across the Masters degree programmes.
Student progress is supported by a Supervisory Committee that includes the supervisor and two other faculty members familiar with the area of research. A weekly Research Seminar brings all Centre students and faculty together to listen and debate with outside speakers, who include academics, media professionals and others from the NGO/advocacy sectors. We have recently created a new PhD with practice, designed for those with experience of the media and film industries, or wishing to include a substantial component of practice-based work in their research.
Recent Research Theses
Saeed Zeydabadi-Nejad – The Politics of Cinema under the Islamic Republic
Academic Staff and their Research Areas
Dr Mark Hobart MA(CANTAB) PHD(LONDON)
South East Asia, esp. Indonesia: critical cultural and media studies, philosophical issues and eurocentrism in the human sciences, media and performance
Dr Dina Matar BSC(JORDAN) MSC PHD(LONDON)
Arab Media; Middle East, particularly Arab World communication, culture and political studies; political communication; diaspora and ethnic minorities; transnational movements and communications
Mr Matti Pohjonen BA(AMERICAN UNIV., WASHINGTON DC) MA(SOAS)
South Asia, esp. India; media theory; news; cultural implications of new media technologies
Professor Annabelle Sreberny MA(CANTAB) PHD(COLUMBIA) FRSA
Middle East, esp. Iran; cultural and media studies with a special interest in gender and democratisation
Dr Isolde Standish BA(BALLARAT) BA PHD(LONDON)
East Asian film and visual media
Associate Members
Professor Stephen Chan BA MA(AUCKLAND) MA(LONDON) PHD(KENT)
Professor of International Relations
Dr Lindiwe Dovey BA(HARVARD) PHD(CANTAB)
Lecturer in African Cinema
Professor Rachel Dwyer BA(SOAS, LONDON) MPHIL(OXFORD) PHD(SOAS, LONDON)
Professor in Indian Studies and Cinema
Ms Narguess Farzad BA(LONDON)
Senior Fellow, Persian Language and Literature
Professor Andrew Gerstle BA(COLUMBIA) MA(WASEDA) PHD(HARVARD)
Professor of Japanese Studies
Dr Sian Hawthorne BA(LONDON) PHD(LONDON)
Teaching Fellow, Gender Studies and Religion
Dr Dana Healy PHD (PRAGUE)
Lecturer in Vietnamese
Dr Margaret Hillenbrand BA(CANTAB) MA(EDIN) DPHIL(OXON)
Lecturer in Modern Chinese Culture and Language
Professor Michel Hockx DRS PHD(LEIDEN)
Professor of Chinese
Dr Stephen Hughes BA(BATES COLL., LEWISTON) MA PHD(CHICAGO)
Lecturer in Social Anthropology
Dr Kevin Latham BA(OXON) PGDIP(ZHANGSHAN) MA PHD(LONDON)
Lecturer in Social Anthropology
Dr Dolores Martinez AB(CHICAGO) DIPSOCANTH DPHIL(OXON)
Senior Lecturer in Anthropology with reference to Japan
Dr Nima Mina BA(MARBURG) MMUS PHD(MONTREAL)
Lecturer in Persian
Dr Parvathi Raman BA PHD(LONDON)
Lecturer in Social Anthropology
Dr Justin Watkins BA(LEEDS) MA PHD(LONDON)
Senior Lecturer in Burmese
