Members

John attended the inaugural ‘video camp’ workshop at Middlebury College in 2015, and has since been an active publisher, teacher and researcher of videographic scholarship. He specialises in questions of form, style and criticism.  

Professor Lúcia Nagib FBA is an internationally recognised specialist in world cinema, cinematic realism and cinematic intermediality, which she has explored in numerous publications. She is the director, with Samuel Paiva, of the award-winning feature-length documentary Passages (UK, 2019). 

Lisa participated in the 2022 SWG Videographic Summer School, in which she developed work around questions of female agency and violence in superhero cinema. She is currently leading an AHRC-funded research project, Screen Industries Voices.  

Shweta has helped to run participatory-video training with SWG, and is herself the maker of four feature-length documentaries. Much of her work explores questions around disability, access and community-led film practice. 

Dominic is the leader of the Synthetic Media Research Network, an expert on generative AI in the screen industries, and Specialist Advisor to the UK Parliament on film and television. His recent research projects have included explorations of ‘deepfake’ technology in both fiction and documentary film. He also has considerable professional experience as a director of television drama and feature film. 

Andrew is an early-career researcher who combines theoretical study (especially feminist and queer philosophies) with experimental documentary practice. He co-convenes the SWG Videographic Summer School, and is Knowledge Exchange Fellow on the AHRC-funded Screen Industries Voices project. 

Teresa has considerable practice-as-research experience, and is also one of two Academic Champions for Public Engagement with Research at the university. She attended the 2022 SWG Videographic Summer School, and her research outputs include innovative web- and film-based projects, such as I, Sheep. 

Matthew is Co-Director of the Beckett International Foundation, with particular expertise in histories and aesthetics of scenographic design. At the 2023 SWG Summer School, he developed videographic work using televised recordings of Krapp’s Last Tape.  

As well as attending the 2023 SWG Videographic Summer School, James has included video-essay practice in many undergraduate classes. His research expertise is Iranian cinema and theories of realism. 

Simone is predominantly a scholar of television studies, and is currently developing a project on European dubbing practices. She attended the 2023 SWG Videographic Summer School, where her work focused on dubbing, sound and translation.  

An anthropologist with a special interest in material culture and digital methods, Katie is also an active participant with the Screen Work Group. In 2023, she undertook training in participatory video and videographic methods. 

 

Amy is the Curator of the Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology, with a special interest and expertise in digital museology. She attended the 2023 SWG Participatory Video Workshop. 

Mara specialises in modern US history, and also leads Reading’s Digital Humanities Community of Practice. Since attending the 2023 SWG Videographic Summer School, she has developed a full-length video essay about the 1936 World’s Fair in Queens, New York.  

Daniela is an expert in modern Italian culture, and Co-Director of the Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing. She attended the 2023 SWG Videographic Summer School, where she focused on images of the human corpse in Cronenberg, Almodovar and the Venere Anatomica. 

Based in the School of Pharmacy, Rosemary researches the safety and quality of healthcare. One area of focus is care for (and communication with) people with dementia. During her work at the SWG Videographic Summer School, Rosemary drew on photographs and sound recordings from her qualitative research.  

 

James researches and teaches art in relation to critical theory, particularly the Frankfurt School. He has collaborated with filmmakers in a practice-as-research capacity, and his forthcoming book looks at contemporary artists’ film and moving image in relation to Adorno’s aesthetic theory. 

 

In his research on the cultural politics of food, humanitarianism and the environment, Mike has engaged extensively with various forms and modes of screen communication and media activism. He also uses a range of creative methods and sources in his teaching, and has published work on critical pedagogy.   

Amy is an architect and the co-founder of Involve Architecture Collective. She has a particular interest in narrative worlds (especially science fiction literature and film), and their capacity to help us reflect on our own built environments. 

Anna brings to SWG a research expertise in political geographies of technology. She lead an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) New Investigator Award (December 2021 – July 2023), Diversifying Drone Stories, and more recently has addressed AI through a feminist critical lens. 

Catriona researches the histories, literatures and cultures of Argentina. During her time at the 2022 SWG Videographic Summer School, she explored the representation of contested political histories in children’s cartoons.  

Claire is the Co-Lead of the Screen Work Group. Her postgraduate research explores questions of nostalgia and geography in 1930s British cinema, a topic she has begun to explore videographically since joining the Summer School in 2023.  

Cherilyn researches women’s writing and feminism in Latin America, with a particular focus onDe Colombia. At the 2022 SWG Videographic Summer School, she worked closely with XXXXX 

Neil’s diverse research expertise encompasses children’s literature, Žižekean theory and GRT identity – as well as film theory. With the support of SWG, Neil produced a short essay film about Žižek’s signature sniff; he also attended the 2022 SWG Videographic Summer School. 

Denisse is an interdisciplinary scholar, working across Latina American film and literature. Her current research focuses on the politics of film through a study of representations of the ethical, political, and practical relationship between women in Latin American fiction film. 

A specialist in German cinema and culture, Ute has published on a range of screen-related topics, including an editorial collaboration with Lisa Purse: Mediating War and Identity: Figures of Transgression in 20th- and 21st-century War Representation (Edinburgh UP, 2020).