Katarina Zabecka (PhD Candidate)
Thesis title: Identity and Belonging in Contemporary Film Encounters
PhD in Film Studies
Year of study: 2
- Film Studies
- School of Literatures, Languages, and Cultures
Contact details
- Email: s1683307@ed.ac.uk
PhD supervisors:
Availability
I study part-time so my response time might be longer than usual.
Background
- started PhD in Film Studies in September 2023, funded by the College Research Award
- hosted and produced the Edinburgh Film Podcast between 2018-2022
- attended the Film-Philosophy conference in 2019 and contributed to the Cinematologists Podcast coverage of the conference
- completed MSc in Film Studies in 2018 with a 1st class degree
- completed BA (Hons) Media Studies with a 1st
Qualifications
MSc Film Studies, University of Edinburgh
BA (Hons) Media Studies, University of Brighton
Research summary
- identity, belonging
- emotions, cognition
- sociology, social psychology, film-philosophy
- auteur studies, audience and spectatorship
- special effects and spectacle
- history of Hollywood, film remakes
- European (mainly Czech, Slovak, UK), American cinema, cinema of New Zealand