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I have supervised a number of PhDs to completion and am happy to discuss proposals with prospective PhD applicants. My main interests are in the socio-economic, political and institutional structures that underpin cultural production and reception, rather than in reading representations textually. These include the constructions of national/cultural imaginaries in film and other media forms; film festival spaces and cultures; cosmopolitanism and film; diasporic or exilic cinema; historiographical approaches. Geographical focus: East and Southeast Asia, before, during and after European colonisation.
I am a Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies, having arrived in Manchester in 2008 to join the Research Institute for Cosmopolitan Cultures as a Research Fellow in Film, Media and Transnational Cultures, by way of a PhD at Nottingham (2003-07) and a Research Associate at the Centre for Media Research, at the University of Ulster (2005-08) in Coleraine, Northern Ireland.
I am currently Head of Drama & Film.
My research can be mapped onto three main strands:
1. Film and cultural historiography, especially the socio-economic conditions for cultural production, reception and exhibition, and equally, their suppression. I am particularly interested in marginalised (even 'forgotten') texts and practices, and the politics of knowledge production (or repression).
2. Curation/programming (practice) as research. I continue to explore through the work of the Chinese Film Forum UK the creative possibilities for collaboration between academic institutions and cultural sector partners in initiating and supporting impact-driven research.
3. Fairly new area of research exploring the socio-economic histories of cinemagoing, as they intersect with the architectural histories and socio-cultural geographies of cinema buildings (including mobile and temporary cinema venues).
Shortly after my arrival in Manchester in 2008, I met likeminded individuals and we then proceeded to form a research network called the Chinese Film Forum UK, in collaboration with colleagues from Manchester Metropolitan University, the University of Salford, the Confucius Institute at the University of Manchester, the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Art (previously, Chinese Arts Centre) and HOME (previously, Cornerhouse). The Forum has largely succeeded in its aims to broaden the research into and widen the audience for Chinese cinemas in Manchester, the Northwest, and the UK as a whole. Between 2012 and 2014, it was a recipient of an AHRC Research Network grant.
Today the Chinese Film Forum UK continues its work, with an annual Chinese New Year film screening, as well as organising and delivering curated film seasons, introduced screenings and Q&As, and talks and academic symposia. An overview of its past programme can be viewed on the HOME website.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Doctor of Philosophy, In Search of a Comparative Poetics: Cultural Translatability in Transnational Chinese Cinemas, University of Nottingham
Award Date: 1 Jul 2007
External Examiner, MA Film, TV and Moving Image programme, The University of Westminster
2021 → 2025
External Examiner, BA Film Programme, University of East London
2016 → 2020
Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
1 Apr 2013 → 1 Jul 2013
Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Chan, F. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
Chan, F. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
Chan, F. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
Chan, F. (Associate editor)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review › Research
Chan, F. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Research
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