FOCUS: Forum on Film and Screen Media Theories

FOCUS is a permanent forum of scholars, research students, postdoctoral researchers, visiting fellows and guest speakers in the Department of Film and Screen Media at University College Cork.

FOCUS supports the study and development of critical, theoretical and methodological approaches to film and new media texts, genres and formats. It is a space for dialogical reflection where the moving image is considered all at once in its specificity and in relation to broad interdisciplinary discourses. FOCUS seeks to participate in and respond to current debates, and to produce original ideas and approaches.

FOCUS is inclusive and generative. It supports the individual researcher’s development within a dynamic group ecology. It coordinates regular theory reading sessions, organizes research events, and creates opportunities for interdisciplinary and intercultural debate.

FOCUS Convenor: Professor Laura Rascaroli, Department of Film and Screen Media

FOCUS Deputy: Humberto Saldanha, PhD candidate, Department of Film and Screen Media

Core members 2019–2020:

Sandra Costello

Michael Holly

James Mulvey

Jill Murphy

Dan O’Connell

Laura Rascaroli

Humberto Saldanha