Rebecca Harrison
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Education
2009–Present:PhD, UCL
Interior Spaces and Cultural Places: British Film and Trains in Motion
In my thesis I aim to produce an original cultural history of the British train interior and its relationship with the moving image. I explore both the train carriage and the cinema geographically and haptically in an interdisciplinary study that engages with constructed space and its inhabitation by individuals and groups. My primary research is integrated with theoretical understandings of subjects as diverse as film studies, history, geography and design.
2008-2009:MA Film Studies (Distinction), University College London
As part of my course I took modules including theories and practices of film, British war-time cinema and Russian and Nordic cinemas. My study culminated in a dissertation entitled An Uncanny Invasion: Foreign Filmmakers and Cinematic London in the ‘Swinging’ Sixties (supervised by Dr. Jann Matlock) which explored the relationship between foreign directors and the city as a gendered space.
2005-2008:BA Hons. Media Arts (First Class), Royal Holloway
My undergraduate course focused on the interplay between both the practice and theory of film, giving me valuable experience in academic and filmmaking situations.
2003-2005:A Levels, Maidstone Girls’ Grammar School
A Levels: Drama and Theatre Studies (A), English Literature (A),
Media Studies (A)
AS Levels: Art (B), General Studies (A)
Publications
‘Haunted Screens and Spiritual Scenes: Film as a Medium in the Cinema of Carl Theodor Dreyer,’ Scandinavica 48, no. 1 (2009): 31-36
Awards and Scholarships
2010-13: AHRC, University College London
Other Research Interests
2009-Present:I have been involved in the formation of the ‘Autopsies’ research group at University College London, which as part of the Film
Studies Space (coordinated by Dr. Jann Matlock and Dr. Lee Grieveson) won a UCL Challenges Research Grant. I participate in reading groups and public events exploring the cinematic medium as an afterlife for dead objects, as well as contributing to the formation of the group’s online identity.
Employment
Oct 2010—: Research Assistant, the UCL Film Studies Space
Other Activities
2009: Youth Jury President, Athens International Film Festival
I sat on the jury which determined the three main prizes at the festival and presented them at the closing ceremony.
2008-2009:MA Film Studies Student Representative
I attended staff meetings to discuss concerns and feedback from students on the course.
2002-2004:Dance Teaching Assistant
I assisted teachers at my local dance school in coaching small groups of children aged 6-12.
References available upon request.