Evans, Nicola J.
Faculty Member
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Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts
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Colloquium for Research into Texts, Identities and Cultures
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School of the Arts, English and Media
Overview
Overview
After graduating from Oxford with a degree in English Literature, I became a research assistant in public health at the University of Sydney. I won a fellowship to the Annenberg School for Communication, California where I wrote a dissertation on cross-border identities in film and literature under the incomparable supervision of James R Beniger and Tanja Modleski. After completing my PhD., I received a postdoctoral fellowship to study public space at the University of Pennsylvania. I then took a position as Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and Culture at Indiana University, Bloomington where I designed a range of courses on film, identity, literary theory and social and cultural movements. I moved to the University of Wollongong in 2002.
Research Overview
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I am interested in how media emerge and how they die, tracking the beginnings of drone cinema on the one hand and the changes in the material book, on the other. An interest in the lifespan of media is the latest expression of a longstanding fascination with time in cinema and literature. It has produced articles on ageing and action film, time and suffering in the work of Lars von Trier, and an edited collection of essays on the trajectories of the modern literary career.
I am also researching in animal studies, a site where my experience working in science and in the humanities is useful. A current project supported by a Faculty grant is designing a new cross-disciplinary subject entitled Interspecies Cooperation: Artists, Scientists and Animals. The subject aims to give students in the humanities and students in science the opportunity to study each other’s approach to the environment and to collaborate on projects benefiting the lives of animals.
Publications
Selected Publications
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Funding
Investigator On
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| 2018 | Awarded by: Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects |
Supervision
Potential Supervision Topics
- I would be pleased to supervise projects in drone research, animal studies and cinema.
Advisees
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Graduate Advising Relationship
Degree Research Title Advisee Doctor of Philosophy Actors and Networks : Mapping the Patterns of Disruption in New Media and Communication Technologies Vettoretto, Ren Doctor of Creative Arts The Horse-Human Bond in Literature: Healing Metaphors and Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse Kroll, Jeri Master of Philosophy Spinsters, Sleuths and Snoops: Depictions of Culturally Invisible Older Women as Amateur Sleuths Wilder, Sandra Doctor of Philosophy Representation of Ageing Breitsameter, Alexandra
Overview
Research Areas
Research Overview
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I am interested in how media emerge and how they die, tracking the beginnings of drone cinema on the one hand and the changes in the material book, on the other. An interest in the lifespan of media is the latest expression of a longstanding fascination with time in cinema and literature. It has produced articles on ageing and action film, time and suffering in the work of Lars von Trier, and an edited collection of essays on the trajectories of the modern literary career.
I am also researching in animal studies, a site where my experience working in science and in the humanities is useful. A current project supported by a Faculty grant is designing a new cross-disciplinary subject entitled Interspecies Cooperation: Artists, Scientists and Animals. The subject aims to give students in the humanities and students in science the opportunity to study each other’s approach to the environment and to collaborate on projects benefiting the lives of animals.
Publications
Selected Publications
Editor Of
Funding
Investigator On
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2018 | Awarded by: Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects |
Supervision
Potential Supervision Topics
- I would be pleased to supervise projects in drone research, animal studies and cinema.
Advisees
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Graduate Advising Relationship
Degree Research Title Advisee Doctor of Philosophy Actors and Networks : Mapping the Patterns of Disruption in New Media and Communication Technologies Vettoretto, Ren Doctor of Creative Arts The Horse-Human Bond in Literature: Healing Metaphors and Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse Kroll, Jeri Master of Philosophy Spinsters, Sleuths and Snoops: Depictions of Culturally Invisible Older Women as Amateur Sleuths Wilder, Sandra Doctor of Philosophy Representation of Ageing Breitsameter, Alexandra
