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Senior Lecturer in French Studies, ARC DECRA Fellow in Screen Studies, Australian National University

Gemma King is Senior Lecturer in French at the Australian National University. Her research focuses on contemporary francophone cinemas and museums, as well as transnational screen cultures. From 2023-2026, she will be an ARC DECRA Fellow on the project ‘Sign on Screen: Language, Culture and Power in Sign Language Cinemas’. She is the author of the books Decentring France: Multilingualism and Power in Contemporary French Cinema (Manchester University Press, 2017) and Jacques Audiard (2021), a volume in Manchester UP’s French Film Directors series.

Experience

  • 2020–present
    Senior Lecturer in French Studies, Australian National University
  • 2016–2019
    Lecturer in French Studies, Australian National University

Education

  • 2015 
    University of Melbourne, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle- Paris 3, PhD in Film and French Studies (Cotutelle)

Publications

  • 2021
    Jacques Audiard, Manchester University Press
  • 2017
    Decentring France: Multilingualism and Power in Contemporary French Cinema, Manchester University Press

Grants and Contracts

  • 2023
    DECRA (Discovery Early Career Researcher Award)
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Australian Research Council