Dr Yannis Tzioumakis Ph.D, MA, Ptycheion (BA equivalent)
Reader in Film and Media Industries Communication and Media
- +44 (0)151 794 2897 Ext. 42897
- Work email Y.Tzioumakis@liverpool.ac.uk
- Personal Websitehttp://www.yannistzioumakis.com
Professional Activities
Conference Roles
- The Independent Film Project and the Mainstreaming of American Independent Cinema, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Independent States Conference, 2014)
- The End of Indiewood or Its Further Integration with Hollywood? “The Great Studio Pullback” of the l, by Invitation (University of Exeter Research Seminar, 2013)
- Dirty Dancing and American Independent Cinema, by Invitation (University of Bourgogne, France, 2013)
- An Accidental Experiment: Dirty Dancing (1987) and the Convergence between Hollywood and American In, by Invitation (Goldsmiths University Research Seminar, 2013)
- “Inventing Indiewood: Dirty Dancing (1987) between Corporate Hollywood and American Independent Cine, by Invitation (University of Glamorgan Research Seminar, 2012)
- A Cinema of Games: Narration and the Con Game Film”, , by Invitation (School of Theatre and Musicology, University of Crete, Rethymnon, Greece , 2012)
- The Complications of Independence: Specialty Filmmaking in the Age of Studio Divisions, by Invitation (University of Portsmouth Research Seminar, 2012)
- American Independent Cinema and the First Wave of Classics Divisions, by Invitation (Oxford Brookes University Research Seminar, 2011)
- The Con Artist Film Outside Hollywood: Regional Variations of An American Genre, by Invitation (University of Liverpool Research Seminar, 2009)
- Conning all over the world:Con artist and con game films outside Hollywood, by Invitation (The University of Salford Research Seminar, 2008)
- Adapting Oleanna for Screen: Independent Cinema and Film Adaptation, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Belgian Luxemburg American Studies Association and the Language and Literature Department of the Vrije Universiteit Brussels: Crossings - David Mamet's Work in Different Media and Genres conference, 2008)
- How American Independent Cinema can be used to debate questions of academic freedom, by Invitation (Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, 2008)
Editorships
- Transnational Cinemas (Advisory Board Member, 2014 - present)
- Journal of Greek Media and Culture (Editorial Board Member, 2013 - present)
- ReFocus book series (Advisory Board Member, 2013 - present)
- American Indies (Book Series Co-editor, 2006 - present)
Examination Roles
- University of Glasgow, PhD (2014)
- University of Glamorgan, MPhil (2012)
- University of Portsmouth, MA (PGT, 2012)
- European University Institute, PhD (2010)
- University of Reading, PhD (2008)
Organisations I have been associated with
- Faculty of Literature and Philosophy (2013)
Professional Body Memberships
- Society for Cinema and Media Studies (Member)
- Society for Cinema and Media Studies (Programming Committee Member, 2013 - 2014)
- Media Industries Scholarly Interest Group (Member, 2011 - present)
- Cinecosa (Member, 2010 - present)
Other Administrative or Committee Roles
- Director of Postgraduate Research, School of the Arts (since 1 September 2017)
- Director of Postgraduate Research, Department of Communication and Media (Dec 2010 - Aug 2012 and Aug 2013 - Aug 2017)
- Exchange Student Coordinator, Department of Communication and Media (2010-2016)
- Academic Lead for Postgraduate Research in the School of the Arts (Jan-Dec 2011)
- Postgraduate Research Coordinator (Recruitment), School of the Arts (Jan 2012-Aug 2013)