Dr Maria Flood PhD
Senior Lecturer in World Cinema Languages, Cultures and Film
Professional Activities
Conference Roles
- Oblique Intimacy: Moonlight (2016) - LGBT, Queer, or Quare? at English and Related Literatures Seminar Series, by Invitation (University of York)
- Radical Screens: The Making of the Terrorist at Gender and Extremism, by Invitation (Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX), University of Oslo)
- Book Launch and Discussion: The Battle of Algiers, by Invitation (Aarus University, Denmark, 2021 - present)
- Between the Universal and the Specific: The Critical Reception of Moonlight as Coming-of-Age Drama at BAFTSS Annual Conference (2021 - present)
- Talal Derki’s Of Fathers and Sons (2018): The Horror of the Intimate at The Figure of the Terrorist in Literature, Film and Media (University of Zurich, Switzerland, 2019 - present)
- Intimate Enemies: Filming Jihadis in Contemporary Documentary Film’ at Intimate Enemies: Filming Jihadis in Contemporary Documentary Film, by Invitation (National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Otago, Dunedin, 2019 - present)
- Tragedy in Timbuktu: The Poetics and Politics of Negative Affect in Timbuktu and Salafistes at French Research Seminar, Corpus Christi College, by Invitation (Cambridge University, 2019 - present)
- The Battle of Algiers and May 1968, by Invitation (Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham, 2018 - present)
- The Figure of the Terrorist in Literature, Film and Media (Zurich, 2019 - present)
- Lost Warrior: Film Screening and Discussion with Directors and Panel at Lost Warrior: Film Screening and Discussion with Directors and Panel (Keele Hall, 2019 - present)
Editorships
- Studies in French Cinema (Co-Editor, 2019 - present)
Event Roles
- International Women’s Day, Keele Chapel. at ‘#MeToo, ‘Me Too’, and the Wicked Problem of Sexual Harassment’., Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, International Women’s Day, Keele Chapel., 2020 - present)
- Talal Derki’s Of Fathers and Sons (2018): The Horror of the Intimate at Talal Derki’s Of Fathers and Sons (2018), Keynote/Plenary (Film Screening, Houdini Cinema, Zurich, 2019 - present)
- Lost Warrior: Film Screening and Discussion with Directors and Panel at Lost Warrior: Film Screening and Discussion with Directors and Panel (Film Screening, Keele, 2019 - present)
- ‘The Battle of Algiers and May 1968’ at ‘The Battle of Algiers and May 1968’, by Invitation (Film Screening, Panel at the Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham., 2018 - present)
- ‘Humanizing Terror?’ – two film screenings, Timbuktu (dir. Abderrahmane Sissako, 2015) and Les Salafistes (dir. by Lemine M’Salem and François Margolin, 2016) at ‘Humanizing Terror?’ – two film screenings, Timbuktu (dir. Abderrahmane Sissako, 2015) and Les Salafistes (dir. by Lemine M’Salem and François Margolin, 2016) (Film Screening, Cornell University, 2015 - present)
Examination Roles
- University of Bristol, Modern French Studies (UG, 2021)
External Administrative or Committee Roles
- BAFTSS Elected Executive Committee Member, Publication Awards Coordinator (2021 - present)
Grant Application Assessments
- External Post-submission (British Academy, 2018 - present)
Internal Administrative or Committee Roles
- Subject Lead Film Studies (Department, 2022 - present)
- LCF Research Culture & Seminars (Department, 2021 - present)
Media Appearances
- Gender and Film, TRT World (Invited, October 2021)
- Joker and Film Violence, BBC Stoke (Invited, October 2019)
- Film Violence and Hollywood Film, TRT World (Invited, September 2019)
Professional Body Memberships
- (Elected Ordinary Member, 2021 - present)
Publication Reviews
- Reviewer, Invited (Edinburgh University Press, Palgrave Macmillan, Bloomsbury Publishing, Journal of North African Studies, Studies in French Cinema, Francosphères, Cinema: Journal of Philosophy and the Moving Image, Journal of War and Culture Studies, Pre-publication)