Associated Projects
Queer Cinema from Spain and France: the Translation of Desire and the Formation of Transnational Queer Identities
An AHRC-funded project (£282,177) led by Christopher Perriam and Darren Waldron
The project, beginning in February 2012 and lasting 30 months, focuses on the transnational aspects of recent Spanish and French films and filmmakers , foregrounding queer desires, themes and aesthetics. It examines queer film cultures and their audiences in Spain, France and Britain.
Post-Colonial Negotiations: Visualising the Franco-Algerian Relationship in the Post-War Period
An AHRC-funded project (£164,294) led by Joe McGonagle (Manchester) and Edward Welch (Durham)
Associated blog: Images of France and Algeria
Current Research Projects
Peter Cooke is currently completing a monograph entitled Gustave Moreau, from History Painting to Symbolism (the outcome of an AHRC Research Fellowship).
Ursula Tidd is currentlyengaged in a Leverhulme Research Fellowship, working on Jorge Semprún’s screenplays as part of a book project entitled Jorge Semprún: Writing the European Other (to be published in 2013 by Legenfa/MHRSA).
Darren Waldron is writing a book on Jacques Demy for Manchester University Press’s 'French Film Directors' series.