Projects per year
Organisation profile
British Film and Television Studies has been one of the department’s established research themes for several decades. It is one of the things the UEA is best known for.
We are interested in the history of these media industries, particularly how British cinema and TV relate to debates around (for example) genre, authorship, gender and technological change.
Our long-standing strengths in this area have been supported by over £1.5 million in major research grants from the Arts and Humanities Research Council on British cinema in the 1960s, colour in British film, and British television comedy.
We regularly collaborate with the BFI, Studio Canal UK and Network Distributing on events and DVD releases. We also work closely with the East Anglian Film Archive (EAFA) and their collection of local and regional film and television, most recently digitising over 140 short amateur films produced and/or directed by women filmmakers between the 1920s and 1990s.
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Keith M Johnston
- School of Art, Media and American Studies - Professor of Film & Television Studies
- Comics Studies Research Group - Member
- British Cinema & Television - Member
- Film, Television and Media - Member
- CreativeUEA - Steering Committee Member
Person: Research Group Member, Research Centre Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
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Melanie Williams
- School of Art, Media and American Studies - Professor
- Interdisciplinary Institute for the Humanities - Professor
- Legible / Visible - Member
- British Cinema & Television - Member
- Film, Television and Media - Member
Person: Research Group Member, Research Group Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
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Empowering Archivists: Applying New Tools and Approaches for Better Representation of Women in Audio-Visual Collections
Johnston, K. M., Costa, F., Richardson, L., Williams, M. & Kelly, S.
Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/11/23 → 31/10/24
Project: Research
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AHRC Impact Acceleration Account
Jowitt, C., Johnston, K. M., Kassim, H. & Vincent, N.
Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/04/22 → 31/03/25
Project: Other
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The Invisible Women – Developing a Feminist Approach to Film Archive Metadata and Cataloguing
Johnston, K. M., Graham, A., Kelly, S., Richardson, L., Richardson, L., Williams, M. & Frith, P.
Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/08/21 → 31/03/24
Project: Research
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A Taste of Honey
Williams, M., 20 Apr 2023, Bloomsbury. 104 p. (BFI Film Classics)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Back into focus: Women filmmakers, the amateur trade press and 1960s British amateur cinema
Johnston, K. M., 20 May 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Gender and History.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Downloads (Pure) -
Beyond “The Exhibition Straight-Jacket”: How British amateur film clubs created an alternative distribution and exhibition network, 1923-1933
Johnston, K. M. & Frith, P., 11 Feb 2023, In: Film History. 34, 3, p. 46-70 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prizes
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Bill Douglas Cinema Museum Visiting Researcher Stipend
Williams, Melanie (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Community University Engagement individual Media and Communications Award
Williams, Melanie (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Fellow of Royal Historical Society
Williams, Melanie (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Election to learned society
Activities
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Vertigo 65 International Conference
Melanie Williams (Keynote/plenary speaker)
22 Aug 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Norwich Film Festival (External organisation)
Keith M Johnston (Chair)
Jul 2023 → …Activity: Membership › Social or cultural organisation
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Doing Women's Film and Television History 6
Melanie Williams (Speaker)
16 Jun 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Press/Media
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Life, art and drama in the kitchen for BBC Free Thinking
15/06/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Interview on A Taste of Honey (BFI Film Classic) for Writers on Film podcast
24/04/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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