- Senior Lecturer in Digital Media Production, University of Westminster
Dr. Alexander Sergeant lectures at the University of Westminster. He is an acclaimed film historian and theorist, with research expertise in the history of Hollywood cinema, fantasy media, popular animation, psychoanalysis and film theory.
His research has been twice nominated by the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS), first for his co-edited collection Fantasy/Animation: Connections between Media, Mediums and Genres (Routledge, 2018 – nominated for ‘Best Collection’) and, more recently, for Encountering the Impossible: The Fantastic in Hollywood Fantasy Cinema (SUNY Press, 2021 – nominated for ‘Best First Monograph’).
He is the co-founder of fantasy-animation.org and co-host of the Fantasy/Animation podcast.
Experience
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2024–presentLecturer in Digital Media Production, University of Westminster
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2019–2024Senior Lecturer in Film & Media Studies, University of Portsmouth
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2017–2019Lecturer in Film & Media Theory, Bournemouth University
Education
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2017King's College London, PhD Film Studies
Publications
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2021Encountering the Impossible: The Fantastic in Hollywood Fantasy Cinema, SUNY Press
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2018Fantasy/Animation: Connections Between Media, Mediums and Genres, Routledge
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- Location: London, UK
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