Gemma King

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Gemma King is a cultural studies scholar and Senior Lecturer of French at the Australian National University. Her research focuses on contemporary screen and museum studies, specialising in francophone and multilingual film and representations of disability on screen. From 2023-2026, she is an ARC DECRA Fellow on the project ‘Sign on Screen’ about films and series in sign language. She is the author of the books Decentring France: Multilingualism and Power in Contemporary French Cinema (Manchester University Press, 2017) and Jacques Audiard (2021), a volume in Manchester’s French and Francophone Filmmakers series.

Experience

  • 2020–present
    Senior Lecturer in French Studies, Australian National University
  • 2016–2019
    Lecturer in French Studies, Australian National University

Education

  • 2015 
    University of Melbourne, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle- Paris 3, PhD in Film and French Studies (Cotutelle)

Grants and Contracts

  • 2023
    DECRA (Discovery Early Career Researcher Award)
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Australian Research Council

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