Newcastle University

Background

Originally from Tipperary in Ireland, I joined Newcastle University in January 2012 from Queen Mary, University of London where I taught on a wide range of modules in Film Studies and Comparative Literature and where I completed my PhD.

Qualifications

PhD 'Political Engagement in the French Fiction Film 1968-2008', Queen Mary, University of London, 2011

MA 'Identity and Representation' (French), Queen Mary, Univeristy of London, 2006

BA English and French, Queen Mary, University of London, 2005  

Undergraduate

FRE2005: Classic French Cinema (Module Leader)

SML1021: Introduction to International Film

Postgraduate

FMS8359: Professional Placement (Module Leader)

FMS8055: Approaches to Film History and Theory

FMS8355: Stars: Systems, Theories, Nations

SEL8360: Research and Development 2

Research Interests

My work centres on French cinema, especially from the Nouvelle Vague period onwards.

Current Projects

I am currently working on journal articles on the French artistic collective Kourtrajme and on the notion of performance in the films of Abdellatif Kechiche. In the medium term, I am developing a project which will examine representations of Marseille on screen with a particular focus on the work of Robert Guediguian.

• Morrissey J. Paris and voyages of self-discovery in Cléo de 5 à 7 and Le Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain. Studies in French Cinema 2008, 8(2), 99-110.
• Morrissey J. “In the Ghetto”: Space, Race and Marginalization in French and British “Urban” Films La Haine and Bullet Boy. In: Mazdon, L., Wheatley, C, ed. Je t'aime...moi non plus: Franco British Cinematic Relations. New York; Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2010, pp.255-267.
• Morrissey J. Book Review: The Films of Luc Besson: Master of Spectacle edited by Susan Hayward and Phil Powrie. French Studies 2008, 62(4), 507-508.
• Morrissey J. Book Review: France at the Flicks: Trends in Contemporary French Cinema edited by D Waldron and I Vanderschelden. French Studies 2009, 63(1), 116-117.