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Professor Stephanie Dennison

  • Position: Professor of Brazilian Studies
  • Areas of expertise: Brazilian Cultural Studies with special emphasis on contemporary film culture; World Cinema theory, including transnational film theory; 19th-century Brazilian history of ideas; Latin American cinema
  • Email: S.Dennison@leeds.ac.uk
  • Phone: +44(0)113 343 3523
  • Location: 218 Michael Sadler

Profile

I'm originally from Northern Ireland but have lived between England and Brazil for most of my post-teenage years. After a brief stint teaching Portuguese and Spanish at the University of Liverpool, I joined the University of Leeds in 1994 where I currently hold a Chair in Brazilian Studies. I held a Leverhulme-funded International Academic Fellowship at the Multimeios Dept of UNICAMP, Brazil in 2015 and a Macpesquisa-funded Visiting Professorship on the Cultural History programme of Mackenzie Presbyterian University, also in Brazil. I am President of ABIL, the Association of Lusitanists of Great Britain and Ireland, and I am a founding member of REBRAC, a European network of Brazilianists working in Cultural Studies. I am a member of the Modern Languages sub-panel for REF2021.

I have published a number of books on Brazilian, Latin American and World Cinema. My latest  single-authored book, Remapping Brazilian Film Culture in the 21st Century, was published by Routledge in 2020. I was Primary Investigator and Co-investigator respectively on AHRC-funded projects Soft Power, Cinema and the BRICS and Voicing Hidden Histories, and I have published articles and book chapters and produced short films related to these projects.

Responsibilities

  • Director of Centre for World Cinema and Digital Cultures

Research interests

I am interested in film culture as it is broadly understood, particularly, though not exclusively, in the contemporary period, and particularly as it is manifested in Brazil. I am also interested in new approaches to cultural studies, and especially popular culture.

<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Any research projects I'm currently working on will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>

Qualifications

  • BA Hons Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, King's College, London
  • PhD Hispanic Studies, University of Liverpool

Professional memberships

  • ABIL (Association of Lusitanists of Great Britain and Ireland). President of the Association.
  • REBRAC (Rede Europeia de Brasilianistas de Analise Cultural). Founding member.

Student education

  • Portuguese content modules (all levels)
  • Final Year Projects (Brazilian topics)
  • Intercultural Studies (MA)
  • Film Studies (MA and u/g)
  • Translation (MA)

Research groups and institutes

  • Cinema and Television
  • Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American
  • Digital cultures
  • The Camões Centre for Portuguese Language
  • Fusão
  • Cultural studies
  • Network for Hispanic and Lusophone Cultural Studies

Current postgraduate researchers

<h4>Postgraduate research opportunities</h4> <p>We welcome enquiries from motivated and qualified applicants from all around the world who are interested in PhD study. Our <a href="https://phd.leeds.ac.uk">research opportunities</a> allow you to search for projects and scholarships.</p>