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Dr. Austin Fisher is Associate Professor of Popular Culture at Bournemouth University, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and convenor of the Screen Studies Research Group. His research focuses on cultural history and transnational cinemas.
Education:
- PhD in Media Arts, Royal Holloway (2010)
- PGCE in Higher Education, Royal Holloway (2006)
- MA in Literature, Culture and Modernity, Queen Mary University (2001)
- BA (Hons) in English, University of Birmingham (1999)
His expertise spans Italian genre cinema (especially spaghetti westerns and crime films), exploitation cinema, and representations of political violence. He examines cultural exchange in global film industries and curatorial practices in digital media environments. His award-winning book analyzes violence in Italian crime cinema during the 1970s 'Years of Lead'.
Recent publications explore algorithmic curation of horror films, historical reception of blacklisted Westerns, and age representation in action cinema. His research consistently bridges film history with contemporary digital media contexts.
Dr. Fisher currently supervises PhD students researching Nanjing Massacre films and Nollywood horror cinema. He serves on editorial boards for Transnational Screens and Popular West book series.
