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Caroline Eades is a Professor of French and Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Maryland, with an additional role as Affiliate Professor in Classics. She holds a PhD in Film Studies from the Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris III and has taught at the University of Grenoble, USC, and UC Santa Barbara. Her research focuses on Film Studies, Cultural Studies, French and Francophone Studies, Postcolonialism, European Cinema, and Film Feminist Theory, with a particular emphasis on mythological adaptations and postcolonial narratives. Her notable works include Le Cinéma post-colonial français (2006) and Cinéma et Mythologie (2021), alongside numerous book chapters and articles on filmmakers like Agnès Varda, Theo Angelopoulos, and Christophe Honoré.
Her academic trajectory includes contributions to journals such as CinémAction and Revue de Littérature Comparée, with recent work analyzing contemporary French cinema’s engagement with colonial history and mythological reinterpretations. She has also co-edited The Essay Film: Dialogue, Politics, Utopia (2016) and explored transnational cinema through studies of Jean-Jacques Annaud’s Wolf Totem. Her research bridges film theory, cultural history, and interdisciplinary approaches to narrative and symbolism.
Caroline Eades’ publications frequently address themes of cultural memory, political cinema, and the intersection of mythological traditions with modern storytelling. Her work on Greek director Theo Angelopoulos examines the filmmaker’s use of circular narratives and mythological motifs to explore political and historical themes. She has also critiqued the representation of colonial legacies in French cinema, emphasizing visual and narrative strategies that confront postcolonial identities.
