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Daniela Treveri Gennari serves as Professor of Cinema Studies and Research Lead at Oxford Brookes University's School of Arts, where she mentors junior colleagues, supervises early-career researchers, and shapes institutional research strategy. She concurrently chairs the Creative Industries Network linking academia and industry and co-directs the Centre of Research in the Arts (CoRA).
Her academic foundation includes a PhD in Film Studies from the University of Warwick. Her research centers on cinema audiences, exhibition practices, and film programming in post-war Europe—particularly Italy—using oral history and digital humanities methodologies to explore collective memory and cultural identity through cinematic experiences.
Analysis of her recent publications reveals a cohesive interdisciplinary trajectory combining film history, cultural geography, and digital tools. Key emerging trends include emotional geographies of cinema spaces, comparative transnational audience studies, and innovative participatory methods engaging older adults with cinematic heritage through visual research techniques.
Her scientific recognition includes:
- AHRC Standard Research Grant (2018) for 'European Cinema Audiences'
- AHRC Follow-on Funding Impact & Engagement (2016)
- Riksbankens Jubileumsfond Grant (2016)
- British Academy/Leverhulme Fellowship (2015)
- AHRC Research Grant (2012)
- British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship (2011)
Professor Treveri Gennari supervises PhD candidates on diasporic cinema memories, post-war Italian film production, and photographic language while leading major funded projects including the £259,465 AHRC grant 'Women in Italian Film Production' (2023-2026). Her public engagement initiatives like Bari's 'Sapore di Sale' transform abandoned cinemas into community heritage sites through intergenerational dialogue.
She founded the Audience Research Group (TAP) and coordinates the international HoMER Network, fostering collaboration through centers like CoRA and the Film Studies Research Unit. Her current 'European Cinema Audiences' project involves Oxford Brookes, Ghent University, and De Montfort University in documenting 1950s film cultures across national borders.
