Edward Bowen

Edward Bowen is an Assistant Professor of Italian at the University of Kansas, affiliated with the Department of Italian under the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. His research spans Italian film history, film exhibition, urban politics, and contemporary Italian culture, aligning with the New Cinema History subfield. He explores film exhibition practices, cinema as political spaces, and spectator-venue relationships.

• Ph.D. in Italian, Indiana University
• M.A. in Italian, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• M.A. in History, Wake Forest University
• B.A. in History, James Madison University

Bowen co-edited the forthcoming Film Exhibition: The Italian Context (Oxford: Legenda, 2024) and contributed a chapter on Giovanni Amati's cinema chain. His recent publications analyze historical film practices, urban cinema dynamics, and cultural narratives through interdisciplinary lenses. Awards include the Jessie Marie Senor Cramer & Ann Cramer Root Research and Teaching Award (2023).

Teaching interests include Italian language, cinema, literature, migration, and urban studies. Courses like Cinematic Rome and Mafia Movies are cross-listed with Film & Media Studies. He co-directed the Summer Language Institute in Florence and mentors students in internships and scholarships in Italy.