Felicity Chaplin

Dr Felicity Chaplin is a Lecturer and Scholarly Teaching Fellow in French Studies at Monash University, Australia. She holds a PhD from Monash University (2015) and specializes in cinema studies, Parisian cultural history, art, fashion, and celebrity studies. Her work bridges academic research and public engagement, evidenced by her media contributions on topics like the #MeToo movement and film festivals.

Key publications include La Parisienne in cinema: between art and life (2017) and Charlotte Gainsbourg: Transnational and transmedia stardom (2020). She actively contributes to edited volumes, such as the Art of Directing: A Concise Dictionary of France's Film Directors (2023), and reviews contemporary films for outlets like Australian Book Review.

Chaplin leads research projects like Decolonising and Indigenising European Languages at Monash University (2024–present) and Research Beyond Autonomy: Understanding How New Social, Scientific and Technological Influences are Shaping the Future of Freedom (2020). She advises graduate research in French Studies and has supervised projects on Marcel Proust's cinematic legacy. Her work intersects with UN Sustainable Development Goals related to cultural preservation and education quality.

Awarded Faculty seed funding for education initiatives (2024), she emphasizes pedagogical innovation in European languages. Her research explores transnational stardom, post-#MeToo cultural shifts, and the interplay between art, fashion, and film in Parisian contexts.