Gemma King

Gemma King is DECRA Fellow and Senior Lecturer in French at the Australian National University's School of Literature, Languages & Linguistics. Her ARC DECRA project 'Sign on Screen' (2023-2026) investigates sign language representation in global cinema through Deaf-hearing collaboration, partnering with Deaf Connect and the National Film and Sound Archive.

Research explores:

• Sign language representation and Deaf perspectives in film/television
• Multilingualism and power dynamics in French/Francophone cinema
• Disability and postcolonial representation on screen
• Intersections of language, identity, and cultural production

Authored works include:

• Decentring France: Multilingualism and Power in Contemporary French Cinema (2017)
• Jacques Audiard (2021) in Manchester University Press's French Filmmakers series

Professional roles:

• President of Australian Society for French Studies
• Editorial Board: Contemporary French Civilization, Australian Journal of French Studies
• Steering Committee: Diversity and Decolonization in the French Curriculum Collective

Supervision includes 8 doctoral candidates working on sign language documentary, Australian disability studies, and multilingual cinema.