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Gemma King is a Senior Lecturer in French Studies and ARC DECRA Fellow in Screen Studies at the Australian National University, affiliated with the School of Literature, Languages & Linguistics. Her research spans contemporary screen and museum studies, with a focus on francophone and multilingual film, sign language representation, and disability on screen. She leads the ARC-funded project ‘Sign on Screen’ (2023–2026), exploring sign language in global cinema through Deaf-hearing collaboration.
She holds a PhD from a cotutelle between the University of Melbourne and Université Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3, and a Diploma in Auslan from Deaf Connect. Her key publications include Decentring France: Multilingualism and Power in Contemporary French Cinema (2017) and Jacques Audiard (2021). Her research interests include transnational cinema, multilingualism, Deaf studies, postcolonial representation, and language and power.
Her recent articles reflect a strong trend in disability and screen studies, particularly the politics of sign language in film, Deaf empowerment, and the critique of linguistic hierarchies in Hollywood. She also publishes on French film, border narratives, and museum memory.
Gemma King has received the ARC DECRA award and seven teaching awards. She is President of the Australian Society for French Studies and Editor of the Australian Journal of French Studies. She supervises multiple PhD and MPhil students on topics related to disability, film, and French cultural studies.
She is actively involved in research leadership, serving on editorial boards for Contemporary French Civilization, New Directions in Francophone Studies, and French and Francophone Filmmakers. She also contributes to public scholarship through The Conversation and media engagement.
