Grazia Ingravalle

Grazia Ingravalle serves as Senior Lecturer in Film Studies within the School of Languages, Linguistics and Film at Queen Mary University of London. Her academic profile centers on film and media theory through the lens of audio-visual archives, with decade-long research on institutions including the BFI National Archive and George Eastman Museum. She critically examines cinema's transition from analogue to digital while interrogating colonial legacies in film heritage, holding leadership roles as Vice-President of Domitor (International Society for the Study of Early Cinema) and Trustee for Learning on Screen.

Her research interests prioritize Colonial Cinema, Postcolonial Studies, and Film Archives/Museums, extending to Early/Silent Cinema, Digital Remix, and Found Footage Documentary. She investigates how archival practices shape historical narratives, particularly regarding colonial films from British India, exploring ethical dimensions of preservation and display. Current work focuses on cinema as colonial visual medium and circulation of 'difficult heritage,' bridging historical film studies with digital humanities methodologies to challenge traditional historiography.

Recent publications reveal consistent engagement with decolonizing film archives and material transformations in digital curation. Key trends include algorithmic remix practices, provenance research in silent film collections, and postcolonial critiques of colonial film heritage. Her work demonstrates how digital technologies reshape archival access while exposing power dynamics in film historiography, with significant contributions appearing in Screen, Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, and The Moving Image.

Scientific recognition includes:

• Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (2017-2021)
• BAFTSS Honorable Mention for Screen article (2019)
• Screen's 'Article with Impact' (2019 most-read article)

Dr. Ingravalle actively supervises PhD candidates Poorvi Gaur (researching 'Planning Films for Family Planning' in India's Films Division) and Xiaoxin Cheng (mapping British Chinese screen identities), welcoming new students in film history, archival studies, and decolonial approaches. Her Leverhulme Fellowship supported groundbreaking research on archival curatorship, detailed in her monograph Archival Film Curatorship (Amsterdam University Press, 2023).

Professional engagement includes editorial work for The Moving Image's Digital Humanities special issue and advisory roles in Domitor and Learning on Screen, fostering international collaboration in early cinema studies and UK academic media resources. She contributes to decolonizing curricula through courses like FLM4205 Decolonising Approaches to Film Analysis, connecting archival theory with contemporary critical practice.