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Dr Isabelle McNeill serves as Associate Professor in French and Film at the University of Cambridge's Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics, holding dual appointments as Philomathia Fellow and Trinity Hall Fellow since 2005. Her institutional affiliations include the Cambridge Film Trust (which she co-founded and chairs) and MAI: A Journal of Feminism and Visual Culture (where she serves on the board).
Her research spans cinematic memory, urban space, girlhood studies, and feminist media theory. Key thematic clusters include:
- Digital transformations in French cinema and memory practices
- Spatial politics in banlieue representations
- Feminist craft methodologies in academic practice
- Cinematic rooftops and aerial perspectives in Paris
McNeill's recent publications reveal evolving focus from digital-era memory studies toward spatial justice in contemporary French cinema, with increasing attention to drone cinematography, housing precarity, and girlhood narratives. Her work consistently bridges theoretical rigor with creative practice through the Tactics and Praxis collective.
Her scholarly recognition includes:
- Philomathia Fellowship
- Guest editorship of MAI's 'Feminist Craft' issue (2021)
- Co-founding the Cambridge Film Festival
As an educator, she supervises PhD research on slow cinema, cinematic selfhood, and gesture studies while teaching undergraduate papers on memory/immigration, Nouvelle Vague, and Agnès Varda. Her collaborative project Tactics and Praxis explores feminist academic practice through creative interventions, reflecting her commitment to ethical institutional engagement.
