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Dr. Libby Saxton is a Reader in Film at Queen Mary University of London, affiliated with the School of Languages, Linguistics and Film and the Film Studies Department. She holds a BA, MPhil, and PhD in relevant fields. Her research focuses on intersections between film, photography, ethics, and political violence, particularly the Holocaust and colonial systems. She co-leads the Centre for Film and Ethics, fostering collaborations with academic and non-academic partners. Her work bridges Francophone cinema and Anglophone scholarship, emphasizing visual ethics and iconic imagery.
Education: BA, MPhil, PhD (degrees not specified in full).
Research interests include:
- Cinema and ethical representation
- Iconicity in still and moving images
- Memory and witnessing in postwar contexts
- Figuration of the human/inhuman in horror and documentary
Awards: 2011 Kraszna-Krausz Prize for her contribution to Concentrationary Cinema.
Advising and grants: Supervised 10+ PhD students in areas like experimental cinema, trauma, and Heideggerian philosophy. Current projects explore environmentalism and humanism in iconic images, and women photographers in 21st-century media.
Labs/Teams: Centre for Film and Ethics (co-founded 2019). Public engagements include speaking at Ciné-Lumière, Goethe Institute, and radio show _SUITE (212).
