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Dr. Matilde Nardelli serves as Associate Professor in Historical and Contextual Studies at the London School of Film, Media and Design, University of West London. She joined UWL in 2015 after holding teaching positions at University College London, the Slade School of Fine Art, and the University of Greenwich. Between 2007 and 2012, she held a prestigious British Academy Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship within the Film Programme of the Centre for Intercultural Studies at UCL.
Her research centers on media aesthetics, theories and cultures, with particular emphasis on the moving image's relationship to other mass media (television, photography, computers) and its connection to the category of 'art' and fine-art disciplines such as painting and sculpture. Dr. Nardelli explores media obsolescence, waste and cinema, the movement of cinema to museums and galleries, and desert and apocalyptic imaginaries. Her work demonstrates deep engagement with both theoretical frameworks and historical contexts of visual media.
Dr. Nardelli's scholarly output shows consistent development across two decades, with recent publications demonstrating continued focus on Italian cinema (especially Fellini and Antonioni), expanded cinema practices, and the intersection of art theory with media studies. Her work appears across diverse publication formats including monographs, edited collections, and articles in high-impact journals, reflecting both depth and breadth in her research agenda.
Her notable achievements include the monograph Antonioni and the Aesthetics of Impurity: Re-Making the Image in the 1960s (Edinburgh University Press, 2020), co-edited volume Bruno Munari: The Lightness of Art (Peter Lang, 2017), and numerous articles in peer-reviewed publications including NECSUS: European Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, The Journal of Visual Culture, Tate Papers, Photographies, The Soundtrack, and The Oxford Art Journal.
At UWL, Dr. Nardelli teaches across Media and Communications, Photography, and Film Production programs. She convenes undergraduate modules on Visual Media Cultures: Production and Consumption and Photography Theory, and supervises PhD students in Film Studies and Media. Her teaching spans BA programs in Media and Communications, English and Film, English and Creative Writing, and MA programs in Digital Media, Culture and Economy, demonstrating her interdisciplinary approach to media education.
