Maurizio Cinquegrani

Dr Maurizio Cinquegrani is a Senior Lecturer in Film and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Lead at the University of Kent's School of Arts. He holds a PhD from King's College London and has held roles including Head of Film and Media, School Director of Graduate Studies, and Deputy Dean (Student Experience). His research focuses on film's relationship with space, memory, and historical events, particularly the Holocaust and Cold War. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (2018-2023).

Education: PhD in Film Studies (King's College London, 2010), MA in Contemporary Cinema Cultures (King's College London), BA in Film Studies (University of Bologna).

Research interests include cinematic geographies, urban space representation, and documentary film. His notable works include Of Empire and the City: Remapping Early British Cinema (2014), Journey to Poland: Documentary Landscapes of the Holocaust (2018), and Film, Hot War Traces and Cold War Spaces (2022). He has also produced essay films such as Aran Diary (2023) and Formosa 228 (2024).

Professional activities include editorial roles for Immagine. Note di Storia del Cinema and AHRC-funded research projects. He supervises doctoral students in film history, documentary cinema, and spatial memory studies.

Key awards include the Royal Geographical Society Fellowship. His teaching emphasizes research-led learning and has been influenced by his extensive international collaborations, including visiting roles at Taipei National University of the Arts and Poznań University of Technology.