Nikolaus Perneczky

Dr. Nikolaus Perneczky is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at Queen Mary University of London, affiliated with the School of Languages, Linguistics and Film, Department of Film Studies. His postdoctoral project "Restitution and the Moving Image: Decolonising Global Film Heritage" (2022–2025) interrogates colonial legacies in global audiovisual archiving. Key research areas include Global South cinema, World Cinema as uneven global relations, transnational film co-production, and decolonial approaches to film heritage.

• Teaching: Contemporary World Cinemas, Decolonising Film Heritage and Curatorship
• Research Trends: Focus on restitution ethics, colonial extraction in film archiving, and postcolonial reimagining of cinematic practices

Scientific Awards:

• Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship

Publications: Includes peer-reviewed articles on African cinema futures, film restitution, and critiques of Eurocentrism in media. His edited volume Restitution and the Moving Image (co-edited with Cecilia Valenti) is under review at Amsterdam University Press.