Noemie Oxley

Noemie Oxley is an Assistant Professor in Global Communications at The American University of Paris (AUP) and a researcher at the CRAL (Centre de Recherche sur les Arts et Language) at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris. She has been teaching at AUP since 2015, focusing on visual culture, media theory, and war studies. Her research examines amateur videos in crisis contexts, particularly those documenting the Iraq War.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Media and Communications (Goldsmiths University, London) & Social Anthropology (EHESS, Paris), 2016
• Doctorate in Ethnology and Social Anthropology (EHESS, Paris), 2016
• Master’s in Ethnology and Social Anthropology (EHESS, Paris), 2008
• B.A. in Cinema and Audio-visual Studies (Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle), 2006

Research Focus:

• Visual culture of war in the post-9/11 era
• Amateur media practices in conflict zones
• Counter-insurgency warfare representation in Western media
• Digital ethnography and documentary practices

Affiliations & Projects:

• ANR-funded project Violence et sortie de la Violence (Paris)
• Co-organizer of international conferences on visual anthropology and media studies

Teaching & Grants:

• Teaches courses on visual culture, media & war, and global communications
• Recipient of ANR research funding

Labs/Teams: CRAL (EHESS) and the Violence et sortie de la Violence research collective.