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Raymond Watkins is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of English at Pennsylvania State University, specializing in rhetorical studies, film studies, and comparative literature. His research examines intersections between cinema, visual arts, and avant-garde movements, with a focus on 20th-century European cultural production.
Education includes:
- AB from Bard College
- MA from Pennsylvania State University
- Diplôme from École Normale Supérieure, Fontenay-St. Cloud
- PhD from University of Iowa
Research explores visual rhetoric, interarts dialogue, and post-war experimental practices. His 2018 monograph analyzes Robert Bresson's late films through art-historical frameworks, while current projects investigate French New Wave successors like Philippe Garrel and Chantal Akerman. Publications demonstrate consistent focus on cinematic temporality, painterly aesthetics, and modernist legacies.
His articles exhibit interdisciplinary approaches, blending film theory with art history and cultural studies to analyze topics ranging from Taiwanese slow cinema to fascist primitivism.
