Laura Staab

• feminist film theory and film-philosophy
• art cinema and experimental film
• the place of women in twentieth century avant-gardes
• intermediality (especially of film, poetry and writing)
• alternative approaches to critical writing

Laura's AHRC-funded doctoral research focuses on women’s art cinema and experimental film, with reference to the poetic philosophies of Hélène Cixous from the 1970s to the 1990s, and a particular attention to Cixous as a reader of Clarice Lispector. Laura has presented at international conferences including After Chantal, Film-Philosophy, Screen and SCMS and has co-organised the Film Theory and Philosophy reading group at King's. She has in addition written pieces on the films of Laida Lertxundi, Kelly Reichardt, Angela Schanelec and Helena Wittmann for the feminist film journal Another Gaze, on Larisa Shepitko's The Ascent for the Institute of Contemporary Arts' film club The Machine That Kills Bad People, and on Philippe Parreno's installation and moving image art for Sight & Sound.