The University of Western Australia

Asst/Prof Chantal Bourgault du Coudray

Assistant Professor
Communication Studies

Contact details

Address

Communication Studies
The University of Western Australia (M202)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia

Phone

6488 1519

Fax

6488 1030

Email

chantal.bourgault@uwa.edu.au

Location

Room 1.40, Arts Building, Crawley campus

Qualifications

BA PhD W.Aust.

Biography

I have researched and taught in the fields of cultural, gender and media studies since the mid-1990s. I am also a screenwriter and film producer.

Key research

Cultural history / Cultural studies

Feminist theory

History and theory of emotion/affect

History and theory of subjectivity

Genre fiction and film (especially fantasy and Gothic horror)

Screenwriting

Publications

My first book, The Curse of the Werewolf: Fantasy, Horror and the Beast Within, was published by IB Tauris in 2006.

I have published in journals such as Australian Feminist Studies, Nineteenth Century Contexts, and Paradoxa: Studies in World Literary Genres, and was a contributor to the Encyclopedia of Themes in Science Fiction and Fantasy, edited by Gary Westfahl, and published by Greenwood Press in 2005.

Screen projects that I have written and/or produced have been funded by the Australian Film Commission, Screenwest and the Film and Television Institute of Western Australia, and have screened at a variety of national and international festivals.

Roles, responsibilities and expertise

I teach into the disciplines of Communication Studies, Women's Studies, and English and Cultural Studies.
I am also the coordinator of the Arts Practicum, a work placement program for Arts students.

Funding received

I have received a number of grants from UWA, Screen Australia (formerly the Australian Film Commission), Screenwest and the Film and Television Institute.

Industrial relevance

I have worked with a range of screen industry professionals in Australia and the US. Although my background was in short drama production including two comedy pilots, my focus is now on the writing and production of feature-length drama.

Languages

English

Honours and awards

I won a UWA Honours Research Supervision Award (Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences) in 2004, and also received a High Recommendation for my undergraduate teaching in the same year.

The feature drama that I co-wrote and co-produced, The Sculptor, screened at both Dungog and Revelation Film Festivals, and is due for release in Australia in 2011. My most successful short, Some Dreams Come True, screened at a range of international film festivals including the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films. It won second
prize, Best of International, at the Ohne Kohle International Independent Video and Film Festival in Vienna, Austria, and a Silver Award from the Australian Cinematographers' Society.

Previous positions

Lecturer in Media Studies at Curtin University of Technology (2001-2002)
Lecturer in History and Cultural Studies at Murdoch University (1998)

Teaching

I regularly teach units in gender studies and film/media studies. At the postgraduate level, I supervise a range of Honours, Masters and Doctoral students. I aim to foster interdisciplinary research skills, an omnivorous and utilitarian approach to theory, and a creative approach in all of my students.

Useful links

http://www.thesculptormovie.com/

Research profile

Research profile and publications