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Asst/Prof Chantal Bourgault du Coudray
Assistant Professor
Contact details
| Address | Communication Studies The University of Western Australia (M202) 35 Stirling Highway CRAWLEY WA 6009 Australia |
|---|---|
| Phone | 6488 1519 |
| Fax | 6488 1030 |
| chantal.bourgault@uwa.edu.au |
Key research
- Cultural history / Cultural studies
- Feminist theory
- Media theory
- Interdisciplinarity
- Creativity
- Screenwriting
Major research interests
- Cultural policy
- Australian film policy
- Theory and practice of film making
- Theory and practice of screenwriting
- Personal development planning and use of e-portfolios
- Genre fiction
- Popular culture
- Gender studies
- Cultural studies
- Film studies
Qualifications
BA PhD W.Aust.
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.
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
Genre fiction and film (especially fantasy and Gothic horror)
Modernity
Subjectivity
Masculinity
Screen cultures
Cultural policy
Current research interests include: the differences and similarities between
sociocultural and sociopsychological conceptions of self; the pedagogy of creativity; the
theory and practice of writing story, particularly in relation to screenwriting; cultural
policy.
Modernity
Subjectivity
Masculinity
Screen cultures
Cultural policy
Current research interests include: the differences and similarities between
sociocultural and sociopsychological conceptions of self; the pedagogy of creativity; the
theory and practice of writing story, particularly in relation to screenwriting; cultural
policy.
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.
My most recent 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.
My most recent 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.
Teaching
At the undergraduate level, I teach in core units in Communication Studies, focusing primarily on media and communications theory, and cultural policy and analysis. I also teach basic film and television writing and production skills. I lecture occasionally for units in Women's Studies, English and History, and 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.
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