Selected PhD Thesis Projects Supervised, University College London (UCL)
Sheena Scott (Supervisor), “Tactile Moves: An Archaeology of the Sense of Touch through French Cinema,” French Department, 2007-2013, PhD viva May 2013.
Karolina Kendall-Bush (Supervisor), “Walking Pictures: The Ambulatory Experience of London in Walking Tours and Film, 1880-1939,” Film Studies/CIS/FIGS,
Graduate Research Scholarship (GRS), 2008-2013 (thesis completed May 2013, viva expected 2013.
Simon Rothon (Supervisor), “The Ideology of the Manly Hero in Late Nineteenth-Century French and British Adventure Novels,” Department of French,
2010-present, completing 2013.
Colin Leventhal (Supervisor), “Conflict and Convergence in Twentieth-Century War Films and Photography,” Film Studies/CIS/FIGS, 2011-present.
Elisa Jochum (Supervisor), “The Cinematic Letterbox in Germany, the United Kingdom and the U.S.,” PhD Film Studies/CIS/FIGS, 2013-present. DAAD Fellow
2013-2014, FIGS Scholarship, 2013-2014.
Rebecca Harrison (Supervisor, 2010-2012), “Reels of Rails: Interior Histories of the British Railway and the Moving Image 1895-1945,” Film Studies/CIS/FIGS, AHRC
Fellowship, 2010-2013.
Benjamin Nikolay (Supervisor, 2010-2012), “The Spaces and Objects of Greta Garbo,” Film Studies/CIS/FIGS (currently interrupting).
Alicia Spencer-Hall (Subsidiary Supervisor), “Spiritual Eyes, Cinematic Visions. Seeing God in 13th Century Female Saints’ Lives from Liège."Department of French,
AHRC Fellowship.
Karolina Kendall-Bush (Supervisor), “Walking Pictures: The Ambulatory Experience of London in Walking Tours and Film, 1880-1939,” Film Studies/CIS/FIGS,
Graduate Research Scholarship (GRS), 2008-2013 (thesis completed May 2013, viva expected 2013.
Simon Rothon (Supervisor), “The Ideology of the Manly Hero in Late Nineteenth-Century French and British Adventure Novels,” Department of French,
2010-present, completing 2013.
Colin Leventhal (Supervisor), “Conflict and Convergence in Twentieth-Century War Films and Photography,” Film Studies/CIS/FIGS, 2011-present.
Elisa Jochum (Supervisor), “The Cinematic Letterbox in Germany, the United Kingdom and the U.S.,” PhD Film Studies/CIS/FIGS, 2013-present. DAAD Fellow
2013-2014, FIGS Scholarship, 2013-2014.
Rebecca Harrison (Supervisor, 2010-2012), “Reels of Rails: Interior Histories of the British Railway and the Moving Image 1895-1945,” Film Studies/CIS/FIGS, AHRC
Fellowship, 2010-2013.
Benjamin Nikolay (Supervisor, 2010-2012), “The Spaces and Objects of Greta Garbo,” Film Studies/CIS/FIGS (currently interrupting).
Alicia Spencer-Hall (Subsidiary Supervisor), “Spiritual Eyes, Cinematic Visions. Seeing God in 13th Century Female Saints’ Lives from Liège."Department of French,
AHRC Fellowship.
PhD Theses Supervised, Harvard University
Maurice Samuels (second reader), “Realizing the Past: History, Spectacle, and the Novel in Nineteenth-Century France,” Department of Romance Languages and
Literatures, 2000 (today Professor of French, Yale University)
Seth Graebner (third reader), “Someone Else’s Souvenirs: Nostalgia and the City in French and Algerian Writing since 1830,” Department of Romance Languages
and Literatures, 2000 (today Associate Professor of French, Washington University)
Jenny Lefcourt (third reader), “Keeping Watch on Leisure: French Cinema as ‘Parisian Populism,’ 1920-1939,” Department of Romance Languages and Literatures,
2004.
Literatures, 2000 (today Professor of French, Yale University)
Seth Graebner (third reader), “Someone Else’s Souvenirs: Nostalgia and the City in French and Algerian Writing since 1830,” Department of Romance Languages
and Literatures, 2000 (today Associate Professor of French, Washington University)
Jenny Lefcourt (third reader), “Keeping Watch on Leisure: French Cinema as ‘Parisian Populism,’ 1920-1939,” Department of Romance Languages and Literatures,
2004.
Future PhD Supervision
Dr Jann Matlock would be happy to discuss projects for future PhD research in any of her research areas.