Dr Wendy Haslem
Lecturer, Screen Studies
Qualifications
Ba (Hons) Cinema Studies (La Trobe University), PhD - Cinema Studies (La Trobe University)
Biography
Wendy Haslem researches and publishes on the evolution of the Gothic from silent cinema to new media. She is interested in the historical links between American and Japanese cinemas, Maya Deren's experimental cinema and Australian film. She is a co-editor for the anthology Super/Heroes: From Hercules to Superman (2007).
In collaboration with Associate Professor Angela Ndalianis, she has been awarded an ITMM Grant to create The Godzilla Project - an interactive, multi media project that encourages students to engage with complex issues of film and history analytically and creatively.
In the Cinema Studies Program at the University of Melbourne, Wendy coordinates undergraduate courses including: Film Noir, The 1950s Film: Images of Perfection and Propaganda and Introduction to Hollywood and Art Cinema. Wendy also teaches Film Production: From Script to Screen and the Industry Internship subjects within the MA (Cinema Management).
Current research
- Gothic Projections: From Méliès to New Media an investigation of the evolution of the Gothic narrative and aesthetic from silent film to digital media.
- 'Hiraki Sawa: Miniature Worlds in Domestic Spaces' (forthcoming).
Knowledge transfer
- Editorial Board - The Refractory: A Journal of Entertainment Media
- Conference Organisation - Holy Men In Tights! A Super Heroes Conference (2005)
Publications
In-press
- Experimenta Playground: New Media Arts Catalogue (in press - August 2007).
Books
- Super/Heroes (2007) eds. Wendy Haslem, Angela Ndalianis, Christopher Mackie, Washington: New Academia Press.
Book chapters
- 'Perception is Reality: The Rise and Fall of Professional Wrestlers', Super/Heroes: From Hercules to Superman, edited by Wendy Haslem, Angela Ndalianis & Christopher Mackie, 2007, p.181-195.
- 'The Goddess of 1967', 24 Frames: The Cinema of Australia and New Zealand, London: Wallflower Press, 2007, p.195-201.
Journal articles
- 'L'Atalante' in CTEQ: Annotations on Film - Senses of Cinema, November, 2006.
- 'Sorry, Wrong Number' in CTEQ: Annotations on Film - Senses of Cinema, November, 2005.
- 'Neon Gothic: Lost in Translation', Senses of Cinema, issue 31, April/June, 2004.
- '"Every Home Should Have One of You": The Serial Killer Disguised as the Perfect Husband' The Refractory: A Journal of Entertainment Media, Vol.2, 2003, p.1-4.
- 'Maya Deren: The High Priestess of Experimental Film', Senses of Cinema: Great Director's Database, 2002.
- 'Romance and Paranoia in The Big Sleep' in Screen Education, issue 29, August, 2002, p.164-169.
- 'The Others and Panic Room: Home, Sinister Home', Real Time, June, 2002.
- 'Desire on the Small Screen', Real Time, April, 2002.
Conference papers
- "Every Home Should Have One of You": The Serial Killer Disguised as the Perfect Husband' Buffy Symposium, School of Art History, Cinema Studies, Classics and Archaeology, University of Melbourne, 2003.
Reviews
- 'Experimenta: Playground', in Artlink (August, 2007).
- 'Jack of All Trades', Australian Book Review, November, 2005.
Media articles
- 'Double Indemnity' Insert Essay Accompanying the dvd Release, Madman Director's Suite.