Catherine Grant - Curriculum Vitae#
Higher Education
- PhD, University of Leeds, awarded in 1991 for thesis on Mexican literature and feminist and literary theory: Authorship and Authority in the Novels of Rosario Castellanos.
- First Class B.A. Honours Degree in Modern Languages and Literatures (French and Spanish), University of Leeds, 1986.
Professional Academic Experience
- Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Arts, Birkbeck, University of London, from September 2020 to present
- Professor of Digital Media and Screen Studies, Department of Film, Media and Cultural Studies, Birkbeck University of London, from September 2017 to August 2020
- Senior Lecturer in Film Studies, University of Sussex, from February 2011 to August 2017
- Guest Workshop/Seminar leader on the Audiovisual Essay in Film and Moving Image Studies (numerous/international, 2013 - 2017) ,including repeat invitations to deliver sessions on the MA in Psychosocial Studies optional module “Visual Culture: Power and the Image”, Dept. of Psychosocial Studies, Birkbeck University of London (2014, 2016 & 2017); and on the “British Cinema” module, BA in Film and Television Studies, University of Bristol (2013, 2016 & 2017)
- Associate Tutor in the School of Media, Film and Music, University of Sussex, October 1, 2010 to January 31, 2011 *Visiting Research Fellow (honorary) in the School of Media, Film and Music, University of Sussex, August 1, 2008 to January 31, 2011
- Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Kent, from October 1, 2004 to July 31, 2008 (including headship of department 2003 - 2007)
- Lecturer in Film Studies, University of Kent, September 1, 1998 to September 30, 2004
- Lecturer in Spanish and Latin American Studies, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, January 1, 1991, to August 31, 1998, including 0.5 in Women’s Studies, September 1994 to August 1998, and Director of the Women’s Studies M. Litt. and Research Programmes, 1996-1998
- Associate Tutor in Latin American Studies, University of Leeds, 1988 - 1990
- Part-time Lecturer in Spanish and EFL, Park Lane College of Further Education, Leeds, October 1988 to June 1989 *Lecturer in EFL and British Culture, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mexico, August 1986 to August 1987