Dr Belinda Smaill

Background

Belinda Smaill has taught in Visual Culture and Film and Television Studies at Monash since 2004. She gained her PhD from Monash University, a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.

Research Interests

Australian film and television studies, documentary film history and theory, public service broadcasting, transculturalism and diaspora studies, multiculturalism in film and television, Asian-Australian cinema, national cinemas, women in film and television, film and the emotions.

Selected Publications

Edited Books

Youth, Media and Culture in the Asia Pacific. Eds. Belinda Smaill and Usha Rodrigues. Cambridge Scholars Press. Forthcoming 2008.

Edited Journals

“Asian Australasian Cinema” Special issue of Studies in Australasian Cinema. Co-edited with Dr Olivia Khoo (University of New South Wales) and Dr Audrey Yue (University of Melbourne). Forthcoming 2008

Book Chapters

“Asia Pacific Modernities: Youth and Media Locations.” Youth, Media and Culture in the Asia Pacific. Eds. Belinda Smaill and Usha Rodrigues. Forthcoming 2008.

“Asian Australian Authors: Mourning and Documentary.” Diasporas in Australian Cinema. Eds. Catherine Simpson and Renata Murawska. Forthcoming 2008.