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Richard Dyer (2010) Richard Dyer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Richard Dyer (born 1945) is an English academic currently holding a professorship in the Department of Film Studies at King's College London. Specializing in cinema (particularly Italian cinema), queer theory, and the relationship between entertainment and representations of race, sexuality, and gender, he was previously a faculty member of the Film Studies Department at the University of Warwick for many years and has held a number of visiting professorships in the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, and Germany. [1] Contents 1 Career 2 White: Essays on Race and Culture 3 Other Notable Works 4 Public Intellectual Life 5 Awards 6 Selected Bibliography 7 See also 8 References 9 External links Career Born in Leeds and raised in the suburbs of London during the 1940s and 1950s, Dyer studied French (as well as English, German, and Philosophy) at the University of St Andrew's. He then went on to earn his doctoral degree in English at the University of Birmingham’s Center for Contemporary Cultural Studies. Before coming to King's College London in 2006, he was a Professor of Film Studies at the University of Warwick and a visiting professor at the following institutions: University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School of Communications in 1985; the Istituto Universitario Orientale in 1987; Stockholm University in 1996, 2006, and 2010; the University of Copenhagen in 2002; New York University in 2003; the University of Bergamo in 2004; BauhausUniversitat Weimar in 2009; the University of St. Andrews in 2011. Throughout his career, he has taught courses on race and ethnicity, film, Stardom, Hollywood, Italian cinema, Federico Fellini, and representation. [2] He is also very involved in graduate education, and has supervised dissertations on subjects ranging from the history of gay cinema during the 1970s to experimental animation. [3] Having already published widely on whiteness, film, and lesbian and gay cultures, Dyer recently published journal articles and book chapters on song in Italian cinema and whiteness in the film, Dirty Dancing. [4] White: Essays on Race and Culture

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Richard Dyer (born 1945) is an English academic currently holding a professorship in the Department of Film Studies at King's College London. Specializing in cinema (particularly Italian cinema), queer theory, and the relationship between entertainment and representations of race, sexuality, and gender, he was previously a faculty member of the Film Studies Department at the University of Warwick for many years and has held a number of visiting professorships in the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, and Germany

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  • RichardDyer(2010)

    RichardDyerFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia

    RichardDyer(born1945)isanEnglishacademiccurrentlyholdingaprofessorshipintheDepartmentofFilmStudiesatKing'sCollegeLondon.Specializingincinema(particularlyItaliancinema),queertheory,andtherelationshipbetweenentertainmentandrepresentationsofrace,sexuality,andgender,hewaspreviouslyafacultymemberoftheFilmStudiesDepartmentattheUniversityofWarwickformanyyearsandhasheldanumberofvisitingprofessorshipsintheUnitedKingdom,theUnitedStates,Italy,Sweden,Denmark,andGermany.[1]

    Contents

    1Career2White:EssaysonRaceandCulture3OtherNotableWorks4PublicIntellectualLife5Awards6SelectedBibliography7Seealso8References9Externallinks

    Career

    BorninLeedsandraisedinthesuburbsofLondonduringthe1940sand1950s,DyerstudiedFrench(aswellasEnglish,German,andPhilosophy)attheUniversityofStAndrew's.HethenwentontoearnhisdoctoraldegreeinEnglishattheUniversityofBirminghamsCenterforContemporaryCulturalStudies.BeforecomingtoKing'sCollegeLondonin2006,hewasaProfessorofFilmStudiesattheUniversityofWarwickandavisitingprofessoratthefollowinginstitutions:UniversityofPennsylvaniasAnnenbergSchoolofCommunicationsin1985theIstitutoUniversitarioOrientalein1987StockholmUniversityin1996,2006,and2010theUniversityofCopenhagenin2002NewYorkUniversityin2003theUniversityofBergamoin2004BauhausUniversitatWeimarin2009theUniversityofSt.Andrewsin2011.Throughouthiscareer,hehastaughtcoursesonraceandethnicity,film,Stardom,Hollywood,Italiancinema,FedericoFellini,andrepresentation.[2]Heisalsoveryinvolvedingraduateeducation,andhassuperviseddissertationsonsubjectsrangingfromthehistoryofgaycinemaduringthe1970stoexperimentalanimation.[3]Havingalreadypublishedwidelyonwhiteness,film,andlesbianandgaycultures,DyerrecentlypublishedjournalarticlesandbookchaptersonsonginItaliancinemaandwhitenessinthefilm,DirtyDancing.[4]

    White:EssaysonRaceandCulture