Véronique Elefteriou-Perrin
Associate professor, American studies and visual culture
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Research
Research themes
My research interests include the history of the American cinema and of film periodicals, the interactions between film and history, the issues of propaganda and censorship as well as the visual representations of the Jewish-American culture.
Research Supervision:
- History of the American cinema
- Interactions between film and history war films
- Issues of propaganda and censorship in the field of cinema
- Visual representations of Jewish-American culture
Current Project
I am currently working on a project focusing on “filmdom” in the context of the Great War and the inter-war years in the United States.
Bio
Education and Academic Positions:
- “Agrégation” of English 1991
- Ph.D., Université Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3, Dissertation Title: Images of Jews in the American Cinema 1998
- 1986-1999 English teacher in the French secondary school system
- Teaching assistant, University of Rouen (English Studies Department)
- 1999-present, Associate professor, Université Paris Diderot
Administrative Responsibilities:
- Coordinator, « Licence » 2017 –
- Coordinator in charge of 1st and 2nd year students 2012-2016
- Elected member, board of LARCA, in charge of relationships with doctoral students
- 2010-2014, In charge of scheduling teaching timetables 2000-2004
Media
Publications
Articles
- « Entre pragmatisme et patriotisme : les périodiques de cinéma et l’entrée des Etats-Unis dans la Grande Guerre », in Hélène Baty-Delalande et Carine Trevisan, dir., Entrer en guerre, collection Cahier Textuel, Paris, Hermann Editeurs, 2016
- « Le système d’Hollywood » et, en co-rédaction avec Didier Aubert, « Images du progrès », in François Brunet (dir.), L’Amérique des images, Histoire et culture visuelle des Etats-Unis, Paris, Université Paris Diderot/Hazan, 2013.
- « “Life’s greatest emotion” : Photoplay, la Grande Guerre et la démocratie du divertissement », in Renée Dickason, dir., Mémoires croisées autour des deux guerres mondiales, Paris, Editions Mare et Martin, 2012
- « Contre ‘Hollywood’ : Close Up et ses combats », in Hélène Aji, Céline Mansanti et Benoît Tadié, dir., Revues modernistes, revues engagées (1900-1939), Rennes : Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2011, pp. 287-301
- Co-direction (avec Georges Bensoussan) de Littérature nord-américaine et Shoah : les langues du Désastre, Revue d’Histoire de la Shoah, n°191, Paris, Editions Mémorial de la Shoah, 2009