Hilary Radner MA(Berkeley) PhD(Texas, Austin)

Contact Details

Room 2N2, Arts 1 (Burns)
Tel 64 3 479 3987
Email hilary.radner@otago.ac.nz

Research Interests

Professor Radner’s research interests revolve around understanding the representations of of gender and identity in contemporary visual culture, particularly in terms of how these evolve over time in relation to second wave feminism. She has published numerous articles and book chapters on cinema, visual culture and gender: these range from film melodrama, make-up, fashion photography, and women's magazines to, more recently, the woman’s film, New Zealand fashion, Hollywood film genres, New Zealand cinema, World Cinema and French cinema. Her most recent publications include: Neo-Feminist Cinema: Girly Films, Chick Flicks, and Consumer Culture (Routledge) as author and New Zealand Cinema: Interpreting the Past (Intellect/U. of Chicago) and Feminism at the Movies: Understanding Gender in Contemporary Cinema (Routledge) as co-editor.

Areas of Research Supervision

Professor Radner invites proposals from students seeking a supervisor in the following areas: cinema, gender and visual culture; film and history; cinema genres; New Zealand cinema; French cinema; the woman’s film.

Select Publications

• H. Radner, Neo-Feminist Cinema: Girly Films, Chick Flicks, and Consumer Culture. New York: Routledge, 2011.
• H. Radner, R. Stringer, eds. Feminism at the Movies: Understanding Gender in Contemporary Popular Cinema. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 2011.
• H. Radner, N. Smith, eds., Nom*d: The Art of Fashion. Dunedin: The Eastern Southland Gallery in association with the Centre for Research on National Identity, University of Otago, 2011, in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name shown at the Eastern Southland Gallery, Gore.
• Fox, B. K. Grant, H. Radner, eds., New Zealand Cinema: Interpreting the Past. Bristol: Intellect/University of Chicago, 2011.
• H. Radner, A. Fox, I. Bessière, eds., Jane Campion: Cinema, Nation, Identity. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2009.
• H. Radner, P. Fossen, eds., Remapping Cinema, Remaking History: Proceedings of the XIVth Biennial Conference of the Film and History Association of Australia and New Zealand, Dunedin: Volume Two: Select Refereed Full Papers. Dunedin: Centre for National Identity, University of Otago, 2009.
• A. Fox, H. Radner, trans., Cinema Genres by Raphaëlle Moine, Cambridge, USA: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
• A. Fox, M. Pratt, H. Radner, eds., Special Issue: “Strange Localities: Utopias, Intellectuals, and National Identities in the 21st Century,” Portal: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies 2:2 (2005). [ISSN 144-9-2490] http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/ojs/index.php/portal/issue/view/6
• H. Radner, M. Luckett, eds., Swinging Single: Representing Sexuality, the 1960s. Minneapolis, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, 1999.
• P. Sulkunen, J. Holmwood, H. Radner, G. Schulze, eds., Constructing the New Consumer Society. London: Macmillan, 1997.
• H. Radner, Shopping Around: Feminine Culture and the Pursuit of Pleasure. New York: Routledge, 1995.
• J. Collins, H. Radner, A. Collins, eds., Film Theory Goes to the Movies. New York: Routledge, 1993.
  

Select Recent Conference Presentations

• “Little Senegal: Sojourners From Another World,” “World Cinema Now,” Monash University, 27-29 September 2011.
• “No Country for Women?: The New Zealand Female Biopic.” Research Colloquium: “Creative Imitations and Appropriations: From Cinematic Adaptations to Re-makes,” University of Otago, Dunedin, 18 February 2011.
• “Romantic Drama: The Genre That Dares Not Speak Its Name,” Society for Cinema and Media Studies, New Orleans, 10-13 March 2011.
• “A Brief History of the Modern Girl on Screen.” Film and History Association of Australia and New Zealand, Sydney, Australia, 30 November-3 December 2010.

Recent PhD Supervisions

• Erica Todd, PhD, “Representing Romance at the Movies,” University of Otago, 2008–2011.
• Gabrielle Hine, PhD, “The Representation of Pregnancy in Contemporary Media,” University of Otago, 2008-2011.
• Bronwyn Polaschek, PhD, “The Postfeminist Biopic,” University of Otago, 2007–2011. [2011 Excepional Thesis]
• Ellen Pullar, PhD, “Arletty and Jean Harlow: A Comparative Analysis of Two Film Stars of the 1930s,” University of Otago, and Université de Paris Ouest Nanterre (co-tutelle with Professor Raphaëlle Moine), 2007-2010. [Mention Très Honérable]
• Pam Fossen, PhD, “Errol Morris and the Art of History,” University of Otago, 2006-2009.

Recent National/International Collaboration

• Convener, Cultures, Histories and Identities in Media, Film and Literature, Humanities Division Research Network, University of Otago, New Zealand, 2004–current. http://www.otago.ac.nz/humanities/research/networks/identities/
• Cotutelles with Université de Paris Ouest Nanterre, Clément Da Gama, “La postérité du ‘Female Gothic’ dans le cinéma anglo-saxon des années 1960 à nos jours” (2009–).
• Programme: Ville et cinéma, Fondation Maison des sciences de l’homme with IRCAV, Paris 3, La Sorbonne nouvelle, 2008 – current.
• Professeur invité, Université de Paris X-Nanterre, February 2008.