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Dr Padraic Killeen

PhD

 
researcher
 

Biography

Padraic Killeen holds a BA in English and Philosophy from University of Galway and an MA in English Literature and Publishing from the same institution. He completed a doctorate in Film Studies in Trinity College Dublin in 2015. He is the author of The Dark Interval: Film Noir, Iconography, and Affect (Bloomsbury, 2022), as well as peer-reviewed articles in the areas of film, media studies, and digital arts and culture. Padraic is a keen video essayist and advocate of practice-based models of research and learning. His scholarly work is complemented by a longstanding career in arts journalism, wherein he published widely on topics in theatre, film, music and photography. 

Research Interests

Film Studies; Digital Arts and Culture; Media Archaeology; Adaptation and Intertextuality; Videographic Criticism; Digital Humanities

Books

  Year Publication
(2022) The Dark Interval: Film Noir, Iconography, and Affect.
Padraic Killeen (2022) The Dark Interval: Film Noir, Iconography, and Affect. New York: Bloomsbury. [Details]

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2019) 'Echoes Beyon Time, Anguish or Caress: Orphee, Alphaville, 2046'
Padraic Killeen (2019) 'Echoes Beyon Time, Anguish or Caress: Orphee, Alphaville, 2046'. in Transition: Journal of Videographic Film and Moving Image Studies, 6 (1) [Details]
(2018) 'Human Trials: Cinema, Subjectivity, and the White Of/f the I'
Padraic Killeen (2018) 'Human Trials: Cinema, Subjectivity, and the White Of/f the I'. Frames Cinema Journal, Winter (14) [Details]
(2018) 'Suffering in Rhythm: The 'Haunting Melody' in Film Noir'
Padraic Killeen (2018) 'Suffering in Rhythm: The 'Haunting Melody' in Film Noir'. in Transition: Journal of Videographic Film and Moving Image Studies, 5 (2) [Details]
(2018) 'Burned Out Myths and Vapour Trails: Vaporwave’s Affective Potentials'
Killeen, Padraic (2018) 'Burned Out Myths and Vapour Trails: Vaporwave’s Affective Potentials'. Open Cultural Studies, 2 (1):626-638 [Details]
(2011) 'Stained flesh - Ireland as idyll/damp patch in Mike Leigh's Naked'
Killeen, Padraic (2011) 'Stained flesh - Ireland as idyll/damp patch in Mike Leigh's Naked'. Irish studies review, 19 (1):75-86 [Details]
(2010) 'On Helen (Desperate Optimists)'
Padraic Killeen (2010) 'On Helen (Desperate Optimists)'. Estudios Irlandeses-Journal of Irish Studies, 5 [Details]

Book Chapters

  Year Publication
(2016) 'The Only Free Man on this Train: Kinski's Anarchist in Doctor Zhivago'
Padraic Killeen (2016) 'The Only Free Man on this Train: Kinski's Anarchist in Doctor Zhivago' In: Klaus Kinski: Beast of Cinema. :59-77 Jefferson North Carolina: McFarland. [Details]

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