Rachel Moore (academic)
Rachel Moore | |
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| Born | April 21, 1956 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film studies academic |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1956) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | Savage theory: Cinema as modern magic (1997) |
| Doctoral advisor | William Simon |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Film studies |
| Institutions | Goldsmiths, University of London |
Rachel Olivia Moore (born April 21, 1956) is an American film studies academic. A 2001 Guggenheim Fellow, she is author of Savage Theory (2000), Hollis Frampton: Nostalgia (2006), and Performing Propaganda (2018), as well as co-editor of Public Space, Media Space (2013). She was a lecturer in international media at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Biography
[edit]Rachel Olivia Moore was born on April 21, 1956, in Chicago, Illinois.[1] She obtained her BA from the University of Michigan in 1982, before moving on to do graduate studies at New York University, where she got an MA in 1992 and PhD in 1997.[1] Her doctoral dissertation Savage theory: Cinema as modern magic was supervised by William Simon.[2]
As an academic, Moore specializes in early film and the avant-garde.[3] In 2000, she published her book Savage Theory, focusing on the theme of magic in cinema.[4] In 2001, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship[5] "for a study of folklore on film".[1] She authored Afterall's 2006 book on Nostalgia: Hollis Frampton: Nostalgia.[6] She was co-editor of Public Space, Media Space (2013), a volume on the impact of media saturation on public space.[7] In 2018, she published another book, Performing Propaganda, focusing on the role of Parisian art music culture in World War I.[8]
Despite working as an independent scholar in New York City, Moore has also held university positions.[1] She worked at Goldsmiths, University of London Department of Media and Communications as a lecturer in international media and as a member of the Goldsmiths Leverhulme Media Research Centre,[9] as well as chair of the University of London's Screen Studies Group and the MA degree program for film and screen studies.[10] She was a visiting lecturer in art history at Birkbeck College, London.[1]
Bibliography
[edit]- Savage Theory (2000)[11][12]
- Hollis Frampton: Nostalgia (2006)[6][13]
- (co-edited with Chris Berry and Janet Harbord) Public Space, Media Space (2013)[7]
- Performing Propaganda (2018)[14][15]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Reports of the President and the Treasurer. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. 2002. p. 99.
- ^ Moore, Rachel Olivia (1997). Savage theory: Cinema as modern magic (PhD thesis). New York University. Archived from the original on July 15, 2025. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
- ^ "Rachel Moore". Central Saint Martins. June 20, 2018. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
- ^ "Savage Theory". Duke University Press. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
- ^ "Rachel Olivia Moore". Guggenheim Fellowships. Archived from the original on February 9, 2025. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
- ^ a b Conomos, John (January 1, 2015). "Hollis Frampton (nostalgia)". Screening The Past. No. 22. Archived from the original on June 21, 2025. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
- ^ a b "Public Space, Media Space". SpringerLink. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
- ^ "Performing Propaganda: Musical Life and Culture in Paris during the First World War". Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
- ^ "Rachel Moore". Cinepoetics - Freie Universität Berlin. September 22, 2016. Archived from the original on April 18, 2025. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
- ^ "Dr Rachel Moore". Goldsmiths, University of London. Archived from the original on February 18, 2025. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
- ^ Morris, Roberta (2001). "Review of Savage Theory: Cinema as Modern Magic". The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. 59 (4): 434–436. ISSN 0021-8529.
- ^ Ness, Richard; Orlando, Valérie; Champagne, John; Nochimson, Martha P.; Sterritt, David (November 1, 2000). "Reviews". Quarterly Review of Film and Video. 17 (4): 383–404. doi:10.1080/10509200009361505. ISSN 1050-9208.
- ^ Villereal, Steven (October 1, 2006). "Hollis Frampton's (nostalgia)". Bomb. Retrieved July 28, 2025.
- ^ Rogers, Jillian (October 15, 2019). "Rachel Moore, Performing Propaganda: Musical Life and Culture in Paris during the First World War". Transposition. Musique et Sciences Sociales (8). doi:10.4000/transposition.3033. ISSN 2110-6134. Archived from the original on May 7, 2025. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
- ^ Sweeney, Regina M (September 7, 2019). "Performing Propaganda: Musical Life and Culture in Paris During the First World War". French History. 33 (2): 320–321. doi:10.1093/fh/crz061. ISSN 0269-1191.
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- 1956 births
- Living people
- American film historians
- Film theorists
- American women historians
- 20th-century American historians
- 20th-century American women academics
- 21st-century American historians
- 21st-century American women academics
- American film educators
- University of Michigan alumni
- New York University alumni
- Academics of Goldsmiths, University of London
- Historians from Chicago
- Historians from New York City
- American expatriate academics in the United Kingdom
- American expatriates in England