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Film and Television Studies

Dr Michael Samuel



Module Lecturer in TV Studies and Associate Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS)

Email: Michael.Samuel@warwick.ac.uk

Department of Film and Television Studies
Millburn House
University of Warwick
Coventry, CV4 7HS

About

Michael Samuel holds a PhD from the University of Leeds. His research—sponsored by a White Rose College of the Arts and Humanities scholarship—explored the depiction of British heritage across a cycle of popular factual programmes produced in the UK, post-2008, and their relationship with Britain's heritage industry. Prior to his PhD, he earned a Masters by Research in Media Studies and BA (Hons) in Screen Studies from Swansea University, and a PGCE from the University of Wales, Newport. Though primarily occupied with Film and Television Studies, Michael's research spans a range of disciplines, including Cultural and Heritage Studies, World Cinemas, Technology, Digital Games, Art, Philosophy and Design.
Michael is currently working on several publications, including Northern Exposure A Cultural History (Rowman & Littlefield 2021), Streaming and Screen Cultures in the Asia-Pacific (Palgrave Macmillan 2022), a special dossier on BBC Four for One Hundred Years of the BBC, TV and Heritage (publisher tba) and a reader on Claudia Weill's film Girlfriends (1978).

Teaching at Warwick

Currently

  • 'Television History and Aesthetics' (Spring 2021)
  • 'Television History and Criticism' (Autumn 2020)
  • 'World Cinema' (Autumn 2020) — Teaching Assistant
Previously
  • 'Television History and Criticism' (Spring 2020)
  • 'MA in Television History and Aesthetics' (Autumn, 2019)
  • 'Television History and Criticism' (Spring 2019)
  • 'World Cinemas Brazil' (Autumn, 2019) — Teaching Assistant (seminars)
  • 'Film Aesthetics' (Autumn, 2019) — Teaching Assistant (seminars)

    Select Publications

    Monograph
    • Samuel, M. (2021) Northern Exposure: A Cultural History. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
    Edited Collections

    Dossier

    • Samuel, M., & Weston, L. (2022) 'Special Dossier on BBC Four'. 100 Years of the BBC, Critical Studies in Television.
    Co-Written Chapters
    • Samuel, M., & Stoddart, S. F. (2018) ‘“Even Elizabeth Bennett paid to see what Pemberley was like inside”: The Manor House as Character’. In Stoddart, S. F. ed. Exploring Downton Abbey: Critical Essays about the PBS Series. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co.: 15-32.
    • Samuel, M., & Stoddart, S. F. (2017) “Introduction”. In Samuel, M., & Stoddart, S. F. eds. True Detective: Critical Essays on the HBO Series. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books: 1-15.
    Chapters In Edited Collections
    • Samuel, M. (2015) ‘Reclaiming Past, Resisting Progression: Existential Tensions in Red Dead Redemption’. In Stoddart, S. F. ed. The New Western: Critical Essays on the Genre Since 9/11. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co.:172-88.
    • Samuel, M. (2014) ‘The Storm: Spatial Discourses and Katrina Narratives in Treme’ in Marotte, M. R. & Jellenik, G. eds. 10 Years After Katrina: Critical Perspectives of the Storm’s Effect on American Culture and Identity. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books: 33-56.
    Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
    • Samuel, M. (2017) ‘Time Wasting and the Contemporary Viewing Experience’. University of Toronto Quarterly, 86 (4): 78-89.

    Teaching at Other Institutions

    • Royal Holloway University of London. Convened and delivered the 'MA in Media as a Cultural Industry'
    • University of Birmingham (2017-19)
      • Module leader — 'Film Genres 1 & 2', 'Film Theory and Criticism 1 & 2'
      • Visiting lecturer — 'MA in Film and Television Studies' (2 workshops on Reality Television and Heritage)
    • The City University of New York (CUNY) — Visiting Scholar, leading 'War on Film' module and co-editor of book on television series True Detective 
    • University of Leeds (2014-19) — Guest Speaker, Centre for World Cinemas and Digital Cultures 'Cineforum' seminar series: delivered a guest seminar on the films of Whit Stillman
    • Swansea University (2011-13) — Seminar Tutor on Film Representation, Television Drama, Signing the Screen: Film Authorship