Dr Rosemary Alexander-Jones

My Bio

I started teaching in this department in 2020, teaching Screen Studies which later became Film and Media Studies as part of the Cultural Analysis Module. I progressed into teaching research skills across the International Foundation Programme and I am currently Course Director for Social Sciences and the Arts and Humanities.

I am interested in decolonising film curriculums, whilst also highlighting the national and regional differences you can find in media when considering heritage and nation-building. I completed my PhD at the University of York, graduating in 2023, and I have continued my research. My thesis was titled 'The Impact of Filming on Heritage Sites in England' and it will soon be published as a book by Bloomsbury. I am continuing to actively research the use of historic buildings on film, and regularly present at conferences and give guest lectures and public talks.

As well as analysing film I have taught film production skills at the University of York and on the International Foundation Programme, and my short films have been featured in European film festivals. I specialise in making large scale immersive educational films, which can also be shown in VR headsets, or short arthouse and documentary films. Previously I was a promotional filmmaker, and I have made promotional films for a variety of organisations, including the University of Warwick, Oxford Brookes University, the Pitt Rivers Museum, Africa Media, and the NHS. I also create video-essays of my conference papers, one of which can be found on the Association of Adaptation Studies YouTube channel 'Chatsworth: The Permanent Pemberley'.

Qualifications

• PhD (University of York). FHEA.
• MA (Digital Film and Television Production, University of York).
• BA Hons 1st Class (Film Studies, Oxford Brookes)

Roles within Department

• Course Director for Social Science and Arts and Humanities

• Departmental Ethics Lead
• Module Convenor for FP055 Inquiry and Research Skills for Business and Finance, FP053 Inquiry and Research Skills for Social Sciences, Economics, Law, and Arts and Humanities
• Personal Tutor

Committees/Groups

• Teaching and Learning Committee
• Education and Student Experience Committee
• Assessment Sub-Committee
• IFP Programme Board

Memberships/Fellowships

• Fellow of the HEA.
• Member of the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies

Modules Taught

• FP055 Inquiry and Research Skills for Business and Finance

• FP053 Inquiry and Research Skills for Social Sciences, Economics, Law, and Arts and Humanities

• FP042 Cultural Analysis

Research Interests

· Heritage Media/Period Dramas/Costume Dramas · Film Tourism · Authenticity · English Heritage on Screen · Film Locations · Post-modernism · Heritage Industry in England · Tintin

Conference Presentations

Alexander-Jones, Rosemary, “Aesthetics of Authenticity: How to Construct a Believable Heritage Diegesis for a Global Audience”, BAFTSS 2025, University of Warwick, March 26th-28th, 2025.

Alexander-Jones, Rosemary, “Upstairs Downton: The Class Boundary When Filming in Stately Homes”, Design on Television: Production Design and Television Aesthetics, CREAM, University of Westminster, April 18-19th, 2024.

Alexander-Jones, Rosemary, “Spaces of Creative Labour: The Class Division in Heritage Filming Locations” BAFTSS 2024, University of Sussex, April 3-5th 2024.

Alexander-Jones, Rosemary, “Authenticity in English Heritage Media”, Re-Thinking Histories of Popular British Film and Television, Northumbria University, June 27-28th 2023.

Alexander-Jones, Rosemary “Age Vs Beauty: Conservation Considerations for Filming in Heritage Properties”, BAFTSS 2023, University of Lincoln, April 3-5th 2023.

Alexander-Jones, Rosemary, “Chatsworth: The Permanent Pemberley” presented as a 15-minute video-essay. Global Concerns in Storytelling, TFTI, University of York, June 18, 2020 and at the Association of Adaptation Studies Conference June 8-11 2021.

Alexander-Jones, Rosemary, “Chatsworth: The Permanent Pemberley”, Tourism, Cinema and TV Series, Lille University, France, October 12, 2018.

Alexander-Jones, Rosemary, “Marlinspike Hall: From Page to Screen”, Tintin and the City of the Golden Owls Conference, Leeds Beckett University, June 13-14, 2018 and at All Things Stone VII, Brionnais, France, July 12, 2018.

Alexander-Jones, Rosemary, “Historic Buildings on Screen: Authenticity in Saul Dibb’s The Duchess”, Authenticity, Performance and (‘Post’) Truth in TFTV, University of York, June 22, 2017.

Alexander-Jones, Rosemary, “Accuracy vs Authenticity: Recognisable Historical Buildings on Film”, All Things Stone VI, Birdforth Hall, June 3, 2017.

Alexander-Jones, Rosemary, Harris Adamson, Rose, Henderson, Lucy, Marchini, Gabriella, “Learning from the Walls”, International Medieval Congress, Leeds, July 10, 2012.

Publications

[Undergoing peer review] Alexander-Jones, Rosemary. “Boulevards of the Silver Screen: Old Royal Naval College as a Filming Location”.

Alexander-Jones, Rosemary. “Legitimising and Authenticating a Post-heritage Austen Diegesis Through Filming Locations”. Legitimizing and authenticating a post-heritage Austen diegesis through filming locations | Intellect Link opens in a new window

Guest Lectures and Public Talks:

Guest Lecture for 3rd Year BA Creative Industries students “Heritage Media and Screen Tourism” Oxford Brookes University, November 2023.

Alexander-Jones, Rosy. “Keeping the Roof on: Stately Homes in Heritage Film and TV”, Institute for the Public Understanding of the Past, June 2021.

Alexander-Jones, Rosemary. “The Scandal of Retire”, York International Shakespeare Festival, June 2021

Featured speaker at ‘Thrive and Survive: Your PhD Experience’ University of York (delivered online and involving a YouTube video). October 2020.

Alexander-Jones, Rosemary. 'The Sacred King', York International Shakespeare Festival, June 2019.