Stella Bruzzi

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Stella Bruzzi, FBA (born 28 January 1962) is an Italian-born British scholar of film and media studies and currently Executive Dean of Arts and Humanities at University College London. [1]

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Career

From 2006 to 2017, Bruzzi was Professor of Film and Television Studies at the University of Warwick. In 2017, she moved to University College London, where she is Executive Dean of its Faculty of Arts and Humanities. She has previously taught at the University of Manchester and at Royal Holloway, University of London. [2] [3]

Honours

In 2013, Bruzzi was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. [4]

Selected works

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References

  1. "Professor Stella Bruzzi FBA". The British Academy.
  2. "BRUZZI, Prof. Stella, (Mrs Mick Conefrey)". Who's Who 2017. Oxford University Press. November 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  3. "Professor Stella Bruzzi FBA". Department of Film and Television Studies. University of Warwick. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  4. "Professor Stella Bruzzi". British Academy. Retrieved 26 April 2017.