Dr Johnny Walker
Senior Lecturer, Programme Leader (Mass Communications Programmes) Research interests: Film History, Horror and Exploitation Cinema, Popular Media Industries
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About
Johnny Walker is Senior Lecturer in Media. He has published numerous journal articles, book chapters and short journalistic pieces, in addition to having written or edited a number of books in the fields of film history and popular culture.
Johnny's books include, as author, Contemporary British Horror Cinema: Industry, Genre and Society (Edinburgh University Press, 2015), and as co-editor, Snuff: Real Death and Screen Media (Bloomsbury, 2016) and Grindhouse: Cultural Exchange on 42nd Street, and Beyond (Bloomsbury, 2016). His most recent work appears in the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television and Post Script. He is currently working on a book provisionally entitled Britain and the Video Boom: An industrial History for Edinburgh University Press, in addition to a second edition of Peter Hutchings' seminal work Hammer and Beyond: The British Horror Film (Manchester University Press). Johnny is frequently asked to deliver research seminars and guest lectures at institutions throughout the country including: King's College, Warwick, Kent, Leicester, Anglia Ruskin, Birmingham City, Sunderland and Falmouth. He has delivered keynote presentations at Spectacular Now: The Politics of the Contemporary Spectacle (TU Dortmund, 2016), Exploitation Cinema in the 21st Century (Canterbury Christ Church, 2017) and New Perspectives on Horror, Science Fiction and the Monstrous Onscreen (De Montfort University, 2018).
Johnny welcomes applications for PhD projects related to any of his research interests.
Johnny Walker is Senior Lecturer in Media. He has published numerous journal articles, book chapters and short journalistic pieces, in addition to having written or edited a number of books in the fields of film history and popular culture.
Johnny's books include, as author, Contemporary British Horror Cinema: Industry, Genre and Society (Edinburgh University Press, 2015), and as co-editor, Snuff: Real Death and Screen Media (Bloomsbury, 2016) and Grindhouse: Cultural Exchange on 42nd Street, and Beyond (Bloomsbury, 2016). His most recent work appears in the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television and Post Script. He is currently working on a book provisionally entitled Britain and the Video Boom: An industrial History for Edinburgh University Press, in addition to a second edition of Peter Hutchings' seminal work Hammer and Beyond: The British Horror Film (Manchester University Press). Johnny is frequently asked to deliver research seminars and guest lectures at institutions throughout the country including: King's College, Warwick, Kent, Leicester, Anglia Ruskin, Birmingham City, Sunderland and Falmouth. He has delivered keynote presentations at Spectacular Now: The Politics of the Contemporary Spectacle (TU Dortmund, 2016), Exploitation Cinema in the 21st Century (Canterbury Christ Church, 2017) and New Perspectives on Horror, Science Fiction and the Monstrous Onscreen (De Montfort University, 2018).
Johnny welcomes applications for PhD projects related to any of his research interests.
Qualifications
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Professional Affiliations
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Employment
Johnny joined Northumbria in September 2013, prior to which he was Lecturer in Film Studies at De Montfort University and, before that, Associate Tutor in Media and Culturla Studies at the University of Sunderland. At Northumbria, he has served as Programme Leader (Acting) for BA (Hons) Media, Culture and Society and Programme Leader for MRes Social Sciences, and is presently the Programme Leader for BA (Hons) Mass Communication (and associated pathways). He has has re/validated degree programmes at the University of West London and the University of Chichester and is currently external examiner for the undergraduate film and media programmes at Southampton Solent University and York St John University. |
Institutional Roles
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PhD Supervision
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Public Engagement
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Conferences & Talks
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Recent Publications
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Peer Review
Johnny is founding series co-editor of the Global Exploitation Cinemas book series (Bloomsbury) and the reviews editor of the Journal of Popular Television (Intellect). He sits on the editorial board of the Horror Studies book series (University of Wales Press). He has also acted as peer-reviewer for numerous journals and academic presses, including: Journals
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