As part of the Oxford Italian Research Seminar Series in Michaelmas Term 2024, Professor Daniela Treveri Gennari presented her latest research in a paper titled “European Cinema Audiences: Digital Approaches to Comparative Studies of Cinema Histories.” A Professor of Cinema Studies at Oxford Brookes University, Prof. Treveri Gennari has spearheaded groundbreaking projects such as the AHRC-funded “Italian Cinema Audiences” and “European Cinema Audiences: Entangled Histories” and “Shared Memories”. Her research employs digital methodologies to uncover and compare the histories of cinema audiences across Europe, highlighting shared memories and cultural entanglements.
Prof. Treveri Gennari’s extensive publications reflect her expertise in the field. These include the coauthored article “Defining a Typology of Cinemas Across 1950s Europe” (Participations, 2021), the chapter “Five Italian Cities: Comparative Analysis of Cinema Types, Film Circulation and Relative Popularity in the Mid-1950s” (2022), and the monograph Italian Cinema Audiences: Histories and Memories of Cinemagoing in Post-war Italy (Bloomsbury, 2021). Her presentation offered valuable insights into the role of digital tools in comparative cinema studies and the significance of cinema-going as a social and cultural phenomenon.
