IN-SIGHTS
“Besides his excellent teaching record, Dr. Taylor is a prolific researcher and superbly productive writer. He seems to have a knack for identifying new developments in film, media and their studies. Dr. Taylor appears to be there rare case of a scholar who is equally strong in teaching as well as academic research…“. Professor, Winfried Fluck, John F. Kennedy Institute, Freie University, Berlin, January 2008.
Welcome to this succinct web profile of Dr. Alan Taylor.
As detailed in the sidebar Hat Stand, I am am a specialist teacher, lecturer and book author in film, media and drama, with post-graduate qualifications that range from Film Sciences, Media Education, Pedagogy & Film Production.
Since graduation as a qualified teacher from Oxford University, my teaching and curriculum managerial experience has encompassed Secondary, Further & Higher Education. Specialist courses have included Anglo-American Literature, Film, Media & American Studies and Screenwriting.
Academia & Publishing
For 2007-2008 I am based in Berlin, Germany, where I have been teaching as Guest Lecturer at the John F. Kennedy Institute of North American Studies, the Freie University of Berlin. The following courses support the BA & MA Culture Programme, Uni. Professor Winfried Fluck:-
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Spring/Summer 2008: American Yodas
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Winter 2007: Hollywood on Hollywood (34 students)
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Spring/Summer 2007: Framing News (64 students)
These courses follow from book publications on U.S. film and media histories, news broadcasting, Hitchcock and Renaissance/Jacobean Drama (Peter Lang, 2005 & 2007) and from recent Academic Appointments as Guest Lecturer elsewhere:-
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2004: at the Department of Mass Communication, the New Bulgarian University (Sofia) and
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2000-2003: the Seminar für Filmwissenschaft, at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz.
Theory into Practice: Collaborations USA, Europe
Other related projects, including workshops, speaking events and event organisation have been been undertaken with the J.W. Goethe University of Frankfurt/Main, the Filmhaus, Frankfurt/Main, Interspace, Sofia, the Kulturring, e. V, Berlin, and Cinemasports, the global network of digital filmmakers as based in San Francisco.
As well as teaching, I also contribute as Editor and Writer in Cultural Affairs/English to the on-line news journal Welt Express and the EuropeFront newswire. I specialise in covering aspects of the dramatic and visual arts in Berlin and matters of education.
Further articles on European Film Sales and Marketing have appeared in Professional Production Magazine (Germany, March 2008, see sibebar).
Current Blended Research
Consideration at the moment turns to the representation of learning/teaching in film. This focuses primarily on theories of cognitive behaviour as figured in mainstream film narratives. Or, as Bing would have it:-
Thanks for visiting, I look forward to hearing from future collaborators,
ALAN TAYLOR
Member: European Network for Cinema and Media Studies &
The Deutscher Journalisten-Verband (DJV)
CV Update is lurking here:-at-cv-0608
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