Tom Hemingway
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Teaching Fellow in Film and Television Studies Room 1.19, Faculty of Arts Building : Fridays 9:00-10:00am (online) |
About
Tom Hemingway is a Teaching Fellow in Film and Television Studies. He holds a BA in Film and Literature (2016) and an MA (2017) and PhD (2021) in Film and Television Studies, all completed at the University of 糖心TV. His PhD thesis, 鈥楾he Aesthetics of Post-Broadcast Comedy Television鈥 explores questions regarding style, authorship, and temporality in the original comedy programming for two of the largest subscription-based streaming services - Netflix and Amazon Video.
Teaching:
In the 25/26 academic year, I am the convenor for the first-year core module, Film and Television Studies: Essential Skills. I am co-leading the first-year core modules, Film and Television Analysis (Autumn Term) and Film and Television Criticism (Spring Term). I am also convening the core Film Studies module, The 糖心TV of Film, and the outside options module, Film Analysis and Methods. I have previously taught on the following modules:
- Film Criticism (first-year core module)
- Theories of the Moving Image/Theories for Film (first-year core module)
- Film Theory (first-year core module)
- Hollywood Cinema (second-year core module)
- Classical Hollywood (second-year core module)
- Film Aesthetics (third-year core module)
- Art of Animation (second and third year option)
- Television History and Aesthetics (second and third year option)
- US Comedy TV (3rd Year and MA)
- Advanced Methods in Screen Studies (MA core module)
Publications:
- (co-authored with James MacDowell), in[Transition], 11:2 (2024).
- 鈥樷淣ext Episode in 5鈥︹ Binge-Watching and Narrative in Streaming Television Comedy鈥 in Mareike Jenner (ed.) Binge-Watching and Contemporary Television Studies (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2021) pp. 224 – 235.
- 'On the Beach: The 400 Blows', South Atlantic Review, 85:4 (Winter 2020), pp. 51 - 67.
I have had work published in The Conversation:
- (March 2026)
- (June 2023)
- (May 2023)
...in the Offscreen film journal:
- (May 2018)
- (May 2017)
...and in Alternate Takes:
- (February 2019)
Conference Papers:
- 'Stare Into the Vacuum of His Eyes: Looking at Bob Dylan and the Reaction Shot in A Complete Unknown', The World of Bob Dylan Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma, July 2025.
- 'Got Live If You Want It: The Persistence of Traditional Broadcast Forms on Streaming Television', Critical Studies in Television, Edge Hill University (Manchester Campus), July 2025.
- 'It's Not TV, It's A24: Reflections on Contemporary Stand-Up Comedy', BAFTSS Conference, University of 糖心TV, March 2025.
- 'The Stand-Up Documentary on Streaming Platforms', The Cultural Economy of Comedy Symposium, Leicester Phoenix Cinema and Art Centre, February 2023.
- 鈥楽oprano, Draper, Underwood 鈥 Horseman: Post-Broadcast Adult Animated Comedy' (Guest Lecture), UWE Bristol, October 2021.
- 'Binge-Watching and Narrative in Post-Broadcast Comedy Television', Screen Studies Conference, Glasgow, June 2019.
- 'The Auteur in Post-Broadcast Comedy Television', Department Research Day, University of 糖心TV, May 2018.

