Dr. Agata Frymus

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Agata Frymus is a Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at Monash University Malaysia, recognized as a leading researcher in film, ranking in the top 250 for Australian researchers in 2025. Before joining Monash, she was a Marie Skłodowska Curie postdoctoral fellow at Ghent University, Belgium, where she was the principal investigator for a project titled 'Black Cinema-Going in New York during the Interwar Period' from 2018 to 2020. She is the author of the book 'Damsels Divas: European Stardom Silent Hollywood' published by Rutgers University Press in 2020, which examines the personae of stars from the silent film era, including Vilma Banky, Pola Negri, and Jetta Goudal. Frymus serves as submissions editor for the journal 'Early Popular Visual Culture' and is actively involved in research that focuses on the intersections of race, ethnicity, stardom, and audiences in film history, particularly during the mid-twentieth century. Her teaching experience includes various units in Film, TV, and Screen Studies at different institutions, and she has presented guest lectures at the Monash Prato campus in Italy.

Research Interests

Experience

Senior Lecturer

2018-01-01 — Present

Monash University Malaysia • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Teaches and supervises graduate students in Film and Television Studies.

Awards

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BAFTSS Annual Article Award

2024-04-06
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Doctoral Article Award

2018-01-01
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Excellence Research Early Career Researcher

2023-07-08
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Marie Sklodowska Curie Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship

2018-02-01

Requirements for Monash University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:12
Reading
Required:13
Writing
Required:21
Speaking
Required:18
Total
Required:79
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree (or equivalent) in a related field
Application Checklist
  • Academic Transcripts
  • Proof of English Proficiency
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Copy of Passport
Specialization Notes

Requirements are standardized across the Faculty of Information Technology for most Master's programs including Computer Science and Data Science.