Dr. Emily Dreyfus

Biography

Emily Allegra Dreyfus is a cultural historian with a focus on cinema, visual studies, and music. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Contemporary History in Potsdam. Her research interests encompass the ideological and aesthetic dimensions of classical European cinema and how culture and society intersect with art and music. Dreyfus explores the international landscapes of film production and distribution during the Fascist era, along with the role of comics in memory cultures. Her publications include contributions to '19th-Century Music' and works in Cambridge University Press related to Beethoven. She has taught at prestigious institutions, including the University of Chicago and the Free University of Berlin, as well as at the Film University Babelsberg and the University of Potsdam. In addition to her academic pursuits, Dreyfus has a performance career as a violinist and violist.

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