Professor Dr. Joseph Mcgonagle

Biography

Joseph McGonagle is a Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies in the French-speaking World at the University of Manchester, where he has been a member of the faculty since 2006. His teaching and research focus on the representation of ethnicity in contemporary French and Francophone visual culture, particularly looking at French film and photography. McGonagle gained his PhD from the University of Manchester in 2006, submitting a thesis that explored representations of ethnicity in French visual media during the 1980s. His research has led to significant publications, including a monograph titled 'Representing Ethnicity Contemporary French Visual Culture', published by Manchester University Press in 2017. His work examines Franco-Algerian relations, investigating how these have been depicted through various visual modes, such as film and photography, and he has contributed to projects that have received substantial research funding. In recognition of his teaching excellence, McGonagle was awarded the Teaching Excellence Award in 2009 and became a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2011.

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