Prof Glyn Davis

Prof Glyn Davis

Head of Department (Film Studies)

Professor of Film Studies

Phone
+44 (0)1334 46 2087
Email
gpd1@st-andrews.ac.uk

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Biography

Glyn Davis is Professor of Film Studies in the Department of Film Studies at the University of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø. He is a historian and theorist of queer visual culture, with a specialist interest in experimental and avant-garde cinema. Recent publications include (Bloomsbury, 2022, co-edited with Laura Guy), (BFI/Bloomsbury, 2023 co-edited with Jaap Kooijman), (Edinburgh University Press, 2024, co-edited with Tom Day), and a contribution to the BFI Classics series on (2025).

Prior to joining the University of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, Glyn was Reader in Screen Studies and Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. He has also previously held positions at the University of Bristol and Glasgow School of Art.

From 2016 to 2019, Glyn was Project Leader of , a pan-European queer history project funded by HERA and the European Commission. The project involved 28 researchers based in Germany, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom. In addition to a series of major international conferences, the project generated an array of publications, including '', a special issue of Third Text that Glyn co-edited with Fiona Anderson and Nat Raha. Glyn is currently the PI of , a two-year project funded by JPICH which involves researchers based in the Netherlands, Spain and the UK.

Glyn's writing has appeared in journals including Aniki, GLQ, JCMS, MIRAJ, and Screen. His books include two studies of films by Todd Haynes, a co-edited anthology on , a co-edited collection of essays on Andy Warhol's films, and a co-authored textbook, . He is a member of the AHRC's Peer Review College, and sits on the board of Third Text.

[Profile photograph courtesy of Benny Nemer.]

PhD supervision

  • LucyÌýHowie
  • HalÌýYoung

Selected publications

  • Davis, G., 13 Nov 2025, London: Bloomsbury. 96 p. (BFI film classics)

    Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Davis, G., 30 Oct 2024, Pop cinema. Davis, G. & Day, T. (eds.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, p. 163-181 19 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Davis, G. & Day, T., 30 Oct 2024, Pop cinema. Davis, G. & Day, T. (eds.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, p. 1-20 20 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Davis, G. (Editor) & Day, T. (Editor), 30 Oct 2024, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 266 p.

    Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Davis, G. (Editor) & Kooijman, J. (Editor), 7 Sept 2023, London: British Film Institute. 560 p.

    Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Davis, G., 6 Oct 2022, The Velvet Underground: what goes on. Albiez, S. & Pattie, D. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 53-66

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Davis, G., 23 Mar 2022, The Oxford handbook of queer cinema. Gregg, R. & Villarejo, A. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 435-456 18 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Open access
    Davis, G., 7 Mar 2022, In: Frames Cinema Journal. 19, p. 308-314 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review

  • Davis, G. (Editor) & Guy, L. (Editor), 17 Nov 2022, London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts. 266 p.

    Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Open access
    Davis, G., 18 Jan 2021, In: Third Text. 35, 1, p. 145-160 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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