Professor Karen Lury

  • Head of School and Professor of Film & Television Studies (Theatre, Film & Television Studies)

telephone: 01413305369
email: Karen.Lury@glasgow.ac.uk

R333 Level 3, TFTV Studies, Gilmorehill Halls, Glasgow G12 8QQ

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3634-6965

Research interests

Office hours: please email for an appointment

Research Interests

Children’s film and media.

Screen Performance

Amateur film and media.

Publications

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Jump to: 2022 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2007 | 2005 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001
Number of items: 28.

2022

Lury, K. (Ed.) (2022) The Child in Cinema. British Film Institute: London ; New York, NY. ISBN 9781844575138

2020

Lury, K. (2020) The BBC's Children in Need telethon: the currencies of compassion. In: Bonah, C. and Laukoetter, A. (eds.) Body, Capital and Screens: Visual Media and the Healthy Self in the 20th Century. Series: MediaMatters. Amsterdam University Press: Amsterdam. ISBN 9789048540310 (doi: 10.1515/9789048540310)

Holdsworth, A. , Lury, K. and Tweed, H. (Eds.) (2020) Discourses of Care: Media Practices and Cultures. Bloomsbury Academic: New York. ISBN 9781501342820

Holdsworth, A. , Lury, K. and Tweed, H. (2020) Discourses of care and the media: an approach and an alliance. In: Holdsworth, A., Lury, K. and Tweed, H. (eds.) Discourses of Care: Media Practices and Cultures. Bloomsbury Academic: New York, pp. 1-20. ISBN 9781501342820

2019

Holdsworth, A. and Lury, K. (2019) Tears, tantrums and television performance. In: Walters, J. and Donaldson, L. F. (eds.) Television Performance. Macmillan International, pp. 135-151. ISBN 9781137608208

2018

Lury, K. (2018) The Involuntary Dance: child actors, fidgeting and authenticity. In: Henzler, B. and Pauleit, W. (eds.) Childhood, Cinema and Film Aesthetics. Bertz + Fischer: Berlin, pp. 85-100. ISBN 9783865052575

Lury, K. (2018) An inconvenient growth: watching child actors, growing up, sideways and backwards in contemporary British film and television. In: Dintner, S. and Schneider, R. (eds.) Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Childhood in Contemporary Britain. Series: Studies in childhood, 1700 to present. Routledge: New York ; London, pp. 103-119. ISBN 9781138232105

2016

Lury, K. (2016) 'A constellation of incongruities': the amateur film and the trip to the zoo. In: Lawrence, M. and Lury, K. (eds.) The Zoo and Screen Media: Images of Exhibition and Encounter. Series: Screening Spaces. Palgrave Macmillan: New York, pp. 3-21. ISBN 9781137543424 (doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-53561-0_1)

Holdsworth, A. and Lury, K. (2016) Growing up and growing old with television: peripheral viewers and the centrality of care. Screen, 57(2), pp. 184-196. (doi: 10.1093/screen/hjw019)

Lawrence, M. and Lury, K. (Eds.) (2016) The Zoo and Screen Media: Images of Exhibition and Encounter. Series: Screening spaces. Palgrave Macmillan: New York. ISBN 9781137543424

Lury, K. (2016) The Queen has two bodies: amateur film, civic culture and the rehearsal of monarchy. In: Merck, M. (ed.) British Monarchy on Screen. Manchester University Press: Manchester. ISBN 9780719099564

2015

Bergfelder, T., Butler, A., Eleftheriotis, D. , Lury, K. , Phillips, A., Stacey, J. and Street, S. (2015) Screen [Issue editor]. Screen, 56(2),

Lury, K. (2015) Der Amateurfilm and der Zoobeusch. In: Mattl, S., Lesky, C. and Ohner, V. (eds.) Abenteur Alltag: zur archaologie des Amateurfilms. Series: FilmmuseumSynemaPublikationen (25). Austrian Film museum: Austria, pp. 99-111. ISBN 9783901644634

2014

Lury, K. (2014) Short takes. In: Marshall, L. and Laing, D. (eds.) Popular Music Matters: essays in honour of Simon Frith. Series: Ashgate popular and folk music series. Ashgate: Farnham, Surrey, pp. 94-96. ISBN 9781472421791

2013

Lury, K. (2013) Halfway down the stairs: children's spaces in amateur family films from the 1930s to the 1960s. Home Cultures, 10(3), pp. 267-287. (doi: 10.2752/175174213X13739735973417)

2012

Lury, K. (2012) The fragile magic of the home: Amateur domestic comedies and the intimate geography of childhood. In: Craven, I. and Shand, R. (eds.) Small Gauge Storytelling: Discovering the Amateur Fiction Film. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780748656349 (doi: 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748656349.003.0013)

2011

Lury, K. (2011) In thrall to the archives of empire: Torchwood - 'Children of Earth'. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 8(2), pp. 252-271. (doi: 10.3366/jbctv.2011.0031)

Lury, K. (2011) The "basis for mutual contempt": the loss of the contingent in digital television. In: Bennett, J. and Strange, N. (eds.) Television as Digital Media. Series: Console-ing passions. Duke University Press: Durham, NC, pp. 181-203. ISBN 9780822348870

2010

Lury, K. (2010) The Child in Film: Tears, Fears and Fairytales. I.B. Tauris: London. ISBN 9781845119676

Lury, K. (2010) Children in an open world: Mobility as ontology in new Iranian and Turkish cinema. Feminist Theory, 11(3), pp. 283-294. (doi: 10.1177/1464700110376279)

2009

Lury, K.E. (2009) 'For crying out loud': the repression of the child's subjectivity in The House of Tiny Tearaways. Semiotica, 173(1-4), pp. 491-507. (doi: 10.1515/SEMI.2009.023)

2007

Lury, K.E. (2007) A response to John Corner. Screen, 48(3), pp. 371-376. (doi: 10.1093/screen/hjm036)

2005

Lury, K.E. (2005) The child in film and television: introduction. Screen, 46(3), pp. 307-314.

Lury, K.E. (2005) Interpreting Television. Hodder Education: Hodder Arnold. ISBN 0340806133

2003

Lury, K.E. (2003) Closeup: documentary aesthetics (textual properties that are intrinsic to television). Screen, 44(1), pp. 101-105. (doi: 10.1093/screen/44.1.101)

2002

Lury, K.E. (2002) Chewing gum for the ears: children's television and popular music. Popular Music, 21(3), pp. 291-307. (doi: 10.1017/S0261143002002192)

Lury, K.E. (2002) A time and place for everything: children's channels. In: Buckingham, D. (ed.) Small Screens: Television for Children. Leicester University Press, pp. 15-37. ISBN 0826459447

2001

Lury, K.E. (2001) British Youth Television: Cynicism and Enchantment. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198159706

This list was generated on Fri Dec 2 23:30:13 2022 GMT.
Jump to: Articles | Books | Book Sections | Edited Books
Number of items: 28.

Articles

Holdsworth, A. and Lury, K. (2016) Growing up and growing old with television: peripheral viewers and the centrality of care. Screen, 57(2), pp. 184-196. (doi: 10.1093/screen/hjw019)

Bergfelder, T., Butler, A., Eleftheriotis, D. , Lury, K. , Phillips, A., Stacey, J. and Street, S. (2015) Screen [Issue editor]. Screen, 56(2),

Lury, K. (2013) Halfway down the stairs: children's spaces in amateur family films from the 1930s to the 1960s. Home Cultures, 10(3), pp. 267-287. (doi: 10.2752/175174213X13739735973417)

Lury, K. (2011) In thrall to the archives of empire: Torchwood - 'Children of Earth'. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 8(2), pp. 252-271. (doi: 10.3366/jbctv.2011.0031)

Lury, K. (2010) Children in an open world: Mobility as ontology in new Iranian and Turkish cinema. Feminist Theory, 11(3), pp. 283-294. (doi: 10.1177/1464700110376279)

Lury, K.E. (2009) 'For crying out loud': the repression of the child's subjectivity in The House of Tiny Tearaways. Semiotica, 173(1-4), pp. 491-507. (doi: 10.1515/SEMI.2009.023)

Lury, K.E. (2007) A response to John Corner. Screen, 48(3), pp. 371-376. (doi: 10.1093/screen/hjm036)

Lury, K.E. (2005) The child in film and television: introduction. Screen, 46(3), pp. 307-314.

Lury, K.E. (2003) Closeup: documentary aesthetics (textual properties that are intrinsic to television). Screen, 44(1), pp. 101-105. (doi: 10.1093/screen/44.1.101)

Lury, K.E. (2002) Chewing gum for the ears: children's television and popular music. Popular Music, 21(3), pp. 291-307. (doi: 10.1017/S0261143002002192)

Books

Lury, K. (2010) The Child in Film: Tears, Fears and Fairytales. I.B. Tauris: London. ISBN 9781845119676

Lury, K.E. (2005) Interpreting Television. Hodder Education: Hodder Arnold. ISBN 0340806133

Lury, K.E. (2001) British Youth Television: Cynicism and Enchantment. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198159706

Book Sections

Lury, K. (2020) The BBC's Children in Need telethon: the currencies of compassion. In: Bonah, C. and Laukoetter, A. (eds.) Body, Capital and Screens: Visual Media and the Healthy Self in the 20th Century. Series: MediaMatters. Amsterdam University Press: Amsterdam. ISBN 9789048540310 (doi: 10.1515/9789048540310)

Holdsworth, A. , Lury, K. and Tweed, H. (2020) Discourses of care and the media: an approach and an alliance. In: Holdsworth, A., Lury, K. and Tweed, H. (eds.) Discourses of Care: Media Practices and Cultures. Bloomsbury Academic: New York, pp. 1-20. ISBN 9781501342820

Holdsworth, A. and Lury, K. (2019) Tears, tantrums and television performance. In: Walters, J. and Donaldson, L. F. (eds.) Television Performance. Macmillan International, pp. 135-151. ISBN 9781137608208

Lury, K. (2018) The Involuntary Dance: child actors, fidgeting and authenticity. In: Henzler, B. and Pauleit, W. (eds.) Childhood, Cinema and Film Aesthetics. Bertz + Fischer: Berlin, pp. 85-100. ISBN 9783865052575

Lury, K. (2018) An inconvenient growth: watching child actors, growing up, sideways and backwards in contemporary British film and television. In: Dintner, S. and Schneider, R. (eds.) Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Childhood in Contemporary Britain. Series: Studies in childhood, 1700 to present. Routledge: New York ; London, pp. 103-119. ISBN 9781138232105

Lury, K. (2016) 'A constellation of incongruities': the amateur film and the trip to the zoo. In: Lawrence, M. and Lury, K. (eds.) The Zoo and Screen Media: Images of Exhibition and Encounter. Series: Screening Spaces. Palgrave Macmillan: New York, pp. 3-21. ISBN 9781137543424 (doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-53561-0_1)

Lury, K. (2016) The Queen has two bodies: amateur film, civic culture and the rehearsal of monarchy. In: Merck, M. (ed.) British Monarchy on Screen. Manchester University Press: Manchester. ISBN 9780719099564

Lury, K. (2015) Der Amateurfilm and der Zoobeusch. In: Mattl, S., Lesky, C. and Ohner, V. (eds.) Abenteur Alltag: zur archaologie des Amateurfilms. Series: FilmmuseumSynemaPublikationen (25). Austrian Film museum: Austria, pp. 99-111. ISBN 9783901644634

Lury, K. (2014) Short takes. In: Marshall, L. and Laing, D. (eds.) Popular Music Matters: essays in honour of Simon Frith. Series: Ashgate popular and folk music series. Ashgate: Farnham, Surrey, pp. 94-96. ISBN 9781472421791

Lury, K. (2012) The fragile magic of the home: Amateur domestic comedies and the intimate geography of childhood. In: Craven, I. and Shand, R. (eds.) Small Gauge Storytelling: Discovering the Amateur Fiction Film. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780748656349 (doi: 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748656349.003.0013)

Lury, K. (2011) The "basis for mutual contempt": the loss of the contingent in digital television. In: Bennett, J. and Strange, N. (eds.) Television as Digital Media. Series: Console-ing passions. Duke University Press: Durham, NC, pp. 181-203. ISBN 9780822348870

Lury, K.E. (2002) A time and place for everything: children's channels. In: Buckingham, D. (ed.) Small Screens: Television for Children. Leicester University Press, pp. 15-37. ISBN 0826459447

Edited Books

Lury, K. (Ed.) (2022) The Child in Cinema. British Film Institute: London ; New York, NY. ISBN 9781844575138

Holdsworth, A. , Lury, K. and Tweed, H. (Eds.) (2020) Discourses of Care: Media Practices and Cultures. Bloomsbury Academic: New York. ISBN 9781501342820

Lawrence, M. and Lury, K. (Eds.) (2016) The Zoo and Screen Media: Images of Exhibition and Encounter. Series: Screening spaces. Palgrave Macmillan: New York. ISBN 9781137543424

This list was generated on Fri Dec 2 23:30:13 2022 GMT.

Grants

  • 2015 Leverhulme Trust (awarded December 2014, as PI) ‘Collections: an Enlightenment Pedagogy for the 21st Century’: £1,050,000 over 60 months, first cohort, October 2015. 
  • 2010 AHRC Research Grant (as PI) ‘Children and Amateur Media in Scotland: £584, 152 (2010-2014)
  • 2010 British Academy Travel Grant: £400 March 2010 (U.S. conference attendance)
  • 2008 AHRC Research Leave 24/09/2007-23/01/08 (with matched University support)
  • 2006 British Academy Travel Grant: £400 May 2006 (U.S. conference attendance)
  • 2002 AHRB Research Leave 31/03/02-30/06/02 (with matched University support)

Supervision

Karen has supervised over 10 students to completion.

 

  • Konstantinou, Christina
    Surrealism, Dreams and Other Realities: an Analysis of Imaginary Spaces in Cinema and their Contribution to Metaphysics.

Teaching

Level 1: Reading the Screen
Children’s Television
Animation
Screen Performance

 

Additional information

  • Dean of Research, College of Arts (2014-2017)
  • AHRC advisory board member (2015-)
  • Editor, Screen

Professor Karen Lury