Contact

Email

alicia.byrnes@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials

Position
Lecturer, Screen Studies
School of Culture and Communication
Education
Doctorate
University of Melbourne
Masters (Coursework)
New York University
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree
RMIT University
ORCID

0000-0002-1889-9275

Dr Alicia Byrnes

Lecturer, Screen Studies
School of Culture and Communication
7 Scholarly works
1 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    “Surface and depth: ambivalence as postfeminist ideal in Barbie”
    DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2024.2372010
  • 2025

    Journal article

    “She’s everything”: feminism and the Barbie movie
    DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2024.2381254
  • 2025

    Research grants (other domestic)

    \201CIn Process: Women\2019s Film Activities in Australia 1970-1990\201d
  • 2023

    Book Chapter

    A ‘Feeling of Suspension’: Tradition and Modernity in La Pointe Courte
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Mary Ann Doane (2021) Bigger Than Life: The Close-up and Scale in the Cinema
    DOI: 10.3366/film.2023.0249
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Bird, Planet, Cinema: The Living Bodies of All that Breathes (Sen, 2022)
  • 2020

    Thesis / Dissertation

    The Matter of Absence: Female Disembodiment and Digital Cinema
Alicia Byrnes

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships

2024
Australian Screen Research Centre Fellowship
2018
PhD Thesis Excellence Award, School of Culture and Communications University of Melbourne
2015
Australian Postgraduate Award University of Melbourne
2012
Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Scholarship New York University

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS