Hariprasad Athanickal is a Professor in the Department of Film Studies, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India. He had other teaching positions at Kannur University and Technical University, Dresden, Germany. His main interest is South Asian film history, and has accordingly carried out research on South Indian cinemas, in particular Malayalam and Tamil film industries. He works on cinema and its political manifestations. His publications include journals, both Malayalam and English as well as various edited collections in English; most recently in Transregional Archives, Cinematic Encounters: Crossing South Asia (The University of Washington Press) and in Journal of Literature and Aesthetics. He is the recipient of UGC Research Award (2014) to research the topic “Search for an Authentic Space in South Indian Cinema” and DAAD (German Academic Exchange Programme) fellowship (2011) to teach at The Technical University, Dresden, Germany. He has received two research fellowships: 1, from Kerala Chalachithra Academy (2020) and 2, National Film Archives of India (NFAI-2020).

⚽  Film Theory and Philosophy of Cinema

⚽  History of Cinema, South Asian Cinemas