Dr Mikel Koven
Senior Lecturer and Course Leader, Film Studies
English Media and Culture
email: m.koven@worc.ac.uk
tel: 01905 85 5297
Dr Mikel J Koven (m.koven@worc.ac.uk) leads our Film Studies BA (Hons) Course. His teaching areas include World cinema; genre; Hollywood cinema; horror cinema; film & folklore; and cult & exploitation cinema. His research areas include Film & Folklore (fairy tales, myths, and legends); Exploitation cinema (with a focus on Italian horror film); Jewish cinema (representations, stereotypes, and the Holocaust); and “Cult” TV.
Academic qualifications:
- PhD, Folklore Studies, Memorial University of Newfoundland (1999)
- MA in Film & Television Studies, University of Warwick (1994)
- BA (hon) in Humanities, York University [Toronto] (1992)