Chris Broodryk
Chris Broodryk is Associate Professor in the School of the Arts, Faculty of Humanities, University of Pretoria. He completed his doctorate in Film and Television Studies at the University of Cape Town. His trans-disciplinary research focuses on identity dynamics and cultural expression, which ranges across film studies, television studies, and social media studies. He has published academic articles, book reviews, film reviews, and play reviews in peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of African Cinemas, Critical Arts and Journal of Literary Studies. Currently, Chris is collaborating with the Centre for Asian Studies in Africa (CASA) on a theatre-based climate action project, and is in conversation with the UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (UPISMC) on film-specific research and outputs about malaria. He is the editor of Public Intellectuals in South Africa: Critical Voices from the Past (Wits University Press, 2021). He is coordinator of postgraduate film praxis in the School of the Arts, and supervises MA and PhD research in Drama and Film Studies and at the Unit for Creative Writing.