Personal profile
Biography
Padraic Killeen holds a BA in English and Philosophy from University of Galway and an MA in English Literature and Publishing from the same institution. He completed a doctorate in Film Studies in Trinity College Dublin in 2015. He is the authorof The Dark Interval: Film Noir, Iconography, and Affect (Bloomsbury,2022), as well as peer-reviewed articles in the areas of film, media studies, and digital arts and culture. Padraic is a video essayist and advocate of practice-based models of research and learning. His scholarly work is complemented by a longstanding career in arts journalism, where he published widely on topics in theatre, film, music and photography.
Research Interests
Film Studies; Digital Arts and Culture; Media Archaeology; Adaptation and Intertextuality; Videographic Criticism; Digital Humanities
Education/Academic qualification
PhD
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' Ecology, Materialism, and Transfiguration: An Autopsy of ‘Body Noir’ in David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future'
Killeen, P., 18 Jun 2025, In: M/C Journal. 28, 2Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review
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The Dark Interval: Film Noir, Iconography, and Affect
Killeen, P., 2 Jun 2022, (Bloomsbury)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Burned Out Myths and Vapour Trails: Vaporwave's Affective Potentials
Killeen, P., 1 Jan 2019, In: Open Cultural Studies. 2, 1Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review
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Echoes Beyond Time, Anguish or Caress: Orphee, Alphaville, 2046
Killeen, P., 1 Jan 2019, In: in Transition: Journal of Videographic Film and Moving Image Studies . 6, 1Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review
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Human Trials: Cinema, Subjectivity, and the White Of f the I
Killeen, P., 1 Jan 2018, In: Frames Cinema Journal. Winter, 14Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review
Activities
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Adam Matthews
Killeen, P. (Co-Supervisor)
1 Sep 2025 → 31 Aug 2029Activity: Other › Current Postgraduates (Research) Supervised
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'Something in the Way': Onscreen Journaling as Site of Melancholic Intermediality and Postdigital Intimacy in The Batman (2022)
Killeen, P. (Speaker)
17 Jul 2025Activity: Talk or presentation (Unpublished) › Oral Presentation at a National/International Refereed Conference
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'The Body is a Stage’: Isolating the Image in Saint Maud (Rose Glass, 2019)
Killeen, P. (Speaker)
1 May 2025Activity: Talk or presentation (Unpublished) › Oral Presentation at a National/International Refereed Conference
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Gesture Ex Nihilo: Cinema, Charm, and Monstrous 'Digesture'
Killeen, P. (Speaker)
5 Jun 2024Activity: Talk or presentation (Unpublished) › Oral Presentation at a National/International Refereed Conference
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Alaz Okudan
Killeen, P. (Primary Supervisor)
2024 → …Activity: Other › Current Postgraduates (Research) Supervised