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Dr Kaveh Abbasian

Dr Kaveh Abbasian

Filmmaker and photographer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Filmmaker and Lecturer in Film and Media Practice at University of Kent

  • Education

    • University of Roehampton

      2008 - 2009
      Master of Arts (MA) Documentary Filmmaking

    • University of Roehampton

      2014 - 2018
      Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Film/Cinema/Video Studies

      AHRC funded doctoral student

  • Experience

    • Freelance

      Oct 2006 - Jun 2010
      Filmmaker and photographer

    • "Last Summer in Europe" Documentary Project

      Jun 2010 - Oct 2011
      Director, Videographer & Editor

      Project included researching, traveling to several European countries and interviewing people of different backgrounds.

    • New Statesman

      Feb 2011 - Apr 2011
      Videographer

      Project included working as part of a team directed by Prof. Michael Chanan for a video blog on the New Statesman's website which was later edited into a feature documentary titled Chronicle of Protest.

    • IKWRO - WOMEN'S RIGHTS ORGANISATION

      Oct 2011 - Mar 2013
      Videographer & Editor (Project Based)

      Projects included: - Conference, “Ending FGM in Europe”, Amnesty, UK, 28/02/2013- Conference, 10th anniversary of IKWRO, Amnesty UK, The Human Rights Action Centre, 03/10/2012- Documentary about the organisation IKWRO, September-October 2012- International conference on the subject of “honour based violence”, Camden Town Hall, 17/11/2011

    • Film Artisan

      Mar 2013 - Sept 2014
      Director

      Projects included:- Educational video, Family Tree project, Great British Community (Charity), January 2014- Solomon & Solfed annual conference, Arsenal Stadium, November 2013- Gallery opening, Pi Artworks, London, October 2013- Arhag residents conference, Newham Town Hall, September 2013

    • University of Roehampton

      Oct 2014 - Sept 2021

      Department of Media, Culture and LanguageCourse: MA Film PracticesModule Title: Contemporary Critical PracticesCourse: Film BAModule Titles: Ideas into Film (Documentary), Production Skills, Forms of Documentary, Filmmaking Portfolio, Production Practices, Audio-visual Criticism, Thinking with ImagesDepartment of HumanitiesCourse: Erasmus Mundus MA Human Rights Policy and PracticeModule: Leading and Managing in Human Rights (Filmmaking) AHRC TECHNE fully funded doctoral researcher

      • Visiting Lecturer

        Jan 2017 - Sept 2021

      • Doctoral Researcher

        Oct 2014 - Dec 2018

    • Library of Congress

      Jul 2016 - Nov 2016
      Research Fellow

      Research fellow at the John W. Kluge Center

    • London Kurdish Film Festival

      Jan 2018 - May 2018
      Programme Coordinator

      Member of documentary selection and organising committees for the largest Kurdish film festival in the world.

    • Birkbeck, University of London

      May 2019 - Sept 2021
      Associate Lecturer

      Department of Film, Media and Cultural StudiesSchool of ArtsCourse: BA Film and MediaModule: Working with Film Sound

    • London Kurdish Film Festival

      Sept 2019 - Sept 2020
      Director Of Programming

    • Farnborough College of Technology

      Sept 2019 - Jan 2020
      Lecturer

      University Centre FarnboroughDepartment of Media and Creative ArtsCourse: BA Film ProductionModule Titles: Documentary Film (Investigating Reality), Drama Film Production (Visual Expression), Documentary Film (Authorship), Professional Drama Film Production

    • University of Kent

      Sept 2021 - now
      Lecturer in Film and Media Practice

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

      Advance HE
      Jul 2021

    • Researcher Development Certificate 2017

      Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
      Jul 2017

    • Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

      Higher Education Academy
      Sept 2016

    • An Introduction to Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

      Staff and Educational Development Association
      Jan 2016

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Dr Kaveh Abbasian
      AHRC International Placement Award AHRC Jul 2016 Fully funded four-month-long placement as a research fellow at the Library of Congress
    • Awarded to Dr Kaveh Abbasian
      Techne Scholarship Award TECHNE AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership Oct 2014 A full three year funding and training for doctoral student research.