Dr Elena Hristova
Lecturer in Film and Media

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Dr Hristova is a historian of media and culture. Her research is at the intersection of media and communication history, critical whiteness studies, gender studies, social movements, and critical approaches to methodology. Dr Hristova's previous research examined the history of women's labour in media and communication research and its implications for disciplinary foundations and research methodology. Some of this research was published in The Ghost Reader: Recovering Women's Contributions to Media Studies (Goldsmiths, 2024) and in the International Journal of Communication (2022).
Dr Hristova's current research project is Graffiti, Politics, Place, which seeks to determine the ways in which graffiti function as a form of political and cultural communication, heritage making and preservation in the postcolonial/devolved North Wales. Graffiti, Politics, Place has been part funded by Taith.
Dr Hristova teaches modules on visual culture, gender, race, research methods, media ethics, and social movements.
Dr Hristova is a current recipient of WREC funding to organise and run Write Now! Summer 2025 writing retreats for Early Career Researchers at Bangor University.
Contact Info
Dr Hristova is a historian of media and culture. Her research is at the intersection of media and communication history, critical whiteness studies, gender studies, social movements, and critical approaches to methodology. Dr Hristova's previous research examined the history of women's labour in media and communication research and its implications for disciplinary foundations and research methodology. Some of this research was published in The Ghost Reader: Recovering Women's Contributions to Media Studies (Goldsmiths, 2024) and in the International Journal of Communication (2022).
Dr Hristova's current research project is Graffiti, Politics, Place, which seeks to determine the ways in which graffiti function as a form of political and cultural communication, heritage making and preservation in the postcolonial/devolved North Wales. Graffiti, Politics, Place has been part funded by Taith.
Dr Hristova teaches modules on visual culture, gender, race, research methods, media ethics, and social movements.
Dr Hristova is a current recipient of WREC funding to organise and run Write Now! Summer 2025 writing retreats for Early Career Researchers at Bangor University.
Education / academic qualifications
- PhD , Communication Studies - Critical Media Studies (Graduate Minor in American Studies) --- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA
- BA , American Studies and English Literature (Hons) --- University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
- MPhil , American Studies --- University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
Research outputs (17)
- Published
Citizenship in times of crisis: the case of working-class white men in post-World War II New York
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
- Published
Research Project Showcase 2024
Research output: Book/Report › Anthology
- Published
Women’s radical cultural criticism: reflections and projections on teaching with Fredi Washington and Claudia Jones
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Prof. activities and awards (7)
End of Year Showcase
Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
Research Roundtable
Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
Expanding the curriculum/making roots visible: teaching through feminist historical recovery
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation