Veena Hariharan

Associate Professor of Cinema Studies

Jawaharlal Nehru University

Speaker Biography

Dr Veena Hariharan is Associate Professor of Cinema Studies at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Her research and writing focuses on documentary, non-fiction cinema and the environment, with essays and articles appearing in academic journals and edited collections. Between 2022 and 2024, she was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at Goethe University, Frankfurt, where she researched non-human-human entanglements in cinema and new media. She is currently completing a book manuscript on Indian non-fiction cinema. Veena has also contributed to the wider film culture sector through her work with film festivals and screening organisations, including the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK), Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA), the 3rd I Film Festival in San Francisco, and the Habitat Film Club.

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