Experts & Speakers Faculty Profile
Harry M. Geduld
Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature, Professor Emeritus of West European Studies, Professor of Film Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
IU Bloomington
Interests:
Comparative Literature, Western European studiesEducation:
- A.B. at Sheffield University, England, 1953
- Ph.D. at University of London, England, 1961
Background:
- Specializes in films, film personalities, film history and comparative literature.
- Expert on Charlie Chaplin and on detective, mystery and horror genre literature, science fiction literature and film, 19th and 20th century British drama, and British and American cinema.
- Editor of the 17-volume New York Times Encyclopedia of Film.
- Author of "The Birth of the Talkies: From Edison to Jolson."
- IU's Creator of Film Studies, having created 16 undergraduate and three graduate film courses.
