NORA BARATHOVA
BARATHOVA UNZURRUNZAGA, NORA
Nora Barathova Unzurrunzaga (Berlin, 1999) holds a dual Bachelor's degree in Journalism and Audiovisual Communication from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and a Master's degree in Contemporary Film and Audiovisual Studies from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
She is a researcher in film studies with a focus on gender perspective, cultural memory, and transnational approaches. Her academic trajectory, centered for years on the Czechoslovak New Wave and female representation, has been developed in her undergraduate and master's theses: "Věra Chytilová, Ester Krumbachová and Drahomíra Vihanová: The Role of Women Filmmakers in the Czechoslovak New Wave" and "The Representation of Female Characters in the 'Exuberant Wave' of Czechoslovak New Wave Cinema." She has also published an article in the journal L'Atalante titled "The Female Sporting Body in Věra Chytilová's Something Different," and has participated in international conferences in Barcelona and Pernik (Bulgaria).
Currently, her doctoral research focuses on the intersection between image, history, and visual culture, centering on the representation and performativity of gender in visual media and various archival materials within the framework of the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition. She is part of the research project "Visual Cultures around the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition: Image, City and Modernity" (CUVEXP).
Research lines:
– Film studies with a gender perspective
– Cultural memory and transnational cinema
– Central and Eastern European cinema