Nick Schlegel

Education

• BA: Telecom & Film, Eastern Michigan University, 1995
• MA: Media Arts & Studies, Wayne State University, 2002
• PhD: Media Arts & Studies, Wayne State University, 2011

Specialties / Areas of Interest

• Political Economy of Media
• Genre Studies (particularly horror, cult, and exploitation cinema with a global emphasis)
• Film History and Historiography
• Media Literacy
• Social Media
• Classic and Contemporary Television
• Film & Video Production
• Screenwriting
• Media History, Aesthetics & Theory
• Documentary Film
• Film Music
• Popular Culture

Research, Publications, & Presentations

Research & Publications

• My next book project proposes to classify, identify and examine the highly stylized and significant German Krimis (abbreviation for the German term Kriminalfilm or criminal film). International research commences in 2018.
• Monster of London City: Edgar Wallace, New German Cinema, and the Krimi Phenomenon. Lexington Books. Contracted.
• Sex, Sadism, Spain, and Cinema: The Spanish Horror Film. Rowman & Littlefield, June 2015.
• “Hallo, hier spricht Jess Franco: How Franco Recoded the Krimi.” The Films of Jess Franco. Wayne State University Press, Spring 2018.
• "Mondo Mundo: Sound Design and Innovation in Mexico's El Mundo de los Vampiros." Mexican Horror Films: Studies in the Horror Film. McFarland, forthcoming.
• "Identity Crisis: Imperialist Vampires in Japan?" Draculas, Vampires, and Other Undead Forms: Essays on Gender, Race and Culture. Eds: Kay Picart and John Edgar Browning. Scarecrow Press, 2009.