Kim Khavar Fahlstedt
Position: Associate Senior Lecturer School/office: School of Humanities, Education and Social SciencesEmail: a2ltLmtoYXZhci1mYWhsc3RlZHQ7b3J1LnNl
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About Kim Khavar Fahlstedt
Rewrite this for clarity and excellence: What happened when cinema appeard in one of United States most segregated neighborhoods? Why has one of Sweden’s brightest Hollywood stars faded from the nation's institutional memory? How have moving images shaped our collective understanding of the natural world?
Questions like these drive my research, where I delve into film culture as a powerful societal force and historical catalyst. I am interested in how films are expressed, received, and interpreted across different times and places. My work often involves deep archival research, uncovering the intersections between film and other cultural or societal phenomena—such as the relationship between nature documentaries and museums, or the influence of Hollywood on regional popular culture.
In my teaching, I strive to blend these research insights into a film studies program that is both intellectually challenging and deeply relevant. My goal is to collaborate with students to push the boundaries of learning beyond the classroom. Since the fall of 2024, I have taken on the role of program director for film studies at Örebro University, where I am committed to fostering a dynamic and engaging educational experience.
Research groups
Publications
Articles in journals
- Fahlstedt, K. K. (2022). Serialized space: Chinatown iconography in Universal’s The Master Key. Early Popular Visual Culture, 20 (4), 412-426. [BibTeX]
- Fahlstedt, K. K. (2020). Prologue to Hollywood: Sid Grauman and the San Francisco Origins of Tinseltown Spectacle. Bright Lights Film Journal (July 25). [BibTeX]
- Khavar Fahlstedt, K. (2017). The cinematic fauna of Bengt Berg. Journal of Scandinavian Cinema, 7 (3), 243-251. [BibTeX]
- Fahlstedt, K. (2014). Marketing Rebellion: The Chinese Revolution Reconsidered. Film History. An International Journal, 26 (1), 80-107. [BibTeX]
Articles, book reviews
- Khavar Fahlstedt, K. (2024). Book review: Ink-Stained Hollywood: the Triumph of the American cinema's trade press. Early Popular Visual Culture, 22 (1), 115-118. [BibTeX]
Books
- Khavar Fahlstedt, K. (2024). Oland: Sveriges glömda Hollywoodstjärna. Stockholm: Appell förlag. [BibTeX]
- Khavar Fahlstedt, K. (2020). Chinatown Film Culture: The Appearance of Cinema in San Francisco’s Chinese Neighborhood. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press. [BibTeX]
Chapters in books
- Khavar Fahlstedt, K. & Treveri Gennari, D. (2024). Ticket Whistles and Football Scores: Auditory Ecology, Memory and the Cinema Experience in 1950s Gothenburg and Bari. In: Daniela Treveri Gennari; Lies Van de Vijver; Perluigi Ercole, The Palgrave Handbook of Comparative New Cinema Histories (pp. 263-279). London: Palgrave Macmillan. [BibTeX]
- Khavar Fahlstedt, K. (2019). Charlie Chan’s Last Mystery, or, the Transcultural Disappearance of Warner Oland. In: Anna Westerståhl Stenport; Arne Lunde, Nordic Film Cultures and Cinemas of Elsewhere (pp. 42-52). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. [BibTeX]