Gerardus Majella Adhyanggono, S.S., MA., PhD.

Associate Professor of Film Studies, Faculty of Language and Arts (FLA), Soegijapranata Catholic University (SCU)

Academic Background

2014/10 – 2019/05 (Doctor of Philosophy), Film Studies, University of Lancaster (UK), completed PhD.

2002/09 – 2003/06 (Master of Arts), English and American Literature, Leiden University (NL), completed MA.

1993/09 – 1997/09 (Bachelor Degree), English Literature, Universitas Sanata Dharma, completed S.S.(Sarjana Sastra).

Professional Background

2015/07 – present, Associate Professor of Film Studies, Faculty of Language and Arts (FLA), Soegijapranata Catholic University (SCU).

2002/09 – 2015/06, Assistant Professor, FLA, SCU.

1999/09 – 2002/08, Lecturer, FLA, SCU.

Leadership

2022/08 – present, Dean of the Faculty of Language and Arts (FLA), Soegijapranata Catholic University (SCU).

2009/08 – 2013/07, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, FLA, SCU.

2009/08 – 2011/07, Head of English Department, FLA, SCU.

2007/08 – 2009/07, Vice Dean for Student Affairs, FLA, SCU.

2005/08 – 2009/07, Head of English Language Vocational Program, FLA, SCU.

2003/08 – present, Editor of Culture, English Language Teaching, and Literature (Celt) Journal

Expertise

Film Studies, Digital Performing Arts, and Literature (drama and short story)

Research Topics

Identity, symbolism, representation, ethnicity, locality, and narrativity in films (fiction and non-fictions), digital performing arts, and literature (particularly dramas and short stories)

Books

2024/06, Dousha in ANAK PENA PUNYA KATHA, SCU Press, Access Link

2023/08, A Reflection on Film Critique and Sinematografi Classes in THE REFLECTIVE ESSAYS OF FLA JOURNEY ON TEACHING, RESEARCH, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, SCU Press, Access Link

2020/10, The Interloper in FLA-POETRY: A COVID-19 ANTHOLOGY, SCU Press, Access Link

2019/11, A Review of language, Discourse, and Class: What’s Next? in SOCIOLINGUISTIC RESEARCH IN THE JOURNEY OF TIME, SCU Press, Access Link

2019/11, Sociolinguistics and Language Creativity: A Review in SOCIOLINGUISTIC RESEARCH IN THE JOURNEY OF TIME, SCU Press, Access Link

Articles

2024/12, Beyond the Rhetorical Function of Cinematic Metaphors in Indonesian Cultural Documentaries in Proceedings of the 7th Celt International Conference (CIC 2024), Atlantis Press, Access Link

2022/06, Between the Documentary Voices and the Storytelling Methods of Four Indonesian Biographical Documentaries, CELT: A JOURNAL OF CULTURE, ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LITERATURE, Volume 2, Number 1, pp.148-179, SCU, Access Link

2021/02, Contested Javaneseness in Socio-Cultural Documentaries of the Post-New Order Indonesia, KRITlKA KULTURA: A REFEREED ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF LITERARY, CULTURAL, AND LANGUAGE STUDIES, Issue No. 36, 2021/02, pp.121-165, Ateneo De Manila University, The Philippines, DOI: https://doi.org/10.13185/1656-152x.1863, Access Link

2020/12, Representation and Symbolism of Power and Sexuality in Jamu (Ayu Utami, 2002), LINGUA MEDIA JOURNAL, Volume 1, Issue 2, pp. 1-26, Universitas 17 Agustus Press, Semarang, Access Link

2014/04, The Search for Oral Narratives of the Chinese Community in Semarang, PHENOMENA: JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, Volume 14, Issue 1, pp. 43-49, Sanata Dharma University Press, Access Link

2014/04, The Initiation and Transformational Process of Jack Frost in Peter Ramsey’s Rise of the Guardians, LANGUAGE CIRCLE: JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, Volume 8, Issue 2, pp. 95-106, Semarang State University, Access Link

2013/12, The Gothic Elements in Tim Burton’s (1999) Sleepy Hollow: The Headless Horseman – A Literary and Cinematic Aspect Analysis, CELT: A JOURNAL OF CULTURE, ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LITERATURE, Volume 13, Issue 2, pp. 239-254, SCU, Access Link

2013/07, The Tragic Elements in Brad Siberling’s (2004) Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, CELT: A JOURNAL OF CULTURE, ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LITERATURE, Volume 13, Issue 1, pp. 102-117, SCU, Access Link

2012/09, The Complex Narratives of Connubiality in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice and The Tragedy of Othello The Moor of Venice, LITE: JURNAL BAHASA, SASTRA, DAN BUDAYA, Volume 8, Issue 2, pp. 135-159, Dian Nuswantoro University, Access Link

2012/07, Teaching English with Drama for Young Learners: Skill or Confidence?, CELT: A JOURNAL OF CULTURE, ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LITERATURE, Volume 12, Issue 1, pp. 46-60, SCU, Access Link

2011/01, Tradisi Cerita Lisan dalam Komunitas Tionghoa di Kota Tuban: Merangkai Serpihan Masa Lampau yang Terlupakan, SERI KAJIAN ILMIAH, Volume 14, Issue 1, pp. 1-10, SCU Press.

2010/12, Nature in Irish Murdoch’s The Sea, The Sea, CELT: A JOURNAL OF CULTURE, ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LITERATURE, Volume 10, Issue 2, pp. 191-203, SCU, Access Link

2010/07, The Significance of Imageries and Dimension of Time in T.S. Eliot’s Rhapsody on A Windy Night, CELT: A JOURNAL OF CULTURE, ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LITERATURE,
Volume 10, Issue 1, pp. 79-91, SCU, Access Link

2009/12, A Book Review: China on Screen: Cinema and Nation, CELT: A JOURNAL OF CULTURE, ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LITERATURE, Volume 9, Issue 2, pp. 204-208, SCU, Access Link

2005/07, Shaw’s Heartbreak House: A Satirical Play by Nature, PHENOMENA: JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, Volume 9, Issue 1, pp. 21-31, Sanata Dharma University.

2004/12, Family Values in the Constellation of the Rebels in Shakespeare’s Henry IV (part 1), CELT: A JOURNAL OF CULTURE, ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LITERATURE, Volume 4, Issue 2, pp. 108-119, SCU, Access Link

2004/07, A Book Review: The Golden Notebook, CELT: A JOURNAL OF CULTURE, ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LITERATURE, Volume 4, Issue 1, pp. 79-83, SCU, Access Link

2001/07, Inge’s The Tiny Closet in Gender Perspective: Retaining the Polarization, CELT: A JOURNAL OF CULTURE, ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LITERATURE, Volume 1, Issue 1, pp. 27-43, SCU, Access Link

2000/10, The Dramatic Structure of Ionesco’s The Lesson, PHENOMENA: JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, Volume 4, Issue 2, Sanata Dharma University.

Keynote Speaker

07/11/2020 [Public Lecture] – Approaching Film Studies: What should you know?, The Filmic Representation of Semarang City through the Lens of Dibalik Nama: Semarang, Lumpia dan Warag Ngendog (Muttaqin, 2015),, FLA-SCU, Semarang [Local]

12/08/2021 [Academic Conference] – 6th CIC – Arts and Entrepreneurship in Language Studies, The Digital Image and Its Status in Today’s Digital Cultures: When a Kino-Eye becomes a Kino-Brush, what happens to the digital performing arts?, FLA-SCU, Semarang [International]

13/02/2023 [Public Lecture] Studium Generale, How to Analyze Film, English Letters Department, Universitas Sanata Dharma, Yogyakarta [Local]

Plenary Speaker

15-17/11/2022 [Academic Conference] 1st SIC – Equitable Environment and Resource Management for Poverty Alleviation, Local Traditions in Question: the Anthropocenic Burden of Ujungan and Cowongan, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN)-Central Java Office of Regional Development Planning-SCU, Semarang [International]

Parallel Speaker

3-4/10/2015 [Workshop] 2015 Workshop on Indonesian Cinema, Representation and Symbolism of Power and Sexuality in Ayu Utami’s Jamu, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, London [International]

Others

Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5943-061X
WoS Researcher ID: KRQ-7424-2024
Scopus Author ID: 57222353139

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