Professor Hugo Frey
Director of the Institute of Arts and Humanities
About
Hugo Frey,听BA Hons (CNAA) MA (Surrey) PhD (Surrey)
Professor Hugo Frey is a cultural and political historian whose research work focuses on twentieth century France and Francophone Europe with special emphasis on the politics of visual culture. He has published over 40聽substantial outputs in this field including聽Louis Malle聽(Manchester University Press 2004);聽Nationalism and the Cinema in France聽(Berghahn Books 2014) and聽The Graphic Novel: An Introduction聽[co-author] (Cambridge University Press, 2015),听.
In addition he has published journal articles with聽Journal of European Studies,听South Central Review,听Modern and Contemporary France听补苍诲听Yale French Studies, among others.
His writings on Pierre Benoit have featured with Nebraska University Press and in turn were translated and published in France in the聽Cahiers des Amis de Pierre Benoit.
Key Publications
His recent book on French history is聽Nationalism and the Cinema聽in France聽聽(New York:聽Berghahn聽Books, 2014). It explored why film is so central to the modern French understanding of nationhood: an interpretation that was described by聽Charles聽Drazin聽(University of London) as 鈥榝ascinating鈥� and 鈥榗onvincing鈥�.
Last year Hugo also published his third book, co-authored with Professor Jan聽Baetens,听The Graphic Novel: An Introduction聽through the prestigious Cambridge University Press.
This title is a ‘highlight’ work in the 2015 Cambridge UP ‘Literature’聽catalogue. It is described by Professor Jared Gardner (Ohio)聽as a ground-breaking work that will come to shape the field.
In addition, Hugo is ‘Editor in Chief’ for the聽Leuven聽University Press series on ‘European Comics and Graphic Novels’.
The press have now published four聽ground-breaking works that are also all available in the US via Cornell. Future research projects on North American, European and British graphic novels will play a part in the next four years of Hugo’s research commitments. These include his co-editorship of聽The Cambridge History of the Graphic Novel聽(Cambridge University Press, 2018).
Research
Hugo has delivered research papers to conferences and research groups around the world including in: the UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Norway, Finland, Holland, Germany聽and Belgium, In 2013, he was also appointed a Visiting Guest Lecturer for the Prince’s Teaching Institute (London) where he offers lectures to newly qualified teachers of French to assist them in their knowledge of French cinema.
As Head of Academic Department, Hugo has also led the History Department to success in the last two Research Assessment Exercises (2008 and 2014). He also leads our contribution to the聽Graylingwell聽Heritage Project (2012-2015).
PhD Supervision
Professor Frey would be delighted to supervise students in history or politics who are working in my field
- Graphic novels & Comics
- American cultural history
- French cultural history
- Politics of Nationalism
- French and Francophone Cinema
Recent graduates include Dr Ian Hague and Dr Laurike聽in’t Veld on comics and material culture and comics and depictions of genocide. See also聽
Teaching
Professor Frey’s current undergraduate teaching:
- Rethinking History
- War and Memory in Western Europe
- History in the Graphic Novel
On the MA in Cultural History, he co-ordinates the module dedicated to French cultural history.
Research Output
Articles
Frey, H. (2022) Imaginaires, 24. pp. 131-147. ISSN 2780-1896
Frey, H. (2020) Recherches s茅miotiques, 38 (1-2). pp. 221-236. ISSN 1923-9920
Frey, H. and Baetens, J. (2019) Art History, 42 (1). pp. 126-152. ISSN 0141-6790
Baetens, J. and Frey, H. (2017) Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, 8 (2). pp. 193-202. ISSN 2150-4865
Frey, H. (2014) Le Cahiers des Amis de Pierre Benoit, XXIV. pp. 148-161. ISSN 0992-9835
Frey, H. (2008) Lendemains: 脡tudes compar茅es sur la France, 33 (129). pp. 43-60. ISSN 0170-3803
Frey, H. (2007) Journal of European Studies, 37 (4). pp. 373-389. ISSN 0047-2441
Frey, H. (2006) South Central Review: Journal of the South Central MLA, 23 (2). pp. 22-35. ISSN 0743-6831
Frey, H. (2002) Rethinking History: The Journal of Theory and Practice, 6 (3). pp. 293-304. ISSN 1364-2529
Book Sections
Frey, H. (2022) In: Louis Malle dans tous ses etats. Les Impressions nouvelles, Brussels, pp. 225-236. ISBN 9782874499456
Frey, H. (2019) In: The Cambridge History of the Graphic Novel. Cambridge University Press, New York. (Submitted)
Frey, H. (2017) In: The Cambridge Companion to the Graphic Novel. Cambridge University Press, New York. ISBN 9781107108790
Frey, H. and Baetens, J. (2017) In: Teaching Representations of the First World War. Options for Teaching . Modern Language Association, New York, pp. 277-284. ISBN 9781603293044
Frey, H. (2016) In: The Comics of Herg茅. Great Comics Artists . University Press of Mississippi, Jackson. ISBN 9781496818492
Frey, H. (2015) In: Transforming Anthony Trollope: Dispossession, Victorianism and 19th Century Word and Image. LUP/Cornell, Leuven. ISBN 9789462700413
Frey, H. (2010) In: Nationalizing the Past: Historians as Nation-Builders. Palgrave, pp. 282-297. ISBN 9780230237926
Frey, H. and Jordan, S. (2010) In: Nationalizing the Past: Historians as Nation Builders in Modern Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke. ISBN 9780230237926
Frey, H. and Flood, C. (2010) In: French Historians 1900-2000: New Historical Writing in Twentieth-Century France. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford. ISBN 9781405198677
Frey, H. (2009) In: Les Spirales du sens chez Renaud Camus. Rodopi Editions, Amsterda, Paris, pp. 207-231. ISBN 9789042026841
Frey, H. (2009) In: Les Spirales du sens chez Renaud Camus. Rodopi Editions, Amsterdam ; NY, pp. 207-231. ISBN 9789042026841
Frey, H. (2008) In: Writing and the Image Today. Yale French Studies, 114 . Yale University Press, New Haven, Conneticut ; London, pp. 116-129. ISBN 9780300118216
Frey, H. (2008) In: Narrating the Nation: Representations in History, Media and the Arts. Making Sense of History (11). Berghahn Books, Oxford ; New York, pp. 181-203. ISBN 9781845454241
Frey, H. (2008) In: History and Politics in French-Language Comics and Graphic Novels. University of Mississippi Press, Jackson, pp. 34-51. ISBN 9781604730043
Frey, H. (2008) In: History and Politics in French-Language Comics and Graphic Novels. University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, pp. 34-51. ISBN 9781604730043
Frey, H. (2007) In: London Eyes: Reflections in Text and Image. Berghahn, Oxford, UK, pp. 135-147. ISBN 9781845454074
Monographs
Frey, H. (2014) Other. Berghahn Books. 9781782383659
Frey, H. (2014) . Berghahn, New York.
Books
Baetens, J., Frey, H. and Tabachnick, S. E. (2018) Cambridge Histories - Literature . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. ISBN 9781107171411
Frey, H. and Baetens, J. (2015) Cambridge University Press, New York. ISBN 9781107655768
Frey, H. (2004) French Film Directors . Manchester University Press, Manchester, UK. ISBN 9780719064562
