Professor Julia Erhart

Julia Erhart is Professor of Screen in the College of Business, Creative Arts, Law and Social Sciences at Flinders University. She is an internationally recognised feminist film scholar and expert in the fields of feminist and LGBTQ-themed media. Julia is author of three books, Gendering History on Screen: Women Filmmakers and Historical Films (IB Tauris/Bloomsbury 2018), Gillian Armstrong: popular, sensual & ethical cinema (Edinburgh UP 2020), and The Children’s Hour (McGill-Queens UP 2024). She has a track record of data-driven research examining gender equity and the Australian screen industry. With collaborators Julia has produced a suite of articles on subjects including women and virtual production and women, ageing and the screen industries. She has produced substantial research on LGBTQ-themed media. Her newest book on The Children’s Hour (1961) explores the production, exhibition, and reception of the first commercial American film to feature a lesbian character in a mainstream role.

Julia is the recipient of a grant from the Australian Academy of the Humanities (2016), a Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning from the Australian Office for Learning and Teaching (2014), and a Fulbright fellowship (2000). She is a nationally recognised teacher: in addition the OLT Citation, she received the Vice-Chancellor's award and the Faculty award for Excellence in Teaching in 2012 and, as a co-recipient, in 2023. Institutions Julia has taught at include the University of California (Santa Cruz), San Francisco State University, New York University, and Technische Universität Chemnitz. Born and raised in New York City, Julia worked for New Line Cinema, Paperjacks, and as a freelance film editor before becoming an academic.