Johan Andersson

Johan Andersson is a Lecturer in the Department of Geography at King’s College London. He was previously a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Leeds and Visiting Scholar at the Graduate Center, City University New York, and holds a PhD in urban studies from University College London (2008). He is the editor, with Lawrence Webb, of Global Cinematic Cities: New Landscapes of Film and Media (Wallflower/Columbia University Press, 2016).

From the Editors' Desk, no. 1, vol. 2February 2, 2017<February 2, 2017

Hollywood and the Muslim Ban: The Contemporary War Film as Urban Cinema

Johan Andersson considers the relationship between Trump's rhetoric and the anti-urban themes of the contemporary war film.

From the Editors' Desk, no. 1, vol. 2January 22, 2017<February 2, 2017

Class Consciousness, Cinema, and the Rise of Trump

Johan Andersson explores the relationship between political crisis and class consciousness in cinema past and present.

no. 4, Q & A, vol. 1August 23, 2016<January 17, 2017

Investigating Global Cinematic Cities

In this introduction to our Q&A on the edited volume Global Cinematic Cities, editors Lawrence Webb and Johan Andersson talk about their project and the questions they asked their contributors in light of the instability surrounding both global cities and cinematic cities.