Rebecca DeRoo

Professor

College of Liberal Arts

School of Communication
Department of Performing Arts and Visual Culture

2023 Submissions

Book Chapter

DeRoo, Rebecca J. "L'une chante, l'autre pas: un film musicale féministe." Viva Varda! Ed. Florence Tissot. Paris, France: Cinémathèque Française, 2023. 172-183. Print. *

Invited Keynote/Presentation

DeRoo, Rebecca J. "Illuminating Public and Domestic Labor: Mary Kelly's 1970s Feminist Art Activism." Feminist Art History Conference. American University. Washington, D.C.. 30 Sep. 2023. Conference Presentation. *

2022 Submissions

External Scholarly Fellowships/National Review Committee

3/1/2022 - 5/15/2022
     American Philosophical Society Franklin Research Grant
     Amount: $6000 «

Invited Keynote/Presentation

(PanelChair), DeRoo, Rebecca. "Activist Exhibitions." Annual Conference. College Art Association. online, IL. 4 Mar. 2022. Conference Presentation. «

Rebecca, DeRoo,. "The Women's Workshop: Exhibitions and Activism." Annual Conference. College Art Association. online, IL. 4 Mar. 2022. Conference Presentation. «

DeRoo, Rebecca J. "Uncanny Intermediality: Emotion, Identification, and Alienation in Women and Work." Uncanny Intermediality Conference. Centre for Cinematic Intermediality and Visual Culture at the Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania. Cluj-Napoca, Romania. 21 Oct. 2022. Conference Presentation. *

DeRoo, Rebecca J. "Agnes Varda’s Cleo de 5 à 7 at 60." Lecture inaugurating the 60th anniversary of the Ira Holmes International Film Festival. College of Central Florida. Ocala, FL. 26 Jan. 2022. Lecture. ∆

2021 Submissions

Journal Paper

DeRoo, Rebecca and King, Homay. "Future Varda (introduction to journal issue)." Camera Obscura. 106 (2021): 1-7. Print. *

DeRoo, Rebecca. "Agnes Varda: Photography and Early Creative Process." Camera Obscura. 106 (2021): 215-229. Print. *

DeRoo, Rebecca. "Agnes Varda and Le Collectif 50/50 en 2020: Power and Protest at the Cannes Film Festival." Camera Obscura. 106 (2021): 127-153. Print. *

Shows/Exhibits/Installations

Mullins, Corrina and (DeRoo,advisor). Additions to Map of Change display and database. n.d. Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rocheester. Exhibit.

Journal Editor

DeRoo, Rebecca and Homay King, ed. Future Varda thematic issue of Camera Obscura. Durham: Duke University Press, 2021. Print. *

2020 Submissions

Shows/Exhibits/Installations

DeRoo, Rebecca J. Community Curator of Exhibition, Changemakers: Rochester Women Who Changed the World. 20 Nov. 2020. Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rochester. Exhibit.

DeRoo, Rebecca J. Community Curator of Exhibition, Changemakers: Rochester Women Who Changed the World. 20 Nov. 2020. Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rochester. Exhibit.

(DeRoo,advisor), Claudia Paulson. Map of Change in the exhibition Changemakers: Rochester Women Who Changed the World. 20 Nov. 2020. Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rochester. Exhibit.

Perttula, Lauren and James Kane (DeRoo,advisor). Brochure Guides Featuring Changemakers. 20 Nov. 2020. Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rochester. Exhibit.

(DeRoo,advisor), Monica Conary. Educational Material for Changemakers Exhibition. 20 Nov. 2020. Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rochester. Exhibit.

Invited Keynote/Presentation

DeRoo, Rebecca J. "‘At the Head of the Table’: Women Art Museum Directors in the 21st Century." Peer-Reviewed Conference Panel Co-Chair, Annual Conference. College Art Association. Chicago, IL. 15 Feb. 2020. Conference Presentation. ˜

DeRoo, Rebecca J. "Agnes Varda's Daguerreotypes." Documentary Film Festival. Cinetopia. Edinburgh, UK. 23 Aug. 2020. Lecture. ∆

DeRoo, Rebecca J. "Movements for Gender Equity in the French Film Industry." Depts. of French and Cinema Studies. Oberlin College. Oberlin, OH. 9 Oct. 2020. Lecture. ∆

DeRoo, Rebecca J. "Multimedia Urban Politics in Agnès Varda’s Daguerreotypes." Dept. of European Languages and Cultures. University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, UK. 6 Nov. 2020. Lecture. ∆

DeRoo, Rebecca J. "Recovering Participants’ Public and Private Labor in Women and Work (1975)." Peer-reviewed conference paper. College Art Association Annual Conference. Chicago, IL. 14 Feb. 2020. Conference Presentation. £

2019 Submissions

Book Chapter

DeRoo, Rebecca J. "Pleasure, Pain, and Subversion in Agnès Varda’s L’Opera Mouffe [Diary of a Pregnant Woman] (1958)." Plaisirs de Femmes: Women, Pleasure, and Transgression in French Literature and Culture. Ed. Maggie Allison, Elliot Evans, and Carrie Tarr. Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang, 2019. 37-54. Print. «

DeRoo, Rebecca J. "Agnes Varda and Ydessa: Engaging Personal and Cultural Histories." Women’s Films: Across Media and Generations. Ed. Ivone Margulies and Jeremi Szaniawski. London, UK: Bloomsbury, 2019. 147-161. Print. «

Invited Keynote/Presentation

DeRoo, Rebecca J. "Les Plages d'Agnes." In Memoriam Series. Dryden Theatre, George Eastman Museum. Rochester, NY. 6 Nov. 2019. Lecture.

DeRoo, Rebecca J. "Daguerreotypes." Cleveland Institute of Art. Cinematheque. Cleveland, OH. 8 Nov. 2019. Lecture.

DeRoo, Rebecca J. "Women, Persecution, and Revolt." Panel Chair. Women in French. Leeds, UK. 19 May 2019. Conference Presentation. «

DeRoo, Rebecca J. "Desire, Resistance, and Power: Agnès Varda’s L’Opera Mouffe." Annual Conference. College Art Association. New York, NY. 14 Feb. 2019. Conference Presentation. *

2018 Submissions

Invited Article/Publication

DeRoo, Rebecca J. "Agnes Varda: Multimedia Artist." Sight and Sound. (2018). Print. ∆

National/International Competition Award Winner

DeRoo, Rebecca J. Kraszna-Krausz Foundation. Finalist, Book Award in Moving Image (Cinema and Media Studies). London, UK, 2018. ˜

Invited Keynote/Presentation

DeRoo, Rebecca J. "Documentary and the Multimedia Museum." Annual Conference. Society for Cinema and Media Studies. Toronto, Canada. 14 Mar. 2018. Conference Presentation. «

DeRoo, Rebecca J. "Challenging Feminine Ideals in 1950s France: Agnes Varda’s Carnet de notes filmees par une femme enceinte." International Feminist Art History Conference. American University. Washington, DC. 30 Sep. 2018. Conference Presentation. «

Ulaby, Neda and with Rebecca DeRoo. "The Oscar Elders: 3 Octogenarians Make Academy Award History." Weekend Edition. National Public Radio. Culver City, California. 1 Mar. 2018. Address.

2017 Submissions

Full Length Book

DeRoo, Rebecca J. Agnes Varda between Film, Photography, and Art. print, e-book ed. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2018. Print. «

Shows/Exhibits/Installations

DeRoo, Rebecca J. Spirited: Cheers to RIT School Spirit. By Rebecca J. DeRoo, Jennifer Roeszies, and Lisa Witt. 6 May 2017. Imagine RIT, Rochester. Exhibit.

DeRoo, Rebecca J. S.T.E.A.M. Powered Pinball. By Kelli Spampinato, Rebecca J DeRoo, and Melissa Fanton. 6 May 2017. Imagine RIT, Rochester. Exhibit.

Invited Article/Publication

DeRoo, Rebecca J. "On Agnes Varda, Winner of 2017 Honorary Oscar Award." University of California Press Blog. (2017). Web. ∆

Invited Keynote/Presentation

DeRoo, Rebecca J. "Pleasure, Pain, and Subversion: Agnes Varda's Diary of a Pregnant Woman." Women in French UK. Leeds University. Leeds, UK. 20 May 2017. Conference Presentation. «

DeRoo, Rebecca J. "Conference Session Chair." Technological Change and Cinematic Hybridity. University of Applied Arts. Vienna, Austria, . 2 Jun. 2017. Conference Presentation. ∆

DeRoo, Rebecca J. "Melancholy and Merchandise at the Cartier Museum: Agnes Varda's Island Exhibition." Stan McKenzie Salon Series. Rochester Institute of Technology. Rochester, NY. 3 May 2017. Lecture. £

2016 Submissions

Shows/Exhibits/Installations

DeRoo, Rebecca J. Agnes Varda: (Self)-Portraits. Facts and Fiction. By Co-curated with Jurij Meden. Jan. 2016. Dryden Theatre, George Eastman Museum, Rochester. Exhibit. £

Invited Keynote/Presentation

DeRoo, Rebecca J. and Rebecca Scales. "Cleo from 5 to 7." Agnes Varda Film Retrospective. Dryden Theatre, George Eastman Museum. Rochester, NY. 31 Jan. 2016. Lecture. ∆

DeRoo, Rebecca J. "Agnes Varda's Le Bonheur." Agnes Varda Film Retrospective. Dryden Theatre, George Eastman Museum. Rochester, NY. 10 Feb. 2016. Lecture. ∆

DeRoo, Rebecca J. "Agnes Varda's Multimedia Exhibitions." Department of Art SUNY Buffalo. Streamed at Queens University, Canada. Buffalo, NY. 24 Oct. 2016. Lecture. ∆

DeRoo, Rebecca. "Social Movements, Gender, and French Museums." Department of Art. SUNY Buffalo. Buffalo, NY. 24 Oct. 2016. Guest Lecture. ∆

DeRoo, Rebecca J. "Documenting and Displaying Widowhood: Agnes Varda's Multimedia Exhibition." Film and the Other Arts. Cambridge University. Cambridge, UK. 30 Sep. 2016. Lecture. ∆

DeRoo, Rebecca J. "Reframing Urban Transitions in Agnes Varda's Parisian Daguerreotypes." Association for the Study of Modern and Contemporary France Conference. Aston University. Birmingham, UK. 5 Sep. 2016. Conference Presentation. «

2015 Submissions

Journal Paper

DeRoo, Rebecca J. "Metaphor and Memento in Christine Shank’s Our First Year Together." Afterimage 43. 1-2 (2015): 24-27. Print. ∆

Shows/Exhibits/Installations

DeRoo, Rebecca. Resistance, Rebellion, and Renewal in Rochester: Narratives of Progress and Poverty. By Co-curated with Museum Studies Faculty. 9 Apr. 2015. RIT Museum, Rochester. Exhibit.

DeRoo, Rebecca. Kate Gleason, Visionary: A Tribute on Her 150th Birthday. By Co-curated with Museum Studies Faculty. 19 Nov. 2015. The Wallace Center, RIT, Rochester. Exhibit.

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Rebecca, DeRoo,. "Autofiction and Feminist Strategy in Varda’s Plages d'Agní¨s." Women in French Conference: Feminism, Writing, Art, and Film, 1975-2015. Leeds University. Leeds, UK. 10 May 2015. Conference Presentation. *

Rebecca, DeRoo,. "Feminist Documentary and Dialogue in Agní¨s Varda’s Widows of Noirmoutier." Upstate New York Women’s History Conference. Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Geneva, NY. 19 Sep. 2015. Conference Presentation. «

Rebecca, DeRoo,. "Panel Co-organizer with Tamar Carroll: Feminist Documentary: Media, Activism, and Art." Upstate New York Women’s History Conference. Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Geneva, NY. 19 Sep. 2015. Conference Presentation. *

2014 Submissions

Full Length Book

DeRoo, Rebecca J. The Museum Establishment and Contemporary Art. Paperback ed. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Print. «

Rebecca, DeRoo,. The Museum Establishment and Contemporary Art. Translation in Macedonian ed. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Print. «

Rebecca, DeRoo,. The Museum Establishment and Contemporary Art. Translation in Albanian ed. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Print. «

Invited Keynote/Presentation

DeRoo, Rebecca J. "Urban Reorganization and Resistance in Agnes Varda's Parisian Daguerreotypes." College Art Association Annual Conference. CAA. Chicago, Illinois. 12 Feb. 2014. Conference Presentation. ˜

DeRoo, Rebecca J. "Beyond Documentary: Self-Fiction in Vardas Beaches of Agnes." Feminist Art History Conference. American University. Washington, DC. 1 Nov. 2014. Conference Presentation. ˜

DeRoo, Rebecca J. "Dialogue with Artist Christine Shank in Conjunction with Her Exhibition Our First Year Together." Special Events. Visual Studies Workshop. Rochester, NY. 4 Nov. 2014. Lecture. ∆