Hi, I’m Shane Koh

I’m Shane Koh — a historian and educator who works at the intersection of cinema, memory, and material culture.

 

My background in History and War Studies, combined with more than a decade in the classroom, shapes how I read film posters: not as collectibles, but as cultural artefacts that reveal how societies imagine and project themselves.

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My talks draw from a growing collection of posters from the US, British, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Thai artistic traditions. I use them to explore the lives and afterlives of films, the changing culture of cinemas, and the ways images shape collective memory.

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Whether speaking to schools, cinemas, cultural institutions or general audiences, my aim is simple: to deepen visual literacy, spark curiosity, and help audiences see familiar films—and familiar spaces—in new and more meaningful ways.