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> From: Helen Wheatley <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 15 March 2005 12:11:22 GMT
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> Subject: Cultures of British Television Drama Conference - Final CFP
> Reply-To: Helen Wheatley <[log in to unmask]>
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> Call For Papers: Cultures of British Television Drama, 13-15 September,
> 2005
>
> Organised by the Centre for Television Drama Studies at the University
> of
> Reading, under the auspices of the AHRB-funded research project,
> 'Cultures
> of British Television Drama, 1960-82', this conference will focus on
> television drama in Britain, from the pre-war period of BBC
> broadcasting
> to the present day. The conference aims to give a broad platform to new
> research into British television drama from a range of textual,
> institutional, and cultural perspectives, and to reopen debates around
> the
> past, present and future of television drama in Britain.
>
> Keynote speakers: Prof. John Caughie (University of Glasgow), Prof.
> Christine Geraghty (University of Glasgow), Dr. Jason Jacobs (Griffith
> University), and Prof. Robin Nelson (Manchester Metropolitan
> University).
>
> In particular (though not exclusively) we welcome papers that:
>
> * address the theoretical and methodological questions arising from the
> study of 'popular' television drama and popular culture and/or explore
> previously under-explored genres and popular series, serials and single
> plays.
>
> * interrogate the categories of serious, radical, progressive, quality,
> and/or experimental television drama in British television, offering
> new
> research in these areas
>
> * incorporate research into the institutions and professional practices
> which have surrounded the production of British television drama and/or
> the micro and macroeconomic factors affecting the production of
> fiction on
> British television
>
> * discuss the output of regionally-based drama departments, independent
> production companies, and commercial television companies
>
> * consider drama produced for specific audiences (e.g. children's/youth
> drama, women's genres, etc.) and/or think about the complex modes of
> viewing at play in the reception of British television drama
>
> * analyse the relationship between British television drama and other
> media (e.g. film, theatre, radio) and/or the relationship between
> British
> television drama and the output of other national television services
>
> * draw on new archival research into the history of British television
> drama, or that incorporate the first-hand accounts of practitioners
> working on television drama over its seventy year history in Britain
>
> * engage with questions of historiography in the study of British
> television drama, and analyse how a canonical body of texts and
> received
> histories have been established in previous studies of British
> Television
> Drama, questioning previous methodologies, theoretical assumptions, and
> the inclusions and exclusions of television drama study.
>
>
> The conference will run from the 13th to the 15th of September 2005 at
> the
> University of Reading's Bulmershe campus. The conference will begin at
> approximately 4 p.m. and will end at approximately 4 p.m. High quality
> residential accommodation will be available for the duration of the
> conference. Booking details will be circulated at a later date.
>
> 'Cultures of British Television Drama: 1960-82' is directed by Dr
> Jonathan
> Bignell (University of Reading), Stephen Lacey (Manchester Metropolitan
> University), and Prof John Ellis (Royal Holloway, University of London)
> and combines analytical and archival study of British television drama
> programming between these years. The project focuses in particular on
> popular generic television drama in the period (based on postdoctoral
> research undertaken by Dr. Helen Wheatley at the University of
> Reading),
> institutional cultures and practices, and the regional drama output of
> Granada and BBC Pebble Mill (through doctoral research conducted by Lez
> Cooke at Manchester Metropolitan University). This conference is the
> culmination of a series of symposia organised in conjunction with the
> Centre for Television Drama Studies at Reading and the Department of
> Contemporary Arts at Manchester Metropolitan University.
>
> Abstracts of proposed papers should be of 300 words (max.) and should
> be
> submitted by March 21st 2005. Papers should be of no more than 20 mins
> in
> length. We also welcome proposals for panels of three papers -
> abstracts
> for panels should be submitted together, along with a panel title, by
> March 21st 2005. Please indicate whether you would like to screen
> material
> during your paper (in video or DVD formats).
>
> Abstracts should be sent to Helen Wheatley via email
> ([log in to unmask]) or post: Dr Helen Wheatley, Dept. of Film,
> Theatre and Television, University of Reading, Bulmershe Court, Earley,
> Reading, RG6 1HY.
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