Dear all,
There is 1 week left to book your place for the one-day symposium "British
television drama and US imports: Aesthetics, Institutions, Histories" at
the University of Reading, Friday 24 March 2006.
For a list of speakers & booking form, please see below. Full details of
the symposium can also be found online at
http://www.rdg.ac.uk/fd/research/BritishTVdramaandUSimports.htm
With best wishes,
Simone Knox
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Keynotes
Robin Nelson (Manchester Metropolitan University): Influences and
resistances: "British" TV drama under an American (transnational) onslaught
Paul Rixon (Roehampton University): British television and American
programmes
Speakers to include:
Jennifer Barnett (independent scholar, USA): A Couple of Couplings: US
reproductions of British television comedies
Lisa Beiswenger (Roehampton University): The American Invasion: Television
and Cultural Interaction
Peter Billingham (University of Portsmouth): Absolutely Fabulous? -
Sexual and Gendered Diversity in Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City and
the Politics of Representation in Russell T Davies' Queer as Folk.
Brigid Cherry (St Mary's College, University of Surrey): Crossing Time
Zones: The Scheduling of American Science Fiction on British Television
Glyn Davis (University of Bristol): Translating Sexuality: Remaking Queer
as Folk
Nichola Dobson (independent scholar): The Regeneration of Doctor Who: The
ninth Doctor and the influence of the Slayer
Catherine Johnson (Royal Holloway, University of London): US Imports and
Channel 4s Brand Identity
Giselinde Kuipers (Erasmus University Rotterdam): Gatekeepers of European
television: the professional ethos of television buyers in France, Italy,
the Netherlands and Poland
Jeannette Monaco (University of Bristol): Travelling Across Communities:
An autoethnographic account of a cross-cultural viewing experience of The
Sopranos
Derek Paget (University of Reading): Drifting Towards Hollywood: the
Trajectory of Co-production Docudrama
Alexandra Simcock (Lancaster University): British and American TV movies
Sara Steinke (St Mary's College, University of Surrey): House M.D.: An
American in Britain?
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BOOKING FORM
The symposium will be held at the Department of Film, Theatre &
Television, at the Bulmershe Campus of the University of Reading on Friday
24 March 2006.
Registration will take place in the foyer of Bob Kayley Studio Theatre on
the Bulmershe Campus between 10.00 and 10.20 a.m. Full details of how to
get to the Bulmershe campus by bus, rail, road, taxi and air are given on
the University of Reading website, along with maps.
If you need accommodation, the University has a limited number of rooms
available, but there are plenty of guesthouses and hotels offering bed &
breakfast near the University. Full details of both types of
accommodation are also given on the University website.
University of Reading website home page http://www.rdg.ac.uk
Visitors Information: http://www.rdg.ac.uk/about/visitors.htm
Bulmershe Campus Map: http://www.reading.ac.uk/maps/bulmershe.htm
Accommodation: http://www.extra.rdg.ac.uk/accommodation/
If you would like to attend the symposium, please complete and return the
booking form below along with your cheque payment or credit card details
by Friday 10 March 2006 to Dr Simone Knox, University of Reading,
Department of Film, Theatre & Television, Bulmershe Court, Woodlands
Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 1HY. Forms and enquiries can also be
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The symposium fee is £40/£25 unwaged, which includes lunch and
refreshments. Payment by cheque is preferred, but you may also pay by
credit card. Please delete as appropriate:
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We look forward to seeing you. If you have any further questions, please
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http://www.rdg.ac.uk/fd/research/BritishTVdramaandUSimports.htm.
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