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> University of Kent Annual Department of Film Studies Symposium
>
> ‘TELEVISION, GENRE AND EVALUATION’
>
> Thursday 1st June, 2006, 10.00am-4.30pm
> Grimond Lecture Theatre 3, Canterbury Campus
>
> Despite the ‘virtual omnipresence’ (Mittell, 2004) of generic
> categories in
> television, from television scheduling and listings, channel
> branding, and
> everyday talk, through to academic study, the complexity of the
> medium’s
> relations with genre has rarely been subjected to sustained
> analysis. Given
> contemporary developments in television itself, as well as the on-
> going
> development of Television Studies as an academic discipline, the
> time seems
> right to revisit the question of genre within the medium. With this in
> mind, the University of Kent is hosting a one-day symposium that
> aims to
> interrogate television’s relations with genre, as these range across
> questions of history, methodological approach, aesthetics and
> evaluation.
> The fact that generic categories are never ‘neutral’ -- that
> ascribing or
> debating generic categories also involves processes of evaluation
> -- forms
> a particularly important theme of the day. The symposium aims to
> offer an
> eclectic range of papers, including those that address specific
> programme
> texts, and those that offer explorations of broader conceptual,
> theoretical
> and historical debates, as well as time for open discussion of the
> themes
> addressed.
>
> Speakers include
> Professor John Ellis, Royal Holloway, University of London
> Professor Robin Nelson, Manchester Metropolitan University
> Dr Steven Peacock, Southampton Solent University
> Dr Su Holmes, University of Kent
>
> This one-day event is the latest in a series of annual Department
> of Film
> Studies symposia held at Kent since 1998 (previous keynote speakers
> have
> included David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson, Victor Perkins, Steve
> Neale,
> Richard Allen and Robert Stam).
>
> The 2006 symposium is organised by Dr Sarah Cardwell (Adaptation
> Revisited
> [2002]; Andrew Davies [2005]) and Dr Su Holmes (British TV and Film
> Culture
> in the 1950s: Coming to a TV Near You! [2005]; Understanding
> Reality TV
> [2004], co-editor).
>
> Entrance is free. For further information please contact Jan Langbein
> ([log in to unmask]; tel. 01227 823177) or Dr Catherine Grant
> ([log in to unmask]; tel. 01227 823749). The full programme will be
> circulated shortly.
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