Registration Reminder:
Gothic Feminism: The Representation of the Gothic Heroine in Cinema
University of Kent
(Registration deadline: 18th May 2016)
Keynote Speaker: Dr Catherine Spooner (Lancaster University)
Registration is still open for Gothic Feminism: a conference on cinema's Gothic heroines taking place at the University of Kent (please see conference programme below).
To register, please go to: http://store.kent.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=1&deptid=26&catid=158&prodvarid=207&searchresults=1
The conference fee is £20 (waged) and £10 (student/unwaged).
The conference fee includes lunch and tea and coffee breaks on both days.
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https://gothicfeminism.wordpress.com/
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Conference organisers: Frances Kamm and Tamar Jeffers McDonald, University of Kent
Melodrama Research Group
Centre for Film and Media Research
School of Arts
PROGRAMME
Thursday 26th May
09:00 - 09:30 Registration & morning tea/coffee (Keynes Atrium, Keynes College)
09:30 - 11:00 Keynote Speech - Catherine Spooner (University of Lancaster): 'Women in White: (Un)dressing the Gothic Heroine' (Keynes Lecture Theatre 2, Keynes College)
11:00 - 11:30 Tea & coffee break (Keynes Atrium)
11:30 - 13:00 Papers 1: Return to Manderley (KLT2)
'Against Fate and Paranoia: The Risk Assessor Heroine in The Second Woman (1950)' - Guy Barefoot (University of Leicester)
'Rebecca and The Haunting: Comparisons of a Gothic Protagonist' - Johanna Wagner (Høgskolen i Østfold)
'Impossible Spaces: Gothic Special Effects and Female Subjectivity' - Cristina Petersen (Eckerd College)
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch (Keynes Atrium)
14:00 - 15:30 Papers 2: Unexpected Locations (KLT2)
'New Films in Gothic Mode: Pale Imitations or Crimson Peaks of Achievement?' - Tamar Jeffers McDonald (University of Kent)
'Bluebeard in the Cities: Investigative Gothic Heroines in Two Early 21st Century Films' - Lawrence Jackson (University of Kent)
'The Gothic Heroine Out West: A Town Called Bastard (1971)' - Lee Broughton (University of Leeds)
15:30 - 16:00 Tea & coffee break (Keynes Atrium)
16:00 - 17:30 Videographic Work (TBC) (KLT2)
17:30 - 18:30 Cake reception
Friday 27th May
09:00 - 09:30 Morning tea & coffee (Keynes Atrium)
09:30 - 11:00 Papers 3: Small Screens (KLT2)
'There's a secret behind the door? And that secret is me? The Gothic Reimagining of Agatha Christie's And There Were None' - Katerina Flint-Nicol (University of Kent)
'Laughing at Periods: Gothic Parody in Julia Davis' Hunderby - Sarah McClellan (Independent Researcher)
'Bluebeard's Women Fight Back' - Gisèle M. Baxter (University of British Columbia)
11:00 - 11:30 Tea & coffee break (Keynes Atrium)
11:30 - 13:00 Papers 4: Mothers (KLT2)
'The Science-Fiction of Feminism: Ripley as a Gothic Heroine in the Alien Franchise' - Frances A. Kamm (University of Kent)
'The Babadook, Maternal Gothic and the 'woman's horror film'' - Paula Quigley (Trinity College Dublin)
'Good Evening, Good Night: Goodnight Mommy and the Gothic Woman' - Lies Lanckman (University of Kent)
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch (Keynes Atrium)
14:00 - 15:30 Papers 5: Beyond Hollywood (KLT2)
''Dammit' Janet!!!! Celebrating Female Sexuality in The Rocky Horror Picture Show Live Experience' - Sarah Cleary (Trinity College Dublin)
'East German Gothic' - Dana Weber (Florida State University/ Freie Universität Berlin)
'Imperilled Chavs and Hoodie Heroines: (Under)Class, Gender and the Gothic' - Hannah Priest (Manchester Metropolitan University/Swansea University)
15:30 - 16:00 Tea & coffee break (Keynes Atrium)
16:00 - 16:30 Final remarks (KLT2)
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