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How do visual media and performance grab our attention? What role does the body play in our engagement with media texts? How does our perception of media texts, forms and institutions influence our readings and interpretations? 2nd CFP for JAM 2007 PG Conference Please forward to postgraduate students in your department. SEE – HEAR – FEEL: Perception and Engagement in Visual Media & Performance Department of Film, Theatre & Television, University of Reading, Friday 20 April 2007. Guest Speaker – Yoram Allom, Editorial Director Wallflower Press – ‘How to get published’ Papers invited from postgraduates researching film, theatre, television and new media. Proposals deadline - Friday 26 January 2007. Conference Fee – 7.50 Some travel bursaries are available. Topics for discussion include but are not limited to: - Spectatorship - Point of view - Engagement - Interactivity - Medium Specificity - Interdisciplinary approaches - Cross-media work - The influence of theory - Creating, translating and adapting Further information on our website – www.rdg.ac.uk/fd/research/jam.htm - including expanded discussion topics. Call for papers deadline: Friday 26 January 2007 Please send a 250-word proposal, including a biographical note, to Eirini Nedelkopoulou, Ceri Hovland and Lucy Fife at [log in to unmask] Papers should be no more than 20 minutes. Journeys Across Media (JAM) is an annual one-day interdisciplinary conference organised by and for postgraduate students. It provides a discussion forum for current and developing research in film, theatre, television and 'new media'. Previous delegates have welcomed the opportunity to gain experience of presenting their work, at different stages of development, in the active, friendly and supportive research environment of Film, Theatre & Television at the University of Reading. Non-presenting delegates are also very welcome. The Fifth annual postgraduate Journeys Across Media Conference is supported by the Standing Conference of University Drama Departments (SCUDD) and the Graduate School in Arts and Humanities, University of Reading.