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Dear Stephen,

This looks brilliant! I will try to attend.


Best wishes,

Glenn


on 26/10/09 19:50, Lacey S W (CCI) at [log in to unmask] wrote:

> Apologies for cross-posting
> 
> Representing the War on Terror: post 9/11 television drama and documentary
> One day conference at the ATRiuM, CCI, University of Glamorgan, Cardiff
> Saturday November 21st 2009
> 
> The phrase Œthe War on Terror¹ has become shorthand for the West¹s response to
> the attack on New York¹s twin towers in September 2001, and has never been far
> from our television screens since. Although the phrase itself is
> controversial, television has engaged directly, and obliquely, with the new
> realities of the post-9/11 world. Much of the coverage has been in news,
> current affairs and documentaries, but there have also been several
> significant one-off filmed dramas made by UK companies (largely independents)
> and transmitted by broadcasters in the UK and abroad to considerable acclaim.
> This conference will address fictional, documentary and current affairs
> responses to the War on Terror, and papers will cover a range of topics
> including:
> 
> -       Recent US dramas that address the War on Terror through science
> fiction
> 
> -       The¹ paranoid style¹ in recent UK drama series
> 
> -       The public and critical response to Henry Singer¹s documentary, The
> Falling Man (2006)
> 
> -       BBC¹s Panorama and its response to the 9/11 event
> 
> -       There will be a particular focus on the work of Peter Kosminsky.
> 
> The conference keynote will be given by Derek Paget: ŒWays of Telling, Ways of
> Showing: Reflecting and Refracting the ŒWar on Terror¹ on British Television
> post-9/11¹. Drawing on his work on dramadoc and docudrama, Derek will examine
> the ways in which the dividing lines between documentary and drama have become
> not so much blurred ­ as critics of the form(s) have often maintained -  as
> Œporous¹, with radical effects on texts and their reception.
> 
> It was noted in the call for papers that Peter Kosminsky would be able to
> attend, but he has reluctantly withdrawn due to filming commitments abroad.
> However, Mary Stockley, an actor with considerable experience of recent UK
> television drama, which includes playing Tess in Kosminsky¹s Britz, will be
> interviewed in a Q&A in the afternoon.
> 
> Please consult the conference webpages for further updates on the schedule.
> 
> Conference details, including registration forms, location maps, accommodation
> and travel suggestions, can be found at:
> http://drama.research.glam.ac.uk/events/
> <http://drama.research.glam.ac.uk/events/>
> 
> Please note that the relevant links will not be available until WEDNESDAY
> 28/10
> 
> All enquiries should be addressed to Madelon de Hoedt at:
> [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> 
> .
> 
> Professor Stephen Lacey
> 
> Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries/Ysgol Diwydiannau Creadigol
> a Diwylliannol Caerdydd
> 
> University of  Glamorgan/Prifysgol Morgannwg
> 
> ATRiuM
> 
> Adam St/Heol Adam
> 
> Cardiff/Caerdydd CF24 2FN
> 
> tel: 01443-668611 (direct line)
> 
>      01443-480480 (university switchboard)
> 
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