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There are still a few places left on the ‘Radical’ British Screens Symposium so register now to avoid disappointment - registration ends 27 August!! Date: Friday 3rd September 2010 Venue: University of the West of England, Bush House, Central Bristol Pricing: Full price £30 available 31st July – 27th August Event description: This one-day symposium, hosted by the Film Studies Research Group, UWE and the Screen Studies South West Network, examines the theme of ‘radical’ British TV and cinema. The symposium explores the landscape of current research in the field, focusing on history, aesthetics, industries, institutions, themes, functions, and cultural moments and interrogating the use of the term ‘radical’ in this context. The symposium culminates in an evening screening of Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009) at the Arnolfini arts cinema, with a keynote talk by Dr Claire Monk (De Montfort University), introducing the film and positioning Arnold’s work within these debates. Dr Claire Monk’s core research and publications to date have focused on British cinema in its cultural, political and social contexts since the 1970s. She is known internationally for her contributions to the debate around heritage cinema (or the politics of historical/period representation on film), and work on contemporary representations in post-1990 British cinema. Lunch, refreshments, and the film screening are included. The screening will be followed by an optional meal at the delegate’s own expense at Bordeaux Quay <http://www.bordeaux-quay.co.uk/brasserie-menu> . Programme of speakers: · Josie Dolan (UWE, Bristol), ‘“Stuff it!”: Letter to Brehznev, Femininity and Radical Freedom’ · Jeanette Monaco (UWE, Bristol), ‘Radical for Whom?: Finding Space for the Political in the Teen Drama/Comedy Skins’ · Lisa Stead (Exeter) ‘Radical Reception? Female Fan Writing and British Silent Cinema’ · Steve Presence (UWE, Bristol), ‘Politics, Aesthetics, and Technology: Video and the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike’ · Jack Newsinger (UWE, Bristol), ‘The New Workers Film Movement?’ · Claire Tomlinson (Birmingham), ‘No Heroes, No Villains, Just People: Constructing a Voice for the Marginalised, The Aesthetic of Alan Clarke and his Contribution to British cinema’ · Allistar Gall (Plymouth), ‘Towards a Radical Popular Film Practice’ · Inga Burrows (Glamorgan) and Aparna Sharma (U of California, LA), ‘Standing Still and Other Questions about the Female Body Within the Frame’ · Kayla Parker (Plymouth) ‘The Moving Image Screen as a Site of Feminine Pleasure’ · Clare Johnson (UWE, Bristol) ‘What do Radical Feminist Art Films Look Like? Desire and Duration in Sam Taylor-Wood’s David (2004)’ · David Bovey (Essex), ‘Radical Artists on a Shoestring: the British Artist Biopics 1972-74’ · Hannah Andrews (Warwick), ‘Channel 4’s Eleventh Hour: Broadcasting the Avant-garde’ Online booking is now open, please click here <https://store.uwe.ac.uk/catalogue/productdetails.asp?compid=1&prodid=1918&deptid=13&catID=665&hasClicked=1> to register. General enquiries to: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>subject=Radical British Screens online enquiry> We hope you can join us for what looks to be a very interesting event. Best wishes, Charlotte Crofts and Estella Tincknell (Symposium organisers) -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. Membership is open to all who teach and research these subjects in HE institutions, via either institutional or individual membership. The field includes film and TV production, journalism, radio, photography, creative writing, publishing, interactive media and the web; and it includes higher education for media practice as well as for media studies. This mailing list is a free service from MeCCSA and is not restricted to members. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------