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This term the Centre for Film Studies at the University of St Andrews has an exciting series of talks planned (see list below). All talks take place on Tuesday between 17.15 and 19.00 in the Arts Lecture Theatre unless otherwise indicated. Further information, including more detailed abstracts, can be found on our website: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/filmstudies/events.php. Tue 12 October *The Historical film as History, a Field, a Pack of Tricks We Play Upon the Dead Professor Robert Rosenstone* (California Institute of Technology) Thirty years ago the historical, the feature film which dramatized topics set in the past, was hardly considered a genre, let alone a legitimate object of study; today it is a field flooded with essays and books. This lecture looks at the variety of approaches currently taken to the historical film, to assess what is at stake in the sorts of studies it has spawned, focusing particularly on the differences in those undertaken by Historians and those scholars in Film or Cultural Studies. Wed 27 October (School 2) *Islam on the Popular Battlefield: How Young People Contest Islamophobia on YouTube Professor Liesbet Van Zoonen* (University of Loughborough) This talk looks at the anti-Islamic film/ Fitna/, made by Dutch MP Geert Wilders in 2008, and how young people have uploaded self-made or copied videos to YouTube by way of response. (Please note change of day and venue.) Tue 9 November *Questioning the contemporary development of Film Festivals Jean Michel Frodon* (Editor, Cahiers du cinéma) Film festivals always were much more than a showcase for new films; they were also diplomatic and cultural events. This talk will show that, although these aspects have not faded away, two major new developments that have arisen in recent years. Fri 19 November *John Simmons* (Filmmaker and managing director of ON Communication) [Talk on science films. Title and abstract t.b.c.] Tue 23 November *Framed Intimacy in Transnational Cinemas Serazer Pekerman* (University of St Andrews) This talk will focus on internationally acknowledged art house filmmakers/ auteurs who make use of female characters in order to create a Deleuze and Guattarian 'molecular resistance' against patriarchal regimes in their films. Tue 7 December *Man and Boy: Montgomery Clift, Queer Theory, and Wild River Dr Elisabetta Girelli* (University of St Andrews) This paper is concerned with Montgomery Clift's career following the devastating car accident he suffered in 1956. It argues that /Wild River /(Elia Kazan, 1960) exemplifies how Clift's later films radically challenge normative notions of masculinity and heterosexuality -- Dr. Alex Marlow-Mann Research Co-ordinator Centre for Film Studies University of St. Andrews 99 North Street St. Andrews Fife KY16 9AD Scotland UK Tel: +44 (0) 1334 467 472 The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland, No SC013532. -------------------------------------------------------- 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/ --------------------------------------------------------