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Booking is now open for New Directions in the Study of American Independent Cinema! You can download your booking form and travel information
from the website (http://newdirectionssymposium.wordpress.com/2011/10/25/we-are-now-taking-bookings/). Booking will close on 28 November 2011 at 5pm so book your
place early! Full abstracts, speaker biographies and a full schedule for the one-day symposium can also be found on the site. More general information on the symposium can be found below:
New Directions in the Study of American Independent Cinema is a one-day symposium organised by the
Department of Communication and Media at the
University of Liverpool being held on the
12/12/2011.
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Date: 12/12/2011
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Time: 11:30am – 7:30pm
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Venue: The Rendall Building, University of Liverpool
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Fee: £30 (£20 student rate)
Keynote Address:
“The Politics of Independence: Jane Fonda, The China Syndrome (1979) and Anti-Nuclear Campaigning” - Peter Krämer (University of East Anglia)
Panel 1 – Re-thinking Independence:
“Contesting Independence: Hal Ashby, Creative Conflict and Negotiated Authorship” – Phil Drake (University of Stirling)
“From Independent to Specialty: House of the Devil (Ti West, 2009) and the Niche Horror Film” – Sarah Wharton (University of Liverpool)
“New Line Cinema, Old Queer Cinema: Problems in the Periodisation of Contemporary American Independent Film” – Gary Needham (Nottingham Trent University)
Panel 2 – Converging Independence:
“‘Greening’ American Independent Cinema” – Claire Molloy (University of Brighton)
“The impact of media convergence on the distribution of American independent cinema: A case study of The Darjeeling Limited (2007, Anderson) and Hotel Chevalier (2007, Anderson)” – Hayley Trowbridge (University of Liverpool)
“American Independent Cinema in the Age of Convergence” – Yannis Tzioumakis (University of Liverpool)
Further Information:
For more information on the conference including booking details, check out the official website:
http://newdirectionssymposium.wordpress.com/
We are also on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Directions-in-the-Study-of-American-Independent-Cinema/286673964684117) and Twitter
(http://twitter.com/NDSymposium) so please like and follow us for updates!
For informal enquiries or to request a booking form, you can also email Sarah ([log in to unmask]) and Hayley ([log in to unmask]).
Best wishes,
Sarah.
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Sarah Wharton
PGR Student