Dear colleagues,
The fifth (and last) meeting of the Scottish Consortium of Film and Visual Studies will take place at the Birnam Institute in Dunkeld on Friday 8th June.
It will feature two panels sponsored by BAFTSS.
We would like to invite colleagues based in Scottish institutions
to register and/or propose papers.
Call for Papers
There will be two open sessions and we welcome proposals on any aspect of film and visual culture. Please send a 100 word proposal plus a 50 word bio to
[log in to unmask] by Friday 18th May. Travel bursaries will be available for any postgraduates whose papers are accepted.
Registration
Attendance is free but registration is required. To register please email
[log in to unmask] as soon as possible. A limited number of additional, £30 postgraduate travel bursaries will also be available.
The Programme
This last event from the Carnegie Trust-sponsored SCFVS series will feature panels on film curation and local cinema (both sponsored by BAFTSS), a workshop on film censorship with colleagues from the BBFC on the
occasion of their 100th anniversary, and keynotes by John Caughie on his large AHRC project studying early cinema in Scotland and Richard Patterson, the long-standing research coordinator of the British Film Institute, on the BFI and the academy. Here is the
provisional programme:
Scottish Consortium
Film and Film Initiatives in Scotland
8th June 2012
Birnam Institute, Dunkeld
10.15-10.30 Welcome
10.30-11.30 Panel A: Studying Local Cinema (Sponsored by BAFTSS)
Confirmed participants: John Izod (Stirling), Jim Dunnigan (Film Guild Edinburgh), Joshua Yumibe (St Andrews)
Panel B: Open Call
11.30-12.30 Panel A: Film Curation (Sponsored by BAFTSS)
Confirmed participants: Hannah McGill (former EIFF Director), Rod White (Filmhouse), Alice Black (Dundee Contemporary Arts)
Panel B: Open Call
12.30-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.00 Keynote: John Caughie and Maria Velez-Serna: Early Cinema in Scotland
15.00-16.00 Keynote: Richard Paterson (BFI) The BFI and the Academy: Developing UK Film Culture
16.00-16.30 Tea and coffee
16.30-18.00 100 Years of BBFC:The British Board of Film Classification in Conversation
Venue and Event Details
The event will be held at the Birnam Arts and Conference Centre in Dunkeld, which is easily accessible by road and rail. For a map and directions, see
http://www.birnaminstitute.com/index.asp?lm=8
A buffet lunch will be provided, free of charge.
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 467 463
The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland, No SC013532.