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> With apologies for cross posting, I am pleased to invite colleagues > and research students to attend the following research event: > > > > The Insurgent – Myth and Fiction: An Interdisciplinary Symposium > > 21 June 2012, Minghella Building, University of Reading > > > > This one-day symposium seeks to bring together scholars and > researchers working in a range of disciplines to debate the figure > of the insurgent. > > In a post-9/11, post 7/7, post-Iraq and -Afghanistan world, the > concept of the ‘insurgent’ has become highly politicized. Deployed > repeatedly in British and US political and media discourse in > relation to questions of national security, the ‘War on Terror’, and > regime stabilization, the concept has often mutated to serve the > needs of those who use it. > > The symposium will invite reflection on the following key questions: > > · What is the relationship between the realities of contemporary > insurgency, and the myths and fictions elaborated by politicians, > media commentators, and other groups? > > · How is the figure of the insurgent constructed in fictional > and documentary contexts – in literature, film, art, television, > news reporting? > > · What impulses underlie these multiplying and frequently in > some way ‘fictionalised’ constructions of insurgency? > > > > We are delighted to welcome two keynote speakers to the event: > > Professor Martin Barker (author of A ‘Toxic Genre’: The Iraq War > Films) ‘Where have all the insurgents gone?’ > > Dr David Holloway (author of 9/11 and the War on Terror) ‘The Moral > Clarity of Perpetual War: Deconstructing the Neocon Insurgency’ > > > > Registration is free and we welcome scholars and postgraduate > researchers from any discipline who have an interest in the > symposium’s subject. Because places are limited, please register for > the event in advance by emailing Dr Lisa Purse at [log in to unmask] > . > > Visit the symposium website for more information and for the > programme, at http://insurgentmythandfictionsymposium.wordpress.com/ > > We are also pleased to be able to offer a small number of travel > bursaries for postgraduate students. More details can found on the > symposium website. > > This event is supported by the Faculty of Arts & Humanities Minority > Identities: Rights and Representation Research Theme and hosted by > the Department of Film, Theatre & Television at the University of > Reading. > > > > Dr Lisa Purse > Lecturer in Film > > Department of Film, Theatre & Television, Minghella Building, > University of Reading, Whiteknights, Shinfield Road, Reading, RG6 6BT > email: [log in to unmask] > tel: +44(0)118 378 4074 > http://www.reading.ac.uk/ftt/about/staff/l-v-purse.aspx > http://fttreading.wordpress.com > http://twitter.com/LisaPurse > > Recently published: Contemporary Action Cinema (Edinburgh University > Press, 2011) http://amzn.to/JOOsIY > > Forthcoming: Digital Imaging in Popular Cinema (Edinburgh University > Press, 2013) http://amzn.to/KvUT1k > > -- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the Film-Philosophy list, please visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/film-philosophy.html -- Film-Philosophy Journal: http://www.film-philosophy.com/ Film-Philosophy Conference (London 12 - 14 September 2012): http://www.film-philosophy.com/conference/ --