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Dear all, I receive and forward to the list information regarding this symposium. sorry for cross-posting. bests, stefano “Film Criticism in Arts magazine (1952-1966). Godard, Rivette, Rohmer and Truffaut away from Bazin's paradoxes” Date: June the 10th, 2014 Location: ICA Studio, Institute of Contemporary Arts (London, The Mall). Famously, Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette, Eric Rohmer and François Truffaut all wrote for the Cahiers du Cinéma journal (run by André Bazin) before becoming renowned filmmakers. Yet, at the same time, they all also wrote for Arts, a largely polemical and politically controversial weekly magazine that was no less decisive in imposing their “politique des auteurs”, the cult of cinematic authorship that proved immensely influential on film culture ever since. This symposium aims to reconsider the articles they published on Arts, a body of writings that is certainly neglected, little-studied and in some cases downright unknown: around twenty articles by Rivette and over 150 by Rohmer were not even listed in any known bibliography until very recently. In so doing, it will provide a more accurate view of what the “politique des auteurs” originally was (most notably as regards its theoretical premises), also in order to engage with the still ongoing, very lively debate on cinematic authorship. More generally, this event intends to contribute to the current rediscovery of that crucial period of French film criticism, brought forth among others by the shortly-forthcoming, recently-announced publication of André Bazin’s integral corpus of writings, and by the fresh release of a new, important biography on Eric Rohmer shedding a new light on his criticism. In order to attend the symposium, no admission fee is required. However, registration prior to the event is mandatory: please send an email containing name, surname and affiliation (if any) to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> . French/English simultaneous interpretation through headphones will be provided. The organization of the conference has been made possible thanks to the joint contribution of the Kent Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (KIASH) and of “Traverser Bazin”, an ongoing research project led by Prof. Hervé Joubert-Laurencin and recipient of the prestigious LABEX grant (Laboratoire d’excellence des arts et médiations humaines). Programme: 11am: Registration 11:15am: Introduction 11:30am: Prof. Marc Dambre (Université de Paris III – Sorbonne Nouvelle): “Arts et hussards dans leur temps: 1954-1960” 12:20am: Respondent: Zahra Tavassoli Zea (University of Kent) 12:30am: Dr. Douglas Morrey (University of Warwick): “Jacques Rivette's Film Criticism for Arts” 1:20am: Respondent: Dr. Cecilia Sayad 1:30am: Lunch (not offered) 2:30pm: Prof. Antoine de Baecque (Université de Paris X – Nanterre): “Eric Rohmer critique de cinéma pour Arts” (provisional title) 3:20pm: Respondent: Dr. Richard Misek (University of Kent) 3:30pm: Dr. Marco Grosoli (University of Kent): “The Author Policy and its Political Underside. Arts in the wider context of the ‘Politique des auteurs’” 4:20pm: Respondent: Dominic Topp (University of Kent) 4:30pm: Break 5pm: Prof. Hervé Joubert-Laurencin (Université de Paris X – Nanterre): “André Bazin et Arts: Quel rapport?” (provisional title) 5:50pm: Respondent: Dr. Mattias Frey (University of Kent) 6pm: Final discussion MARC DAMBRE is Emeritus Professor of Modern and Contemporary French Literature at the University of Sorbonne Nouvelle. He is the author of Roger Nimier Hussard du demi-siècle (Flammarion, 1989), has looked after the publication of Nimier's works and edited the collections Les Hussards. Une génération littéraire (Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle, 2000) and Roger Nimier (Cahier de l’Herne, 2012). As regards contemporary literature, he has founded CERACC (UMR Thalim) Research Centre, and led a seminar with Bruno Blanckeman. He has co-edited several works for the Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle, among which L’Exception et la France contemporaine (2010), Romanciers minimalistes (1979-2003) (2012) and Mémoires occupées. Fictions françaises et Seconde Guerre mondiale (2013). DOUGLAS MORREY is Associate Professor of French at the University of Warwick. He is the author of Jean-Luc Godard (Manchester University Press, 2005) and the co-author of Jacques Rivette (Manchester University Press, 2009). He is currently researching a study entitled ‘The Legacy of the New Wave in French cinema’. ANTOINE DE BAECQUE is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Nanterre (Paris X). He has authored several books, among which a biography of François Truffaut (1996, co-written with Serge Toubiana), one of Jean-Luc Godard (2010), one of Eric Rohmer (2014, co-written with Noel Herpe), La Nouvelle Vague. Portrait d'une jeunesse (1998), La Cinéphilie (2003), and a two-volumes history (1991) of the Cahiers du Cinéma (for which he has also been the editor in chief). He has also written extensively for Libération. MARCO GROSOLI earned a Ph.D. in Film Studies from the University of Bologna; his dissertation regarded the integral corpus of writings (2600 articles) by film critic and theorist André Bazin. He is currently a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Kent (Canterbury). He has co-edited (with Monica Dall'Asta) a volume about the cinema of Guy Debord, and one (with Jean-Baptiste Massuet) about the use of motion/performance capture in recent cinema. He has published on several academic journals and edited collections, among which Fata Morgana, Il Mulino, Cinema & Cie. He collaborates also with various movie journals, such as Film Comment, La Furia Umana, Sentieriselvaggi.it<http://Sentieriselvaggi.it>, Filmidee.it<http://Filmidee.it>, Spietati.it<http://Spietati.it>. HERVÉ JOUBERT-LAURENCIN is Professor of Film Studies at the University of Nanterre (Paris X). He is a specialist of (among others) animation cinema, Pier Paolo Pasolini and André Bazin. His essays on the latter have been gathered in the anthology Le sommeil paradoxal (2014). He has co-edited with Dudley Andrew Opening Bazin. Postwar Film Theory and Its Afterlife (2011), and translated it into French (Ouvrir Bazin, 2014). He has published (among others) Pasolini. Portrait du poète en cinéaste (1995) and La lettre volante. Quatre essais sur le cinéma d'animation (1997). ------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Stefano Baschiera Lecturer in Film Studies School of Creative Arts Room: 02-011, 21 University Square Queen's University Belfast Belfast BT7 1NN UK Tel: 028 9097 3365 E-mail: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Web: www.stebaschiera.net<http://www.stebaschiera.net> -------------------------------------------------------- BAFTSS mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the BAFTSS list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=baftss ------------------------------------------------------- This mailing list is a free service and is not restricted to members of BAFTSS. --------------------------------------------------------