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Dear all, The Research Centre for Film and Digital Media (RCFDM) at Newcastle University is pleased to invite you to our half-day symposium on film and visual culture in Northern Ireland, to be followed by the launch of Paula Blair's *Old Borders, New Technologies: Reframing Film and Visual Culture in Contemporary Northern Ireland* (Peter Lang, 2014). The event brings together practitioners whose diverse range of works are discussed in the book, and an opportunity to learn more about the vital role different forms of cultural production play in addressing the more marginalized and quietened social issues which have prevailed in the region since the signing of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. The event will be held on *Friday 23 January 2015 *from 1.30pm in the Culture Lab at Newcastle University. Attendance is *free*, and booking is available here: http://forms.ncl.ac.uk/view.php?id=7383 <https://owa.ncl.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=NGcPaGqjok6vvGDz6C51UM3B7wKC6dEIk9ADnJIvX16bmZgvtgF-cPQxlPAnaXeUcbSYKppnd0E.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fforms.ncl.ac.uk%2fview.php%3fid%3d7383> Full details are below, and informal queries should be made to me at *[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>*. We look forward to seeing you there. *Elephant in the Room: Film and Visual Culture in Contemporary Northern Ireland* Friday 23rd January 2015 Symposium and Book Launch Newcastle University Culture Lab, Haymarket A half-day symposium organized by the Research Centre for Film and Digital Media and the School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics, Newcastle University. This interdisciplinary event brings together practitioners and scholars of film and visual art whose work has confronted issues stemming from the Northern Ireland conflict which are marginalized by ‘official’ post-Agreement narratives. The event will culminate in the launch of *Old Borders, New Technologies: Reframing Film and Visual Culture in Contemporary Northern Ireland* by Paula Blair (Peter Lang, 2014). *Schedule* 13.30 Registration / tea & coffee 14.00 Welcome and introduction – Dr Paula Blair Teaching Fellow in Film Studies, School of English, Newcastle University 14.15 Screening and presentation of the Prisons Memory Archive – Prof. Cahal McLaughlin Chair of Film Studies, School of Creative Arts, Queen’s University Belfast Chair: Prof. Guy Austin Director of Research Centre in Film and Digital Media, Newcastle University Pause 15.30 *The Listening Station* and other works – Dr Allan Hughes Head of Sculpture, Lecturer in Fine Art, Department of Arts, Northumbria University Chair: Professor Rachel Woodward School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University 16.15 Interview with artist Dr Sandra Johnston Senior Lecturer in Fine Art, Department of Arts, Northumbria University Chair: Fionna Barber Reader in Art History and Principal Lecturer for Contextual Studies, Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University 17.00 Networking reception and book launch 18.00 Close ----------- Dr Paula Blair Researcher of Film and Visual Culture @peablair https://twitter.com/peablair https://qub.academia.edu/PaulaBlair http://www.peterlang.com?430945 <http://www.peterlang.com/?430945> -------------------------------------------------------- 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. This mailing list is a free service and is not restricted to members. It is an unmoderated list and content reflect the views of those who post to the list and not of MeCCSA as an organisation. MeCCSA recommends that the list be used only for posting of information (for example about events, publications, conferences, lectures) of interest to members or to promote discussion of current issues of wide general interest in the field. Posts to the MeCCSA mailing list are public, indexed by Google, and can be accessed from the JISCMail website (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/meccsa.html). Any messages posted to the list are subject to the JISCMail acceptable use policy, which states that users should avoid engaging in unreasonable behaviour, or disrupting the general flow of discussion on a list. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------