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The 8th International Screenwriting Research Network Conference – “Screenwriting, Text and Performance” Thursday 10th to Saturday 12th September 2015 The 8th International Screenwriting Research Network (SRN) Conference will take place at Senate House, University of London, UK with the support of the Institute of English Studies. Over 100 papers from 5 Continents will be presented with 32 panels, representing the many aspects of screenwriting research; from performance and character and early screenwriting to digital screenwriting and film adaptation. The conference has secured three highly regarded keynote speakers: Hossein Amini is a film writer who was nominated for an Oscar for his adaptation of Henry James’ classic novel Wings of a Dove. He has also written Jude, starring Kate Winslet and Christopher Eccleston, which won the Edinburgh Film festival prize for Best British Film In 2011 he wrote the screenplay for Drive nominated for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival Kathryn Millard, Professor of Film and Creative Arts at Macquarie University, Sydney Australia where she is Research Leader for the newly established Creative Ecologies Lab, a research space for innovation in screen, performance and writing. She is the author of Screenwriting in a Digital Era. Jonathan Powell, Professor of Media at Royal Holloway, and a former Head of Drama at the BBC, responsible for the launch of both EastEnders and Casualty, as well as Dennis Potter’s The Singing Detective and Troy Kennedy Martin’s Edge of Darkness. An actors and screenwriting panel (names to be confirmed) will be held on Friday 12th Sept. On Thursday 11th September there will be an early evening event with wine reception at the British Library, the major copyright library and literary archive in the United Kingdom, at which delegates will be introduced to some of the archival material relating to screenwriting. The Library holds the archives of many significant figures in British Screenwriting including Harold Pinter, John Osborne, Angela Carter, Ronald Harwood as well as actors Lawrence Olivier and John Gielgud and agent Peggy Ramsey. We will be circulating more details of what promises to be an extremely exciting occasion when a guest speaker will be confirmed. If you would like to attend this event, please select the 'reception' option when you register. The FEE for the three day conference is £95 for ‘early bird’ responders (before 31st July so please book asap), and £125 thereafter. The student rate will be £75 for early birds, and £90 thereafter. The fee includes refreshments (but not lunch) a welcome reception on Wednesday 9th September, and the wine reception at the British Library. The conference dinner on Friday 12th September will cost £30 and be bookable on the website in the next week. Please see the conference website for further details and online booking: https://screenwritingresearchnetworkconferencelondon2015.wordpress.com You can also follow us on twitter @SrnLondonConf and on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/srnlondonconf2015 The SRN conference is supported by the Institute of English Studies, Senate House. It is organised by a committee grouped around the London Screenwriting Research Seminar – including the University of Bangor, the University of East London, the University of Greenwich and Royal Holloway, University of London. -- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the Film-Philosophy list, please visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/film-philosophy.html -- Journal: http://www.film-philosophy.com/ Conference: http://www.film-philosophy.com/conference/ --