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Oops, that's my home University (Macquarie) here in Sydney. Not that I'd be expecting too many Brits to hope on a flight this weekend to make it over down under! Hope you're well. Best, Robert On 15 November 2015 at 21:07, William Brown <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Sounds brilliant! In which university/city/country is this taking place? > > Good luck! > > W > > > On Sunday, November 15, 2015, Robert Sinnerbrink < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> The following item may be of interest: >> >> *Cinempathy: Phenomenology, Cognitivism, and Moving Images* >> >> *Robert Sinnerbrink (Macquarie) * >> >> >> >> *Date: Tuesday, 17th NovemberTime: 13:00 - 14:00Venue: W3A 501 >> (Blackshield Room)* >> >> >> Some of the most lively and innovative philosophical engagement with >> cinema and ethics in recent years has come from phenomenological and >> cognitivist perspectives in film theory. This trend reflects a welcome >> re-engagement with cinema as a medium with the potential for ethical >> transformation, that is, with the idea of cinema as a medium of ethical >> experience. My presentation explores the phenomenological turn in film >> theory (with its focus on affective, empathic, and embodied responses to >> cinema), emphasising the ethical implications of phenomenological >> approaches to affect and empathy, emotion and evaluation, care and >> responsibility. The oft-criticised ‘subjectivism’ of phenomenological >> theories, I argue, can be supplemented by recent cognitivist approaches >> that highlight the complex forms of affective response, emotional >> engagement, and moral allegiance at work in our experience of movies. I >> explore this exciting crossover with reference to recent films that have >> attracted critical attention from both perspectives. My suggestion is that >> an empathic ethics or ‘cinempathy’ is at work in many films, such as Ashgar >> Farhadi’s A Separation (2011) and Almodóvar’s Talk to Her (2014), which >> offer striking, contrasting case studies of how both empathic engagement >> and moral-emotional estrangement play important roles in ‘cinematic >> ethics’. >> >> Contact: Rachael Brown ([log in to unmask]), Adam Hochman ( >> [log in to unmask]) or Mike Olson ([log in to unmask]) >> >> A google calendar with details of other events in this series is >> available for viewing and subscription by following this link: >> http://tinyurl.com/k85h2dl. >> >> Cheers, >> Robert >> >> -- >> *Dr Robert Sinnerbrink* >> >> Senior Lecturer & Australian Research Council Future Fellow >> >> *Department of Philosophy | * Level 7, W6A Building >> Balaclava Rd >> Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia >> >> *T:* +61 2 9850 9935* | **F:* +61 2 9850 8892* | >> [log in to unmask]* >> >> Staff Profile >> <http://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/faculties_and_departments/faculty_of_arts/department_of_philosophy/staff/robert_sinnerbrink/> >> Departmental Video >> <http://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/faculties_and_departments/faculty_of_arts/department_of_philosophy/about_us/> >> Academia Page <http://mq.academia.edu/RobertSinnerbrink> >> >> Forthcoming Book, *Cinematic Ethics: Exploring Ethical Experience >> through Film* <http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138826168/> >> >> Preview of *Cinematic Ethics* on Google Books >> <https://books.google.com.au/books?id=C7TMCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT3&lpg=PT3&dq=Cinematic+Ethics+Sinnerbrink&source=bl&ots=pb9P1QPv6O&sig=xg7wDJ7MVrf8WKAEvPyiuXnv9bM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEgQ6AEwB2oVChMIoN7x8_jeyAIVpl2mCh1ZUQjv#v=onepage&q=Cinematic%20Ethics%20Sinnerbrink&f=false> >> >> Editorial Board, *Film-Philosophy* >> <http://www.film-philosophy.com/index.php/f-p> Journal; Associate >> Editor, *Film and Philosophy* Journal >> >> Deputy Chair, Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy >> <http://www.ascp.org.au/> (ASCP) >> >> [image: Macquarie University] <http://mq.edu.au/> >> >> CRICOS Provider Number 00002J. Think before you print. >> Please consider the environment before printing this email. >> >> This message is intended for the addressee named and may >> contain confidential information. If you are not the intended >> recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed >> in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not >> necessarily the views of Macquarie University. >> -- 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/ -- > > > > -- > Dr William Brown > Senior Lecturer in Film > Department of Media, Culture and Language > University of Roehampton > London SW15 5SL > T: (020)8 392 3713 > M: 07950 978 708 > E1: [log in to unmask] > E2: [log in to unmask] > Blog: http://wjrcbrown.wordpress.com/ > Website: http://begstealborrowfilms.wordpress.com/ > > Author: Supercinema: Film Philosophy for the Digital Age (2013) > Co-author: Moving People, Moving Images: Cinema and Trafficking in the New > Europe (2010) > Co-editor: Deleuze and Film (2012) > Co-editor: Special Issue of animation: an interdisciplinary journal on > Avatar (2012) > Director: En Attendant Godard (2009), Afterimages (2010), Common Ground > (2012), China: A User's Manual (Films) (2012) > > -- 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/ -- -- *Dr Robert Sinnerbrink* Senior Lecturer & Australian Research Council Future Fellow *Department of Philosophy | * Level 7, W6A Building Balaclava Rd Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia *T:* +61 2 9850 9935* | **F:* +61 2 9850 8892* | [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>* Staff Profile <http://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/faculties_and_departments/faculty_of_arts/department_of_philosophy/staff/robert_sinnerbrink/> Departmental Video <http://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/faculties_and_departments/faculty_of_arts/department_of_philosophy/about_us/> Academia Page <http://mq.academia.edu/RobertSinnerbrink> Forthcoming Book, *Cinematic Ethics: Exploring Ethical Experience through Film* <http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138826168/> Preview of *Cinematic Ethics* on Google Books <https://books.google.com.au/books?id=C7TMCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT3&lpg=PT3&dq=Cinematic+Ethics+Sinnerbrink&source=bl&ots=pb9P1QPv6O&sig=xg7wDJ7MVrf8WKAEvPyiuXnv9bM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEgQ6AEwB2oVChMIoN7x8_jeyAIVpl2mCh1ZUQjv#v=onepage&q=Cinematic%20Ethics%20Sinnerbrink&f=false> Editorial Board, *Film-Philosophy* <http://www.film-philosophy.com/index.php/f-p> Journal; Associate Editor, *Film and Philosophy* Journal Deputy Chair, Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy <http://www.ascp.org.au/> (ASCP) [image: Macquarie University] <http://mq.edu.au/> CRICOS Provider Number 00002J. 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