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Dear all, Apologies for cross-posting. Please see blow the call for papers for an upcoming postgraduate symposium. Screen Industries: State of Play A Postgraduate Screen Studies Research Symposium University of Manchester, Friday, 27th May 2016 The present moment is one of rapid change within the screen industries: from the rise and expanding reach of online streaming services, to live theatre and opera broadcasting on the big screen, and gaming industries moving to establish film and television production companies. Given these fast-moving shifts in the field, it could be argued that industry-based analysis and research is an under-represented aspect of Screen Studies. This postgraduate symposium aims to address this concern and examine the state of play in today's screen industries. The symposium hopes to explore the convergence - or lack thereof - between the various screen mediums: between cinema, television, games, visual art, music and mass media (to name just a few). The organisers of this postgraduate symposium are inviting proposals for 15 minute provocations/presentations on any aspect of screen industries. This burgeoning field exists across university divisions and we aim to give postgraduate students an opportunity to develop their presentation skills for interdisciplinary audiences. The event aims to foster dialogue and further collaboration across the postgraduate community with a specific eye toward the theoretical and practical issues of researching this nascent field. Topics and questions could include, but are not limited to: · Modalities and methodologies of industry research · Convergence of media across sites of reception and production · Technology and shifts in screen aesthetics · Production, distribution and exhibition · Economy and labour · Screenwriting · Global/national/international screen movements · International adaptations and co-productions · Audiences and new audiences · Impact/issues of arts and cultural policy It is our hope that this topic will support a diverse discussion, combining the various research interests and methodological approaches of the PG community within a broad but consistent theme. Confirmed Speakers: Roy Stafford has taught film in further, higher and adult education in the UK. He is now a freelance lecturer working in cinema-based film education. He is co-author of "The Media Student’s Book" (5th edition, 2010) and has written widely on film including "Understanding Audiences and the Film Industry" (2007) and most recently "The Global Film Book" (2014). Dr Anthony Smith is a lecturer in Television Theory at the University of Salford and co-editor of "Storytelling in the Media Convergence Age: Exploring Screen Narratives" (2014). Third speaker to be confirmed. Please send proposals (no more than 250 words) along with the presentation title and a brief biography (100 words) to [log in to unmask] by Friday, 4th March 2016. Successful applicants will be notified by Monday, 14th March 2016. Best wishes, MaoHui Deng University of Manchester -------------------------------------------------------- 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/ --------------------------------------------------------