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Dear colleagues, Please note that registration for Gothic Feminism at the University of Kent will close this week on Wednesday 18th May. Please find further details below: Registration Reminder: Gothic Feminism: The Representation of the Gothic Heroine in Cinema University of Kent (Registration deadline: 18th May 2016) Keynote Speaker: Dr Catherine Spooner (Lancaster University) Registration is still open for Gothic Feminism: a conference on cinema's Gothic heroines taking place at the University of Kent (please see conference programme below). To register, please go to: http://store.kent.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=1&deptid=26&catid=158&prodvarid=207&searchresults=1 The conference fee is £20 (waged) and £10 (student/unwaged). The conference fee includes lunch and tea and coffee breaks on both days. Further updates can be found here: https://gothicfeminism.wordpress.com/ https://twitter.com/GothicFeminism For any queries please contact: [log in to unmask] Conference organisers: Frances Kamm and Tamar Jeffers McDonald, University of Kent Melodrama Research Group Centre for Film and Media Research School of Arts PROGRAMME Thursday 26th May 09:00 – 09:30 Registration & morning tea/coffee (Keynes Atrium, Keynes College) 09:30 – 11:00 Keynote Speech – Catherine Spooner (University of Lancaster): ‘Women in White: (Un)dressing the Gothic Heroine’ (Keynes Lecture Theatre 2, Keynes College) 11:00 – 11:30 Tea & coffee break (Keynes Atrium) 11:30 – 13:00 Papers 1: Return to Manderley (KLT2) ‘Against Fate and Paranoia: The Risk Assessor Heroine in The Second Woman (1950)’ – Guy Barefoot (University of Leicester) ‘Rebecca and The Haunting: Comparisons of a Gothic Protagonist’ – Johanna Wagner (Høgskolen i Østfold) ‘Impossible Spaces: Gothic Special Effects and Female Subjectivity’ – Cristina Petersen (Eckerd College) 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch (Keynes Atrium) 14:00 – 15:30 Papers 2: Unexpected Locations (KLT2) ‘New Films in Gothic Mode: Pale Imitations or Crimson Peaks of Achievement?’ – Tamar Jeffers McDonald (University of Kent) ‘Bluebeard in the Cities: Investigative Gothic Heroines in Two Early 21st Century Films’ – Lawrence Jackson (University of Kent) ‘East German Gothic’ – Dana Weber (Florida State University/ Freie Universität Berlin) 15:30 – 16:00 Tea & coffee break (Keynes Atrium) 16:00 – 17:30 Videographic Work (TBC) (KLT2) 17:30 – 18:30 Cake reception Friday 27th May 09:00 – 09:30 Morning tea & coffee (Keynes Atrium) 09:30 – 11:00 Papers 3: Small Screens (KLT2) ‘There’s a secret behind the door? And that secret is me? The Gothic Reimagining of Agatha Christie’s And There Were None’ – Katerina Flint-Nicol (University of Kent) ‘Laughing at Periods: Gothic Parody in Julia Davis’ Hunderby – Sarah McClellan (Independent Researcher) ‘Bluebeard’s Women Fight Back’ – Gisèle M. Baxter (University of British Columbia) 11:00 – 11:30 Tea & coffee break (Keynes Atrium) 11:30 – 13:00 Papers 4: Mothers (KLT2) ‘The Science-Fiction of Feminism: Ripley as a Gothic Heroine in the Alien Franchise’ – Frances A. Kamm (University of Kent) ‘The Babadook, Maternal Gothic and the ‘woman’s horror film’’ – Paula Quigley (Trinity College Dublin) ‘Good Evening, Good Night: Goodnight Mommy and the Gothic Woman’ – Lies Lanckman (University of Kent) 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch (Keynes Atrium) 14:00 – 15:30 Papers 5: Beyond Hollywood (KLT2) ‘‘Dammit’ Janet!!!! Celebrating Female Sexuality in The Rocky Horror Picture Show Live Experience’ – Sarah Cleary (Trinity College Dublin) ‘The Gothic Heroine Out West: A Town Called Bastard (1971)’ – Lee Broughton (University of Leeds) ‘Imperilled Chavs and Hoodie Heroines: (Under)Class, Gender and the Gothic’ – Hannah Priest (Manchester Metropolitan University/Swansea University) 15:30 – 16:00 Tea & coffee break (Keynes Atrium) 16:00 – 16:30 Final remarks (KLT2) -------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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