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*** University of Southampton CIFR Research Seminar Series, Semester 2, 2016-17 *** Dear Colleagues, Students and Friends, Sorry for cross-posting. In case you missed the earlier post: the CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL FILM RESEARCH (CIFR) at the University of Southampton will host the final talk of 2016-17 Semester 2 Research Seminar Series tomorrow, featuring Professor John Hill (Royal Holloway, University of London). All welcome! SPEAKER: Professor John Hill (Royal Holloway, University of London) DATE: 9 May 2017, Tuesday TIME: 4pm - 5:45pm VENUE: Lecture Theatre B, Building 65, Avenue Campus, University of Southampton PAPER TITLE: The Idea of ‘Nationality’ and British Film Policy ABSTRACT: Despite a turn away from the ‘national’ in much contemporary film analysis, discourses of the ‘national’ do, nevertheless, continue to shape how films of various kinds are categorised, funded, promoted and understood by a range of social actors from politicians and civil servants to filmmakers, critics and audiences. By focusing upon the history of British film policy, this paper will consider how legal definitions of a ‘British’ film have both employed and sustained specific conceptions of nationality. Examining, in particular, the ‘Cultural Test’ for ‘British film’, first introduced in 2007, the paper will consider the extent of its ‘break’ from earlier ‘economic’ British film policies and examine its role in the encouragement of Hollywood production within the UK. In doing so, the presentation will indicate how ‘national’ discourses and practices have continued to inform and structure the economic and cultural dynamics of contemporary ‘British’ filmmaking and, in doing so, support, as much as oppose, ‘transnational’ and globalising trends. SPEAKER’S BIO: Professor John Hill is Professor of Media, Royal Holloway, University of London. Hill is the author of a number of books including Cinema and Northern Ireland: Film, Culture and Politics (2006) and Ken Loach: The Politics of Film and Television (2011) as well as the co-editor of various books and journals including special issues of the Journal of British Cinema and Television on ‘Film in Britain in the New Millennium’ (2012), the Journal of International Cultural Policy on ‘Film Policy in a Globalised Cultural Economy’ (2016) and the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television on ‘Forgotten Television Drama’ (2017). He is also a former Director of the UK Film Council and Governor of the British Film Institute. *** Run by the Film department at the University of Southampton, the Centre for International Film Research (CIFR) is a research centre that provides an interdisciplinary forum for research into film. The CIFR showcases the university’s research excellence while engaging wider communities through public events, visiting speakers and research initiatives. For more information about CIFR’s research seminar series: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/film/news/seminars/latest.page For more information about CIFR members’ research: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/film/research/index.page Best, Ruby -- Dr Ruby Cheung Lecturer in Film Studies University of Southampton Southampton SO17 1BJ UK Latest Publication: New Hong Kong Cinema: Transitions to Becoming Chinese in 21st-Century East Asia<http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=CheungNew> -------------------------------------------------------- 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/ --------------------------------------------------------