Dear colleagues, With apologies for cross-posting. I am delighted to announce that the edited collection *Understanding Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey <https://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/books/view-Book,id=5296/>* is now available. The collection has been released to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick's *2001: A Space Odyssey.* There will be a launch event for the book at the *2001 *symposium <https://deutsches-filminstitut.de/blog/kubricks-2001/>at the Deutsches Filmmuseum in Frankfurt on 21 July 2018. The symposium is one of a series of on-going events as part of the museum's official *2001* exhibition, *Kubrick's 2001: 50 Years of A Space Odyssey.* <http://2001.deutsches-filmmuseum.de/> A symposium timetable can be found below. For more information about the edited collection, including how to order, please click here <https://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/books/view-Book,id=5296/>. All the best James Fenwick *Saturday 21**st** July 2018* *12:00 Vincent Jaunas (Bordeaux)* *A transhuman odyssey – technologically enhanced bodies in 2001: A Space Odyssey* followed by Q & A followed by screening of Kubrick’s early shorts (*Day of the Fight*, *Flying Padre*,* The Seafarers*), digital screenings *14:00 James Fenwick (Leicester)* *A Transmedia odyssey: Marvel Comics and the Expansion of the 2001: A Space Odyssey Universe* followed by book launch of “Understanding Kubrick’s 2001” (ed. by James Fenwick) *16:00 Filippo Ulivieri (Rome)* Dr. Mabuse No. 2: An investigation into Kubrick’s mythological image followed by Q& A followed by book presentation of “Stanley Kubrick and Me: Thirty Years at His Side” (Filippo Ulivieri together with Emilio D’Alessandro) * Sunday 22**nd** July 2018* *11:00 Marc Bonner (Cologne)* Narrative Architecture – 2001: A Space Odyssey’s Impact on Computer Game Interiors followed by Q & A *13:00 Simone Odino (Bologna)* “I’m certain it will come out right in the hand”: The Kubrick–Clarke collaboration on *2001: A Space Odyssey* and beyond followed by Q & A *17:00 Discussion* Michael Günther: How Kubrick’s *2001* was dubbed into German (talk in German) followed by screening of Stanley Kubrick: *2001: A Space Odyssey* (GB/US 1968) German dubbed version 141 minutes, digital screening of the new 4k DCP -------------------------------------------------------- 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/ --------------------------------------------------------