‘Reclaiming the Screen: Addressing Overlooked Women in Film and
Television’
Conference Schedule
Friday 14th June 2019
09.00-09.30: Registration (Clephan Building: 3rd Floor Lobby) and Introduction (CL3.03).
09.30-10.45: Parallel Panels (1)
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Women in Film
CL3.07 Chair: Sophie Swoffer |
Misremembered and Misunderstood Women
CL3.08 Chair: Dr. Cassie Brummitt |
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Anna Kumacheva (Lancaster University) – ‘Between Saint and Whore: A Female Gaze on Representing the Women in English-Language Screen Adaptations of
Dostoevsky’s Novel Crime and Punishment.’ |
Anushrut Agrwaal (University of St. Andrews) – ‘Where is Saraswati in Phalke?’: Studying Gender Portrayal in Harischchandrachi Factory as a Film about
Film History.’ |
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Phyll Smith (University of East Anglia) – ‘Who was that Masked Woman?: Female Labour, Agency, Equity and Anonymity in the Performance and Production
of Zorro’s Black Whip (1944).’ |
Sabrina Moro (Nottingham Trent University) – ‘Neither ‘French cinema’s lost child’ nor ‘depraved ingénue’: Maria Schneider and the Cultural Politics
of Victimhood. |
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Rebecca Jones (De Montfort University) – “The Trinity of Bitches”: Artificial Sexuality, Lethality, and Service as the Archetypes of Female-Presenting
Artificial Intelligence and Robots in American and British Live Action Science Fiction Films. |
Hanja Dämon (King’s College, London) – ‘From Budapest to Hollywood: The Forgotten Career of Franziska Gaal.’ |
10.45 – 11.00: Break - CL3.02
11.00 – 12.15: Parallel Panels (2)
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‘Funny’ Women
CL3.07 |
‘Monstrous’ Women
CL3.08 |
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Emma Morton (University of Warwick) – ‘Women, Slapstick and Italian-ness.’
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Sophie Swoffer (De Montfort University) – ‘Big Mouth: Unravelling the Excess of the Diva Figure.’ |
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Laura Minor (University of Leeds) – ‘Julia Davis and
Reclaiming Female Authorship in British Television Comedy.’
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Amy Harris (De Montfort University) – ‘Moving Beyond the Monstrous: A Sympathetic View of the Mother in Horror.’ |
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Jane Coomber-Sewell (Canterbury Christ Church University) – ‘Joyce Grenfell; Not Just a Gallumpher.’
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12.15 – 13.15: Lunch - CL3.02
13.15 – 14.15:
Keynote: Dr. Shelley Cobb, CL3.01 – ‘Producing Sisterhoods: Women Working with Women in the British Film Industry.’
14.15 – 14.30: Break - CL3.02
14.30 – 15.45: Parallel Panels (3)
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Women Behind the Camera
CL3.07 |
Women on Television
CL3.08 |
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Kristen Stoddart (University of Salford) – ‘Equity on Demand: Women Writing for Television in the Netflix Age.’
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Leanne Weston (University of Warwick) – ‘This Woman’s Work: Call the Midwife, Gender, Genre and Hierarchies of Value.’ |
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Marcella Grecco de Araujo (University of Sao Paulo) – ‘Cleo de Verberna: The First Woman Brazillian Filmmaker.’ |
Daisy Richards (De Montfort University) – ‘The Gendered Weight of Shame: Representations of Fat Women, Food, and Unacceptable Femininities within You
Are What You Eat and Nigella Kitchen.’ |
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Carl Sweeney (University of Wolverhampton) – ‘Shelley Long, Cheers and Stardom on the Small Screen.’ |
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15.45 – 16.00 Break, CL3.02
16.00 – 17.00
Roundtable: Chair: Ellen Wright, Melanie Hoyes (BFI), Dr. Shelley Cobb, Dr. Vicky Ball - CL3.03.
17.30 – 18. 30 Wine reception – Trinity House.
19.00 Conference meal at The Cosy Club, Leicester
(please note that we will be ordering from a set dinner menu provided by the Cosy Club, but that no meal options need to be chosen in advance, and the menu has a variety of choices including gluten free, vegan, and vegetarian options - drinks are
optional and not included as part of the set menu, so feel free to order whatever you fancy once we arrive!)
Please note that attendees wishing to join us for the evening meal must tick this option on the EventBrite registration
form in order for us to supply correct numbers to the restaurant. Thank you!
Registration link:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/overlooked-women-in-film-and-television-tickets-57395816432?ref=estw