Beyond the Politics of Identity (2009, Jun 20, Aberdeen)

Beyond the Politics of Identity
Postgraduate Film Conference
20th June 2009
University of Aberdeen
Keynote: Michael Renov

The Department of Film and Visual Culture at the University of Aberdeen is hosting a one-day postgraduate conference, Beyond The Politics of Identity, on 20 June 2009 centring upon the relationship between the visual arts and identity negotiation, performance and reception. The keynote speaker is Michael Renov, Professor in Critical Studies and Dean at the University of Southern California’s Department of Cinematic Arts and one of the leading scholars on documentary film.

The deadline for submitting papers has now closed but we welcome you to attend as a non-presenting delegate for a stimulating day of papers and discussion. Visit the website for information about the programme and online registration, which will close on 13 June 2009: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/film/events/conferences/identity/

Beyond the Politics of Identity is funded by a grant from the AHRC, the Department of Film and Visual Culture and the College of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Aberdeen.

Screen Studies Conference (2009, July 3-5, Glasgow)

The 19th international Screen Studies Conference, programmed by Screen editors John Caughie and Annette Kuhn, will be a special occasion marking the journal’s 50th anniversary and will follow the publication of a special anniversary issue (volume 50, number 1, Spring 2009) exploring a range of contemporary screen theory. The conference will take up this theme in both plenary sessions and key strands of conference papers.

Plenary speakers:
Franceso Casetti (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)
John Caughie (University of Glasgow)
Mary Ann Doane (Brown University)
Annette Kuhn (Queen Mary, University of London)
A registration form is attached in Word and pdf formats. Please return it as soon as possible, by fax, email or post to the address below:

Screen
Gilmorehill Centre
University of Glasgow
Glasgow
G12 8QQ
Scotland

t 0141 330 5035
f 0141 330 3515
screen@arts.gla.ac.uk The 19th international Screen Studies Conference, programmed by Screen editors John Caughie and Annette Kuhn, will be a special occasion marking the journal’s 50th anniversary and will follow the publication of a special anniversary issue (volume 50, number 1, Spring 2009) exploring a range of contemporary screen theory. The conference will take up this theme in both plenary sessions and key strands of conference papers. Plenary speakers: Franceso Casetti (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) John Caughie (University of Glasgow) Mary Ann Doane (Brown University) Annette Kuhn (Queen Mary, University of London) A registration form is attached in Word and pdf formats. Please return it as soon as possible, by fax, email or post to the address below: Screen Gilmorehill Centre University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QQ Scotland t 0141 330 5035 f 0141 330 3515 screen@arts.gla.ac.uk