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Prof. Stella Bruzzi to give Keynote at 'Interstices: The In-betweeness of Ethics', Chapman University, California
Prof. Stella Bruzzi will give a keynote address at 'Interstices: The In-betweeness of Ethics' at Chapman University, California, on 24 February.
Dr. Michael Pigott shows new video works at 'Me, Myself and Others: A Cinematic Approach to Latin American Encounters' conference at University of Lincoln
Dr. Michael Pigott is presenting two new video works - Riachuelo Crossing (2014) and Villa 21 (2014) - at the 'Me, Myself and Others: A Cinematic Approach to Latin American Encounters' conference being held at the University of Lincoln on Saturday 21st February.
This day-long research event, sponsored by the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS), the University of Leicester and the University of Lincoln, brings together scholars who have been working on different projects on the theme of Otherness and Encounters in Latin American Cinema, with practitioners working within and outside the film industry. For more information on the event CLICK HERE
The videos constitute preliminary work for a larger research project - Buenos Aires: Porous City - which is a practice-led investigation into the critical relationship between filmmaking and the city. Drawing upon Patrick Keiller’s notion of ‘filmmaking as spatial critique’ the project seeks traces of the film-image in the real locations of Buenos Aires, and uses the camera as a tool for the investigation of urban space.
Still from Riachuelo Crossing (2014)
Still from Villa 21 (2014)
Prof. Stephen Gundle gives lecture at ICI London: 'Remembering Anita Ekberg and Virna Lisi'
On Friday February 27th Prof. Stephen Gundle will give a lecture entitled 'Remembering Anita Ekberg and Virna Lisi: Italian Cinema and Society in the Years of the Dolce Vita' at the Instituto Italiano di Cultura in London. Prof. Gundle will explore the particular contribution of these two actresses to Italian cinema and television and assess their legacies.
The event will begin at 6.30pm and booking is essential. Further information on the website of ICI London.
Dr Schoonover to speak at York's 'So-Called Waste' symposium
The department's Karl Schoonover leads a seminar in "Waste and Its Aesthetic Management" at University of York's Humanities Research Centre's "So-Called Waste" symposium, Friday, the 13th of February. His talk examines how cinema depicts dangerous waste such as pollution and toxins, exploring various toxic sites including the dangerous accumulation of stuff in the moral landscape of melodrama, the precarious visuality afforded waste in industrial documentaries about petroleum, and the perverse toxicology associated with pollution in 1960s art cinema.
Warwick has been ranked first of all Film and Television Studies departments in the country in the 2014 REF results.
The Department of Film and Television Studies has once again been ranked first of all Film and Television Studies departments in the country according to the results of the 2014 REF (Research Excellence Framework). In a joint submission with the School of Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies, 48% of research publications were awarded a 4* rating (‘world leading’) and 43% were given a 3* rating (‘internationally excellent’). The two Warwick departments also came 4th out of 84 for the quality of their research environment reinforcing the University’s global reputation as a centre of excellence for these related fields. Film and Television was part of the University’s joint submission to the Music, Drama, Dance and Performing Arts Panel that embraces the disciplines of Film, Television, Theatre, Drama, and Music Studies.
Find out more about the University of Warwick's REF results HERE
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