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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.

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.

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 4^th 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

In the latest issue of NECSUS: the European Journal of Media Studies, Dr Karl Schoonover and Dr Rosalind Galt (Kings College - London) review the London LGBT Film Festival. Click here to read the review.

The application period for URSS bursaries 2014/15 is now open until Sunday 1^st February 2015.

URSS bursaries of up to £1000 are available to all Warwick undergraduate students in any year, from any department and support living costs during a research project carried out over the summer vacation.

Speak to lecturers in favourite subjects (not necessarily in your own department) to see if they have a project you could work on and if they would be happy to supervise you.

Both you and the supervisor need to complete an online form.

URSS can help you stand out from the crowd, by giving you the opportunity to develop valuable skills to transfer to further study and future career, learn to reflect on and articulate your skills and experience more effectively and have your living costs supported whilst you work on real research.

Full details: www.warwick.ac.uk/URSS