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PhD student Zoë Shacklock publishes article in New Review of Film and Television Studies
Zoë Shacklock, who is a PhD student in Film and Television Studies, has published an article entitled 'The Affective Sublime in Lars von Trier’s ‘Melancholia’ and Terrence Malick’s ‘The Tree of Life’' in the journal New Review of Film and Television Studies. She co-authored the article with Sarah French. More information here
Dr. Karl Schoonover gives seminar at Oxford on eco-documentaries
Dr. Schoonover's talk argues that a close examination of how recent eco-documentaries depict environmental disaster reveals the limits of contemporary conceptions of nature.
The seminar will take place on Wednesday, 5th November 2014, 1.00 - 2.00 p.m., Somerville College, University of Oxford
Dr Sofia Bull begins her postdoctoral research project “Genetic Kinship TV”
The department welcomes Dr Sofia Bull, a new postdoctoral researcher. During the coming academic year she will be conducting a project titled “Genetic Kinship TV” at the department, investigating contemporary discourses on genetics, kinship and reproduction across a range of popular UK and US television genres. The project is funded by the Sven and Dagmar Salén’s Foundation. Dr Bull has a PhD in cinema studies from Stockholm University and has previously worked as an assistant professor at the University of Gothenburg and a visiting postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University.
Prof. Bruzzi gives a seminar at the Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam
Prof. Stella Bruzzi is in Holland from 15-16 October 2014, giving a research seminar as part of a 'thematic project' entitled 'On Performativity: I Must not be Joking nor Writing a Poem?', being run for two terms at the Fine Art division of the Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam. Under the auspices of Katarina Zdjelar, Stella will also be visiting students' studios to observe their work related to the project. For more information click here.
Prof. Stephen Gundle on Radio 4 this Friday (26 Oct)
Prof. Gundle will talk about Brigitte Bardot and Sophia Loren at 80 on Woman's Hour on Radio Four. Woman's Hour begins at 10.02am.
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