Erotic
Adaptations:
A One-Day Symposium
Centre for Adaptations
Faculty of Humanities, De Montfort University,
Leicester, UK
Wednesday 26 January 2011
10.00 am – 6.00 pm
Keynote speaker: Linda Ruth Williams (University of Southampton)
Proposals are invited for papers on erotic and sexually explicit
adaptations and appropriations, from film versions of erotic classics
such as Justine, Lady Chatterley’s Lover and Story of
O to contemporary slash fiction and porn parodies. The focus will be
on screen adaptations but papers are welcome on graphic novels,
novelisations, video mashups, photography, manga, book illustrations,
radio and video games. The Symposium is hosted jointed by the Centre for
Adaptations and the AHRC-funded Onscenity Research Network
(
http://onscenity.org/index.html)
Please send an abstract of 200 words for a 20 minute paper to Ian Hunter
at (iqhunter /at/ dmu.ac.uk).
DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: 1 November 2010
Admission is £30 / £15 concessions, including lunch and coffees.
For more information and online booking, please email Ian Hunter
((iqhunter /at/ dmu.ac.uk))
Dr Ian Hunter
Principal Lecturer in Film Studies
Director of the Centre for Adaptations
Faculty of Humanities
De Montfort University
Clephan Building
The Gateway
Leicester LE1 9BH
Email: (iqhunter /at/ dmu.ac.uk)
http://www.dmu.ac.uk/faculties/humanities/departments-staff/staff/iqhunter.jsp
