[ecrea] Memory and the Witness in Chinese Language Cinema Symposium, University of Glasgow, 28th January 2012

MEMORY AND THE WITNESS IN CHINESE LANGUAGE CINEMA
GILMOREHILL CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW
SATURDAY 28TH JANUARY 2012 (9.30am ? 6.15pm)

With the release of films such as Hu Jie’s Though I Am Gone (2006), Wang Bing’s Fengming: A Chinese Memoir (2007) and Jia Zhangke’s 24 City (2008), there seems to have been a growth of interest in recent years in the relationship between film, memory and the notion of witnessing in Chinese Language Cinema. The aim of this symposium is to explore this trend in relation to work produced in the People’s Republic, Hong Kong, Taiwan and diasporic China through documentary filmmaking, fiction film and video art.

This symposium has been jointly organised by the Department of Theatre, Film and Television at the University of Glasgow and Ricefield Chinese Arts and Cultural Centre as part of Takeaway China 速视中国, a festival of film and photography from China held annually in Glasgow.

PROGRAMME:
9.30am ? 10am Registration and Coffee/Tea

10am ? 10.10am Welcome address: Professor Jane Duckett, Director of the Confucius Institute (University of Glasgow)

10.10am ? 11.30am Keynote presentation: Professor Chris Berry (Goldsmiths)
Film, Memory and Agency: Everyday Life and Fashion during China’s Cultural Revolution (followed by Q&A)

11.30am ? 12.30pm Wang Xiaolu (Beijing Film Academy)
Cinema, Democracy and Self-Authorization: 20 years of Independent Cinema in China (followed by Q&A)

12.30pm ? 1.30pm  Lunch

1.30pm ? 2pm Introduction by filmmaker Lee Ming-Yu (University of Glasgow) and screening of his short film: Time Variations (2006) (followed by Q&A)

2pm ? 4pm Panel Discussion (followed by Q&A)

・       Dr Felicia Chan (University of Manchester)
Memory and Witness in 24 City: Jia Zhangke's Cosmopolitan Cinema
・       Dr Ming-Yeh Rawnsley (University of Leeds)
Memory of Coloniality or Witness of Modernity: Taiwan Cinema’s Japanese Connection
・       Dr Julian Ward (University of Edinburgh)
Memories of a More Innocent Age: The Nostalgic Style of Zhang Yimou’s Under the Hawthorn Tree

4.00pm Coffee/Tea Break

4.15pm Closing Remarks: Dr Dimitris Eleftheriotis, Head of Theatre, Film and Television (University of Glasgow)

5pm Film Screening (Andrew Stewart Cinema) Though I am Gone (dir. Hu Jie, 2007, 68 mins)


For more information about the symposium and Takeaway China festival, including abstracts, speakers' biographies and details of film screenings, please go to www.takeawaychina.com

REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
This symposium is free of charge, but as places are limited all delegates much register by Friday, 20th January. For further information and to reserve a place please contact Philippa Lovatt at (p.lovatt.1 /at/ research.gla.ac.uk)

Philippa Lovatt
Theatre, Film and Television Studies
School of Culture and Creative Arts
University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK, G12 8QQ
www.gla.ac.uk/tfts
www.gla.ac.uk/schools/cca/


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