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[ecrea] Politics of TV Space conference, 8 April, Leicester

Fri Feb 18 17:01:13 GMT 2011



THE POLITICS OF TELEVISION SPACE


A one-day Symposium at the University of Leicester
SEE BELOW FOR BOOKING FORM AND CONTACT DETAILS FOR ENQUIRIES


Friday 8 April 2011: 10.00 am â?? 6.00 pm



The first symposium arising from the AHRC-funded project â??Spaces of Televisionâ?? will focus on the theme of â??The Politics of Television Spaceâ??

Keynote speaker: Peter Hutchings (author of Hammer and Beyond: The British Horror Film): â??Dangerous Spaces: Studios, video and the 1970s psychological thrillerâ??.

Guest speakers Howard Schuman (writer of Rock Follies and many single plays) and Piers Haggard (director of Pennies from Heaven and The Quatermass Conclusion) will discuss their experiences of working in a variety of production contexts and environments.

 Papers:

Matthew Bailey: â??Corridors of power: the depiction of the House of Commons in television dramaâ?? Jonathan Bignell: â??Modernity and spatial politics: Gerry Andersonâ??s puppet science fictionsâ?? E. Anna Claydon: â??The Detective, the Criminal and the Countryside: the place of rural Britain in the criminal landscapeâ?? David Dunn: â??A Tangle with the Isles: Contested spaces in Scottish Televisionâ??s Gaelic soap opera Machair
Richard Hewett: â??Survivors: modes of production and acting styleâ??
Rachael Keene: â??Breaking up the Samenessâ??: Channel 4â??s Eleventh Hour and the scheduling of independent film and video on British televisionâ?? Douglas McNaughton: â??Imperial Spaces: I, Claudius and constructing the Eternal City at White Cityâ?? Laura Mayne: â??A sense of time and placeâ??: examining the regional aesthetic in the work of Channel 4â??s first Commissioning Editor for Fiction, David Roseâ?? Andrew Oâ??Day: â??â??I, Spy, with my little eyeâ??: Surveillance and space in Doctor Whoâ?? Leah Panos: â??Humanising politics: dramatic space in Trevor Griffiths' studio playsâ?? Sally Shaw: â??Light entertainmentâ?? as contested socio-political space: audience and institutional responses to Love Thy Neighbour (1972-76)â??
Sheryl Wilson and Simon Cross: In Two Minds and the politics of madness

Enquiries should be directed to James Chapman: (jrc28 /at/ le.ac.uk)

â??Spaces of Televisionâ?? is an AHRC-funded research project led by the University of Reading in collaboration with the University of Leicester and the University of Glamorgan. Further details of the project can be found at: http://www.reading.ac.uk/ftt/research/Spacesoftelevision.aspx



â??POLITICS OF TELEVISION SPACEâ?? BOOKING FORM
PLEASE PRINT OUT AND RETURN TO THE ADDRESS BELOW BY FRIDAY 1 APRIL 2011
It will not be possible to accept bookings on the day


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FEE: £20 (£15 speakers, students, unwaged)
Please make your cheque payable to University of Leicester

VEGETARIAN: ______  VEGAN: _______  (PLEASE TICK IF APPROPRIATE)

Send your booking form and payment to:
Ms Gemma Mayo
Department of History of Art and Film
University of Leicester
Leicester
LE1 7RH


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