[ecrea] Genre Studies Network (GSN)_workshop Genre and New Technologies, 10 December 2012

the 3rd Genre Studies Network (GSN) workshop 'Genre and New 
Technologies' is approaching fast. The workshop is open to everyone, 
please register on it if you wish to attend by emailing Natasha Rulyova 
at (n.e.rulyova /at/ bham.ac.uk) <mailto:(n.e.rulyova /at/ bham.ac.uk)>  and spread 
the word. Feel free to distribute the attached poster to anyone who is 
interested in genre and new media. If you wish to learn more about the 
project please see our website at 
http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/russian/research/genre-studies-network.aspx 
. Here are the details of the upcoming workshop:

Date: 10 December 2012

Venue: University of Birmingham
*Keynote: Prof. Gunther Kress*, Institute of Education, University of 
London,UK, 'Generating genre'

*Panel One: Perspectives on Genre in Light of New Technologies*
*Prof. Janet Giltrow*, University of British Columbia, Canada, 
'Perspectives on Genre:
Motive, Form, and Medial Change'
*Dr Simone Schroth*, Newcastle University/Aston University, UK, 'More 
than a Modern Novel in Letters -- The Email Novel as a New Genre'
*Dr Vlad Strukov*, University of Leeds, UK, 'Configurations of Space in 
Computer
Games: Towards a Genre Typology'

*Panel Two: Genre and the Agency in the New Media Age*

*Prof. Gary Hall*, Coventry University, UK, '#MySubjectivation: How our 
Agency and
Consciousness is Subordinated to the Calculable, Standardised, Ready-made
Forms and Genres of the Cultural Industries'
*Dr Ranjana Das*, University of Leicester, UK, 'Prospecting, in 
Retrospect: Three
Concepts from Wolfgang Iser's Reception Aesthetics in the Networked Age'
*Dr Natasha Rulyova*, University of Birmingham, UK, 'Online Identities 
and Genre
in the Russian-Language Social Media'

*Roundtable facilitated by Dr Joanne Sayner*, University of Birmingham, 
UK: Do new technologies lead to the advent of new genres? What are the 
differences between the medium and genre?

Best wishes,

Dr Natasha Rulyova (otherwise known as Natalia)

Russian Language Lead

Department of Modern Languages

College of Arts and Law

Ashley Building

University of Birmingham

Edgbaston

Birmingham

B15 2TT

Tel.: 0121 414 6357