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[ecrea] Conference on Chinese Cinemas in and outside of China

Sat Sep 21 07:25:25 GMT 2013





Following two highly successful symposia, the Chinese Film Forum UK, a research network supported by the AHRC, is hosting an international conference on Chinese cinemas in and outside of China. This three-day conference brings together international scholars working on various aspects of Chinese cinema. The conference will consider the rapid development of the commercial film industry in China today and its subsequent impact on filmmaking in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and on independent production within China itself.

*Keynote lectures
*
‘Woman, Repression and the Classic /Spring in a Small Town/‘
Professor Rey Chow, Duke University
(in collaboration with CIDRAL and with the support of the Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Manchester)

‘The Voice of the Sinophone’
Dr Song Hwee Lim, University of Exeter

The conference fee £40 full / £20 concs, includes refreshments, a buffet dinner on Saturday evening and a ticket to the film screening of /Golden Gate Girls <http://www.cornerhouse.org/film/cinema-listings/golden-gate-girls> /(Louisa Wei, 2013).

Registration for the conference is open now via the Cornerhouse box office <http://www.cornerhouse.org/film/film-events/conference-chinese-cinema-in-and-outside-china>.*

*Please note that the conference ticket would need to be booked in person at the box office or by phone +44 (0) 161 200 1500. International participants unable to make a phone booking, please contact: (cffuk.mcr /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(cffuk.mcr /at/ gmail.com)>.

The Chinese Film Forum UK is an AHRC-supported research network based in Manchester that was set up for the research and promotion of transnational Chinese film. The network includes Manchester Metropolitan University, University of Salford, the University of Manchester, Confucius Institute, Chinese Arts Centre and Cornerhouse. More information may be found on our website: www.cffuk.org <http://www.cffuk.org/>

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Dr Felicia Chan
Lecturer in Screen Studies
Drama
School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

Mailing address:
Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester M13 9PL

Phone: +44 (0)161 275 8963
Email: (Felicia.Chan /at/ manchester.ac.uk) <mailto:(Felicia.Chan /at/ manchester.ac.uk)>

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