[ecrea] The 8th International Screenwriting Research Network Conference – Thursday 10th to Saturday 12th September 2015

The 8th International Screenwriting Research Network Conference – 
“Screenwriting, Text and Performance”

Thursday 10th to Saturday 12th September 2015


The 8th International Screenwriting Research Network (SRN) Conference 
will take place at Senate House, University of London, UK with the 
support of the Institute of English Studies.

Over 100 papers from 5 Continents will be presented with 32 panels, 
representing the many aspects of screenwriting research; from 
performance and character and early screenwriting to digital 
screenwriting and film adaptation.

The conference has secured three highly regarded keynote speakers:
Hossein Amini, a film writer who was nominated for an Oscar for his 
adaptation of Henry James’ classic novel Wings of a Dove. He has also 
written Jude, starring Kate Winslet and Christopher Ecclestone, which 
won the Edinburgh Film festival prize for Best British Film, and has 
worked on Gangs of New York, starring Daniel Day Lewis and Leonardo di 
Caprio.
Kathryn Millard, Professor of Film and Creative Arts at Macquarie 
University, Sydney Australia where she is Research Leader for the newly 
established Creative Ecologies Lab, a research space for innovation in 
screen, performance and writing. She is the author of Screenwriting in a 
Digital Era.
Jonathan Powell, Professor of Media at Royal Holloway, and a former Head 
of Drama at the BBC, responsible for the launch of both EastEnders and 
Casualty, as well as Dennis Potter’s The Singing Detective and Troy 
Kennedy Martin’s Edge of Darkness.

An actors and screenwriting panel (names to be confirmed) will be held 
on Friday 11th Sept.

On Thursday 10th September there will be an early evening event with 
wine reception at the British Library, the major copyright library and 
literary archive in the United Kingdom, at which delegates will be 
introduced to some of the archival material relating to screenwriting. 
The Library holds the archives of many significant figures in British 
Screenwriting including Harold Pinter, John Osborne, Angela Carter as 
well as actors Lawrence Olivier and John Gielgud and agent Peggy Ramsey.
We are extremely pleased that guest speaker Sir Ronald Harwood (winner 
of the academy award in 2003 for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Piano) 
will be present to talk to Professor Christine Geraghty about his 
writing and the content of the collection that he has donated to the 
library.

If you would like to attend this event, please select the 'reception' 
option when you register.


The FEE for the three day conference is £95 for ‘early bird’ responders 
(before 19th August so please book asap), and £125 thereafter. The 
student rate will be  £75 for early birds, and £90 thereafter.
The fee includes refreshments ( lunch on Thursday) a reception on 
Wednesday 9th September and a wine reception at the British Library.
The conference dinner on Friday 11th September will cost £30 and is 
bookable on the website.

Please see the conference website for further details and online 
booking: 
https://screenwritingresearchnetworkconferencelondon2015.wordpress.com

The SRN conference is supported by the Institute of English Studies, 
Senate House. It is organised by a committee grouped around the London 
Screenwriting Research Seminar – including the University of Bangor, the 
University of East London, The University of Greenwich and Royal 
Holloway, University of London.

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