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

> THE POLITICS OF TELEVISION SPACE
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>
> A one-day Symposium at the University of Leicester
> SEE BELOW FOR BOOKING FORM AND CONTACT DETAILS FOR ENQUIRIES
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>
> Friday 8 April 2011: 10.00 am â?? 6.00 pm
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>
>
> 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
>
>
> Your name:
>
> Your address:
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> Your email:
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> Your contact telephone number:
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> Number of places required:
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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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