[ecrea] Child Actors/Child Stars: Juvenile Performance on Screen Conference

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*CHILD ACTORS/CHILD STARS: JUVENILE PERFORMANCE ON SCREEN** *

*A conference co-hosted by the Centre for Research in Media and Cultural 
Studies, University of Sunderland, and the School of Media, Film and 
Music, University of Sussex*

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*To be held at the David Puttnam Media Centre, University of Sunderland*

*8-9 September, 2011*

We are pleased to announce that on-line registration is now available 
for the above conference. Details of how to register can be found at our 
conference website at: http://childacting.wordpress.com/

Alternatively, you can go directly to our on-line booking store by 
clicking on the following link:

http://bit.ly/mfiyI3. Please note that on-line registration closes on 
Friday 26th August.

A provisional programme is also available for downloading via our 
conference website.

This conference seeks to build on recent scholarly interest in screen 
performance by focusing on the contribution of child actors to the 
history of international film and television. From the popular child 
stars of Hollywood to the child actors working in popular television and 
the non-professional children ubiquitous throughout ‘world cinema,’ the 
child performer is a prominent figure across a diverse range of media. 
However, the child actor is rarely considered in discussions of screen 
performance or of the representation of childhood: this conference will 
be the first of its kind to be focused exclusively on the work of 
children in and for film and television.

*Conference co-organisers*

Michael Lawrence ((Michael.Lawrence /at/ sussex.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(Michael.Lawrence /at/ sussex.ac.uk)>)

Susan Smith ((drsusan.smith /at/ sunderland.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(drsusan.smith /at/ sunderland.ac.uk)>).


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