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[ecrea] Scottish Consortium for Film and Visual Studies: CFP and registration

Thu May 10 11:18:31 GMT 2012


The fifth (and last) meeting of the Scottish Consortium of Film and Visual Studies will take place at the Birnam Institute in Dunkeld on Friday 8th June. We would like to invite colleagues based in Scottish institutions to register and/or propose papers.

*Call for Papers*

There will be two open sessions and we welcome proposals on any aspect of film and visual culture. Please send a 100 word proposal plus a 50 word bio to (apmm /at/ st-andrews.ac.uk) <mailto:(apmm /at/ st-andrews.ac.uk)> by Friday 18th May. Travel bursaries will be available for any postgraduates whose papers are accepted.

*Registration*

Attendance is free but registration is required. To register please email (apmm /at/ st-andrews.ac.uk) <mailto:(apmm /at/ st-andrews.ac.uk)> as soon as possible. A limited number of additional, £30 postgraduate travel bursaries will also be available.

*The Programme*

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This last event from the Carnegie Trust-sponsored SCFVS series will feature panels on film curation and local cinema, a workshop on film censorship with colleagues from the BBFC on the occasion of their 100th anniversary, and keynotes by John Caughie on his large AHRC project studying early cinema in Scotland and Richard Patterson, the long-standing research coordinator of the British Film Institute, on the BFI and the academy. Here is the provisional programme:

*Scottish Consortium*

*Film and Film Initiatives in Scotland*

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*8^th June 2012*

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*Birnam Institute, Dunkeld*

10.15-10.30         Welcome

10.30-11.30 *Panel A: Studying Local Cinema (Sponsored by BAFTSS)*

Confirmed participants: John Izod (Stirling), Jim Dunnigan (Film Guild Edinburgh), Joshua Yumibe (St Andrews)

*Panel B: Open Call*

11.30-12.30 *Panel A: Film Curation (Sponsored by BAFTSS)*

Confirmed participants: Hannah McGill (former EIFF Director), Rod White (Filmhouse), Alice Black (Dundee Contemporary Arts)

*                Panel B: Open Call*

12.30-14.00         Lunch

14.00-15.00 *Keynote: John Caughie and Maria Velez-Serna: Early Cinema in Scotland*

15.00-16.00 *Keynote: Richard Paterson (BFI) The BFI and the Academy: Developing UK Film Culture *

16.00-16.30         Tea and coffee

16.30-18.00 *100 Years of BBFC:The British Board of Film Classification in Conversation*

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*Venue and Event Details*

The event will be held at the Birnam Arts and Conference Centre in Dunkeld, which is easily accessible by road and rail. For a map and directions, see http://www.birnaminstitute.com/index.asp?lm=8

A buffet lunch will be provided, free of charge.

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Dr. Alex Marlow-Mann

Research Co-ordinator

Centre for Film Studies

University of St. Andrews

99 North Street

St. Andrews

Fife

KY16 9AD

Scotland

UK

Tel: +44 (0) 1334 467 463



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