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

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