[ecrea] One-Day Symposium to mark the 40th Anniversary of Steven Spielberg's JAWS

UPDATE: A reminder that the deadline is approaching for the One-Day
Symposium to mark the 40th Anniversary of Steven Spielberg's JAWS on
Wednesday 17 June 2015 from 10.00 - 6.00.

Keynote speakers: Murray Pomerance (Ryerson University) and Nigel Morris
(Lincoln University).

Website:
http://www.dmu.ac.uk/research/research-faculties-and-institutes/technology/cath/events/2015/jaws-40th-anniversary-symposium.aspx

The Symposium is hosted at the Leicester Media School by The Cinema and
Television History (CATH) Research Centre and The Centre for
Adaptations, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. Keynote speaker(s) TBA.

Brief proposals, biographies and a note of institutional affiliation
should be sent to Professor Ian Hunter: (iqhunter /at/ dmu.ac.uk). The deadline
for proposals is 31 March 2015.


Papers could be on *any* related topic such as but not restricted to:

Jaws - influences, production, interpretation, publicity, reception,
reissues, video and DVD releases and extras.
Jaws 2, Jaws 3D and Jaws the Revenge
Peter Benchley
John Williams, Verna Fields, cast and crew
USS Indianapolis
Jawsploitation rip off films from Piranha and Grizzly to Great White,
This Ain't Jaws XXX and Bait / novels / comic strips / TV shows
Novelisations and adaptations
Video games and toys, memorabilia, collectables and collecting
Jaws and Spielberg / the New Hollywood / the modern blockbuster
Jaws fandom, memes and memories
Jaws and cult
Theme part rides
Jaws and sharks in myth, the media and wildlife documentaries
Jaws, sharks and ecology and shark conservation


Fee: £30 / £15

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Dr Matthew Jones
Lecturer in Cinema and Television History
De Montfort University


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