[ecrea] CFP DEADLINE 15 January: Television Drama: the Forgotten, the Lost and the Neglected Conference, Royal Holloway, University of London, 22-24 April 2015

Call for Papers: 'Television Drama: the Forgotten, the Lost and the 
Neglected'

Royal Holloway, University of London: Wednesday 22 – Friday 24 April 2015

The conference of the AHRC-funded ‘History of Forgotten Television 
Drama’ project will be held at Royal Holloway’s Egham campus from 
Wednesday 22nd to Friday 24th April, 2015. Proposals are invited for 
papers and/or panels on the theme of ‘Television Drama: the Forgotten, 
the Lost and the Neglected'. The project focuses on television fiction 
produced in the UK from 1946-82, analysing the possible reasons why 
programmes have become forgotten, and assessing the character and 
significance of these hidden dramas. Its primary interest is to uncover 
a ‘lost’ history of forgotten television drama in the UK, producing an 
alternative history of television drama that adds to knowledge of 
television history, challenges ideas concerning the television drama 
‘canon’ and encourages awareness of the regional diversity of television 
drama production.

While the project specifically addresses British drama during this 
period, we will also welcome papers dealing more generally with 
television historiography and the ‘canon’ as well as analyses of 
forgotten, lost and neglected dramas from earlier or more recent times 
and from other national and transnational contexts.

Possible topics include but are not limited to:

• Histories and historiographies of forgotten, lost or neglected 
television drama and their significance for an understanding of 
conventional accounts of TV drama
• Case-studies of television dramatists, actors, directors, producers, 
designers, or other production staff and their forgotten, lost or 
neglected contributions to television drama.
• Forgotten, lost or neglected forms and genres of television drama 
(such as educational drama, children’s drama, women’s drama and others).
• The construction of ‘canons’ of television drama and their inclusions 
and omissions.
• The scheduling and repeating of television, and the programmes that it 
promotes and disadvantages.
• Television archives and questions of the preservation of, and access 
to, forgotten programmes.
• Advances and innovations in television drama that went unnoticed or 
were not continued.
• Untransmitted or unfinished programmes.
• Television drama from neglected regions and smaller television companies.

Keynote speakers will include James Chapman (University of Leicester) 
and Christine Geraghty (University of Glasgow) and panellists will 
include Terrance Dicks, Tara Prem, Philip Saville and Jack Shepherd.

Proposals for 20-minute papers in the form of a 250-word abstract (or 
outline of a three-person panel) should be submitted to Dr. Billy Smart 
((Billy.Smart /at/ rhul.ac.uk)) by Thursday 15 January 2015.

Papers delivered at the conference will also be eligible for 
consideration for a Special Issue of the Historical Journal of Film, 
Radio and Television.

We welcome proposals from both established scholars and early career 
researchers including postgraduate students (who are eligible to apply 
for some financial assistance).

‘The History of Forgotten Television Drama’ is an AHRC-funded research 
project led by the Department of Media Arts, Royal Holloway, University 
of London.

Further details of the project can be found at:
https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/mediaarts/research/thehistoryofforgottentelevisiondrama/historyofforgottentvdrama.aspx

The project blog can be found at: 
https://forgottentelevisiondrama.wordpress.com/


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