[ecrea] CFP Transnational Television Drama: Tastes, Travels and Trends

Call for Papers

*Transnational Television Drama: Tastes, Travels and Trends*

International Conference, 6-8 June 2018,

Aarhus University, Denmark.

Conference website: conferences.au.dk/transnationaltelevisiondrama2018 
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In 1992, John Ellis stated that television was an “essentially national 
activity for the vast majority of its audience”. Since then, we have 
witnessed a development that increasingly follows the logics of 
transnationalism. Drama has become a driver of sales and an increasingly 
important component in the digital, global television market (Steemers, 
2016). Although television content is still produced locally within 
specific countries under specific national laws and media regulations, 
and often first for a local market, the principles operating behind 
production, distribution ownership or audience viewing practices are not 
only bound or organized by national borders and regulations but follow 
transnational or even supra-national cross-ownership structures and 
interrelations.

This is reflected in terms or trademarks like “quality drama”, 
“subtitled drama”, or “Nordic Noir” that are associated to television 
series such as /Borgen/, /Breaking Bad/, /Grand Hotel /or /Deutschland 
83 /(mainly national productions with a global audience), /Sherlock /or 
/Outlander /(international co-productions), /The Team/, /The Night 
Manager /or /Borgia /(transnational co-production). This is reflected in 
their reception when, for example, television drama series are 
successfully adapted or watched via multiple platforms by diverse global 
audiences. This is also reflected in multinational productions groups 
such as the worldwide operating Endemol Shine Group; in the endeavours 
of channels and production companies to produce and distribute with a 
bigger audience in mind; in the increasing tendency to gather funding 
and expertise for European or international co-productions; in the new 
possibilities of accessing global content via various platforms such as 
Netflix, Amazon or YouTube; in the increasing practice of exchanging 
creative professionals; and in the choice of themes and aesthetics that 
appeal to audiences beyond the country of origin.

Transnational tendencies have been, and will increasingly continue to 
be, an integral part of television – not only in Western markets but 
also in other global markets. Turkey, for example, has become a big 
exporter of television lately with its television formats travelling to 
the Arabic regions and also worldwide. Likewise, KDrama, Korean 
television drama, has proved highly successful across and beyond Asia, 
entering the Middle East and American markets. The scale and scope of 
transnational aspects at all levels of television production and 
consumption becomes even more significant in an age of globalization, 
digitization and media convergence.

The thematic concerns of the conference include - but are not limited to:

•Tastes and trends in transnational television drama

•TV drama series that travel well – how, why?

•Transnational television audience studies, i.e. viewers, critics, 
bloggers, fans

•Transnational television production studies, i.e. co-productions, remakes

•Television drama as motor for branding and international sales

•Transnational television drama, cultural proximity and the public sphere

•Televised history, national and European culture

• Creativity and quality in transnational television drama productions

• Transmedia and transnational storytelling

•Transnational television drama and tourism

During the conference, we will organise industry panels reflecting upon 
the trends, tastes and challenges in regard to the production, trade and 
reception of transnational television drama. The conference is 
hosted**by the Danish research group /What Makes Danish Television Drama 
Series Travel?/ (http://danishtvdrama.au.dk 
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and organised in collaboration with following international research 
networks:

•/Media Across Borders/(Andrea Esser)

•/ECREA Television Section/(Susanne Eichner)

•/ECREA Media Industries and Cultural Production/(Hanne Bruun)

•/IAMCR Mediated communication, Public Opinion and Society /(Susanne 
Eichner)

•/NordMedia, Film and Television section/(Pia Majbritt Jensen)

*Confirmed academic speakers:*

•Professor Andrea Esser, Roehampton University, UK

•Professor Sue Turnbull, Wollangong University, Australia

•Assistant Professor Tim Raats, Vrije Univeristeit, Brussels, Belgium

•Professor Trine Syvertsen, University of Oslo, N

•Associate Professor Alessandra Meleiro, Universidade Federal de São 
Carlos, Brazil

•Assistant Professor Yesim Kaptan, Kent State University, US

•Dr Janet McCabe, Birkbeck, University of London, UK

•Professor Jeanette Steemers, King’s College London, UK

•Professor Lothar Mikos, Film University Berlin, DE

•Professor Matt Hills, University of Huddersfield, UK

*Hosts and speakers from Denmark:*

•Associate Professor Eva Novrup Redvall, Copenhagen University, DK

•Associate Professor Ushma Chauhan Jacobsen, Aarhus University, DK

•Professor Gunhild Agger, Aalborg University, DK

•Associate Professor Anne Marit Waade, Aarhus University, DK

•Associate Professor Pia Majbritt Jensen, Aarhus University, DK

•Associate Professor Jakob Isak Nielsen, Aarhus University, DK

•Associate Professor Susanne Eichner, Aarhus University, DK

•Associate Professor Kim Toft Hansen, Aalborg University, DK

•Marie Curie Fellow Dr Pei-Sze Chow, UK/Aarhus University, DK

•PhD fellow Lynge Stegger Gemzøe, Aarhus University, DK

*Deadlines:*

•Call for papers:   Deadline 15 January, 2018. For details, see below.

•Feedback:          15 February, 2018

•Registration:       Deadline 1 May 2018 (online on the conference website)

*Submission: *Submissions are welcome in three categories: open call 
papers, pre-constituted panels, or pre-constituted workshops (details on 
the website).**Send your abstract (max 400 words) to 
(televisiondramaseries /at/ cc.au.dk) <mailto:(televisiondramaseries /at/ cc.au.dk)>*.*

*Costs: *

Conference fee: 1000,- DKK (covers the meals). PhD students: 500,- 
DKK. Participants cover costs for travel and accommodation.

PhD Pre-conference fee: The event is free, coffee/tea is provided, the 
participants can buy lunch on campus.

*Conference website*: conferences.au.dk/transnationaltelevisiondrama2018 
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*PhD Pre-Conference 6 June 2018 9.00-16.00: /PhD networking and career 
planning/*

This pre-conference event is an opportunity for PhD students in media 
and culture studies to network with peers in their field, exchange 
research experiences and get advice on career-planning by mentors at 
different stages of their own academic careers. In short: We want to 
talk about the things we don’t talk about enough! The pre-conference is 
organised by Cathrin Bengesser (PhD student at Birkbeck, University of 
London, UK) in collaboration with Professor Lothar Mikos (Film 
University Berlin, DE) and Associate Professor Susanne Eichner, Aarhus 
University, DK. For more details about the pre-conference, see the 
conference website conferences.au.dk/transnationaltelevisiondrama2018 
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To indicate your interest in participating, please send an e-mail to C. 
Bengesser: cbenge01[at]mail.bbk.ac.uk 
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(Deadline 15 March, 2018).

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