[Commlist] Symposium: Digital Culture Studies in Modern Languages

*Digital Culture Studies in Modern Languages*

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*A one-day international symposium*

*Royal Holloway, University of London*

*Gowar and Wedderburn Common Room*

Please register here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/digital-culture-studies-in-modern-languages-tickets-55331092788

Organised by Prof Giuliana Pieri and Dr Emanuela Patti

This one-day international symposium aims to explore theories, 
methodologies and future perspectives in the field of ‘digital culture 
studies’ in Modern Languages. It will bring together scholars in Modern 
Languages and Digital Humanities, as well as artists, Media Arts 
historians and curators, in order to discuss new informed ways and 
methods for approaching the study of digital culture and creativity. 
Free admission.


*Programme*

*Friday, 15 February 2019*

10.30  Arrival, Refreshments

11.00-11.10 Emanuela Patti (Royal Holloway), Introduction

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*Modern languages and the digital: theories, methodologies, case studies*

11.10-12.00 (chair: Sarah Wright, Royal Holloway)

Keynote Lecture 1: Claire Taylor (University of Liverpool), ’Digital 
Humanities, digital culture, and Modern Languages’

12.00-13.00 (chair: Guyda Armstrong, University of Manchester)

Paul Spence (King’s College), ‘Key elements of a critical Digital 
Humanities-Modern Languages (DHML) research agenda’

Erika Fülöp (Lancaster), ‘Digital culture in French Studies in the UK’


13.00-14.00 Lunch


*Modern Languages and digital arts: national and transnational perspectives*

14.10-15.00 (chair: James Williams, Royal Holloway)

Keynote Lecture 2: Sean Cubitt (Goldsmiths), ‘Telegraph, Airmail, 
Satellite: The Visual Imaginary of Global Media’

15.00-16.00 (chair: Emanuela Patti, Royal Holloway)

Valentino Catricalà (Media Arts Festival, Rome), ‘Rethinking the medium 
through media art. The Italian case’

Maria Mencia (Kingston), ‘The Winnipeg: the poem that crossed the Atlantic’


16.00-16.30 Coffee break


16.30-17.00 (chair: Emanuela Patti)

Closing discussion, ‘The interdisciplinary challenges of Digital Culture 
Studies: what forms of collaboration between Modern Languages, Media 
Arts and Digital Humanities?’


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