Something Old, Something New – The Wedding Spectacle

The Media and Gender research group at the University of Leicester is pleased to invite abstracts for the one-day symposium: ‘Something old, something new: the wedding spectacle across contemporary media cultures’, Friday September 16th, 2016 Keynote speakers: Brenda Weber (Indiana University Bloomington) and Deborah Jermyn (University of Roehampton) Discussant: Diane Negra (University College Dublin) Despite […]

1916, Cinema and Revolution Conference, NUI Galway

1916, Cinema and Revolution International Conference Huston School of Film & Digital Media, NUI Galway, 25-27 May 2016 How have the 1916 Rising and other revolutions – from France, to Greece, Romania, Russia and Cuba – being depicted in cinema? What impact did the Rising have on early Irish cinema? What role did women play […]

Full Details for ISSS 2016 in DCU

Here is the basic information about the 12th Irish Screen Seminar Series, which is being hosted this year by Dublin City University. Click on the link at the end for the full details and schedule. When: Wednesday May 11th 2016 How much: Admission free Who: Open to all Where: Room C114, Henry Grattan Building, Dublin […]

Alphaville 10: Women and Media in the Twenty-First Century

New issue of Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media on Women and Media in the Twenty-First Century, edited by Abigail Keating (University College Cork) and Jill Murphy (University College Cork). Now online at http://www.alphavillejournal.com Contents: Women and Media in the Twenty-First Century: Editorial Abigail Keating and Jill Murphy The Gendered Politics of Sex Work […]

Irish Screen Studies Seminar 2016 in DCU

Call for Papers: Irish Screen Studies Seminar – Keynote Dr Catherine Grant (Sussex) The 12th Irish Screen Studies Seminar will take place at Dublin City University on Wednesday 11th-Thursday 12th May 2016. The seminar is aimed at postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers in film and screen cultures in the broadest sense, touching on audio, film, television, digital media, […]

PhD Studentship, Oxford Brookes University

Starts in April, may be of interest …. Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment 3 years full-time fees will be paid by the University Bursary: £7,000 pa (with no inflation increase). Deadline: The closing date for applications is 15th February 2016 Interview date: Interviews will be held in week beginning 1st March 2016 Eligibility: Home/EU […]

1916, Cinema and Revolution, Conference CFP

1916, CINEMA AND REVOLUTION 1st Call for Papers 25-27 MAY 2016, HUSTON SCHOOL OF FILM & DIGITAL MEDIA, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, GALWAY Keynote Speakers to include: Dr. Denis Condon (Maynooth University) and Professor Charles Barr (Emeritus Professor, University of East Anglia) 1916 marked the establishment of Ireland’s first indigenous film company, The Film Company […]