“Enfreakment in (Transnational) North American Culture” Conference at Leipzig University, Germany Institute for American Studies 22-23 May 2025 Organizers: Katja Kanzler, Ella Ernst, Laura Pröger, Anna Gaidash, Annika Schadewaldt, Stefan Schubert From the freak shows of the 19th century to contemporary odd, extraordinary, or otherwise exceptional characters, the ‘freak’ as a figure has seen tremendous popularity throughout US literature

2023 marks the 65th anniversary of Carry On Sergeant (Peter Rogers, 1958), the first instalment of the Carry On film franchise (1958-1978; 1992). Between 1958 and 1978 the series was a mainstay of British box offices, and remains among the most prolific British film series.

Media Frictions International symposium 2-3 May 2024 Venue: Grand Hotel & Gamla Rådhuset, Jönköping, Sweden Organisers: Professor Annette Hill, Hario Priambodho, Deniz Duru The dynamics of friction matter, for storytelling, for digital and global connections, and for media and social inequalities. The meaning of friction is multilayered: friction is an energetic spark, a form of social tension, and a sign of difference.

Televisuality , as theorised by John T. Caldwell in 1995, allows for a holistic view on the unique properties of television as industrial product, technology, aesthetic form, and object of cultural discourse and audience engagement.

Film and Visual Studies Graduate Student Conference Harvard University May 3–5, 2023 Keynote Speakers: Yuriko Furuhata (William Dawson Scholar of Cinema and Media History, McGill University), Pooja Rangan (Associate Professor of English in Film and Media Studies, Amherst College), and Colectivo Los Ingrávidos In a world teeming with images of brutality and destruction, how can we look away from spectacular violence and toward the atmospheres

web: https://www.mediamutations.org/callforpapers contact email: submissions@mediamutations.org Call for papers – Media Mutations 14 – Investigating Medical Drama TV series: approaches and perspectives Bologna, Dipartimento delle Arti – DAMSLab, May 18th-19th, 2023 Organized by Stefania Antonioni (Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo) and Marta Rocchi (Università di Bologna). In collaboration with the research

This symposium draws attention to the current debates on media’s role in shaping and popularizing contemporary feminisms ranging from celebrity feminism to neo-liberal and post-feminism (Rottenberg et al 2020). It underscores the role of popular culture and media as sites of feminism and (subversive) feminist struggle.

Two-day international conference, 23rd to 24th May 2022 to be held in person at Sheffield Hallam University and online Keynotes: To be confirmed Convenors: Dr James Fenwick (j.fenwick@shu.ac.uk Sheffield Hallam University) Dr Kieran Foster (Kieran.foster@nottingham.ac.uk University of Nottingham) Unmade, unseen, and unreleased films and TV programmes are a burgeoning area of academic study, allowing for […]

Conference on the Regulation of Old and New Media Forms in Africa  Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research Birmingham City University May 2022 Location: Zoom  Conference Theme: Regulating African Digital Media Increasingly more African countries are instituting laws, procedures, and policies, seeking to regulate the media ecosystem.

Workshop: 100 Years of Women at the BBC Friday 7 May 2021 1pm – 5.30pm (BST), Online Co-sponsored by Critical Studies in Television and Edge Hill University Institute for Social Responsibility Characterised from early in its life as ‘Auntie’, the BBC itself has been gendered female in the cultural consciousness.