Changing the Narrative around Birth: Midwives Views of Working with the Media Prof. Vanora Hundley, University of Bournemouth 14th December 2016, 12:00-13:00, [Room TBC] This seminar series is supported by the Wellcome Trust. Co-hosted by the Maternal Health and Wellbeing Research Group and Health Humanities. Twitter: @TelevisingBirth All welcome.
Decision-making as interactional practice in conversations between women and HCPs during labour: Insights from One Born Every Minute Dr. Clare Jackson, University of York – 23rd November 2016, 12:00-13:00, [Room TBC] This seminar series is supported by the Wellcome Trust. Co-hosted by the Maternal Health and Wellbeing Research Group and Health Humanities. Twitter: @TelevisingBirth All welcome.
The 27th international Screen Studies Conference will take place at the University of Glasgow, 23-25 June, 2017, programmed by Karen Lury for Screen journal. There is no specific theme this year, and we are therefore pleased to invite proposals on all topics within film and television studies. Pre-formed panels will be considered but not prioritised.
The children’s ’68: call for papers https://children68.hypotheses.org/ This call for papers invites proposals for contributions to a special issue of the online journal of children’s literature and culture Strenae entitled ’The Children’s ‘68’, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of May ’68. This special issue is part of the work of the international research network The children’s ’68, led by Dr Sophie Heywood at the University of
TICKETS AVAILABLE THROUGH EVENTBRITE November 18th 2016 Silverstone Room – TW3.7.01.A London School of Economics and Political Science One million migrants crossed the borders of Europe in 2015, in, what came to be known as the “refugee crisis”. This Symposium focuses on the mediation of this “crisis” at a trans-European and local level, in order to address the questions: * How is “the refugee crisis” communicated in
In order to ensure timely notification and subsequent travel planning, please note the deadline: Abstracts for original paper presentations and panels may be submitted until November 22, 2016. The 10th Screenwriting Research Network (SRN) International Conference will be hosted by the University of Otago’s Department of Media, Film and Communication, in partnership with the New Zealand Writers Guild.
Imag(in)ing the Apocalypse University of Western Brittany, 8-10 March
Institute of Contemporary Arts, Cinema 2 The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH Friday 18 November 2016, 2:30-4:00pm Free tickets can be booked at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/war-in-the-streets-weapons-of-terror-in-the-news-cinema-and-media-art-tickets-26922937230 (seating is limited, so advance booking is advised) An artist, two academics and two journalists selected a series of video fragments that engage with armed violence from recent news media,
Journeys Across Media (JAM) 2017 Department of Film, Theatre and Television University of Reading Worldhood and World-Making Call for papers The JAM 2017 postgraduate conference will take place on Tuesday 11th April at the University of Reading with the theme of worldhood and world-making in film, theatre and television.
Over the last 15 years, Slayage: The Journal of Whedon Studies and other publications have featured a range of writing and scholarship about queer issues, identity and representations related to the Whedonverses but there has not yet been a publication dedicated solely to queer Whedon studies.
A ‘Billy Fluff’ is a moment in Doctor Who from 1963 to 1966 when William Hartnell, the lead actor playing the Doctor, ‘fluffs’ or blows one of his lines. Some are legendary, including ‘anti-radiation gloves’ and ‘cinders floating about in Spain’. But a collection of them on YouTube is only six minutes long.