Archiving Dissent: Post-2011 Arab Imagery, Memory and Vernacular Representations of Conflict The American University of Beirut, Lebanon September 6 & 7, 2019 Organisers: Prof Kari Anden-Papadopoulos (Stockholm University) and Dr Dima Saber (Birmingham City University) in collaboration with Dr May Farah (The American University of Beirut)

Migrant states of exception proliferate and intensify across the world. While processes of globalization have fostered movement and enhanced connectivity on a hitherto unprecedented scale, they have also brought the highly uneven distribution of elected and enforced mobility to the fore.

This symposium will explore the interaction between word and image within media-based practice research. As creative practice has increasingly found a home within academia, and as digital technologies have made possible new methodologies and forms of output, the hegemony of the written word within arts and humanities scholarship has been challenged from different directions.

EDEN: All Island Interdisciplinary Conference Hosted by the Early Doctoral Exchange Network (EDEN) at NUI Galway ‘2019: Between a Rock and a Robot: Humans, Habitat, and Technology’ National University of Ireland, Galway Dates: 26-27th of April Plenary Speaker: Diane Negra, MRIA, Professor of Film Studies and Screen Culture EDEN invites postgraduate and early doctoral

This symposium argues that New Queer Horror projects contemporary anxieties within LGBTQ+ subcultures onto its characters and into its narratives, building upon the previously figurative role of queer monstrosity in the moving image.

Romanticism again and again! In autumn 1979, Michael Ende’s novel The Neverending Story was published in the Federal Republic of Germany. Even to Ende’s contemporaries, Bastian’s journey to Fantastica and back seemed to be the beginning of a revitalization of romantic longings and ideas within popular culture. Almost at the same time, US-American cinema discovers the genre of fantasy film.

“The Bat-Man, a mysterious and adventurous figure, fighting for righteousness and apprehending the wrong doer, in his lone battle against the evil forces of society… his identity remains unknown.” – Detective Comics #27 (1939)

Keynote: Amanda Ann Klein, East Carolina University In holding this year’s conference in downtown Portland, one of the most environmentally conscious cities in the United States, we invite attendees to consider the themes of “repurpose” and “recycle,” broadly conceived. What function—socially, politically, and economically—do sequels, remakes, and reboots serve in media culture?

Venue: Loughborough London Campus 3 Lesney Avenue The Broadcast Centre Here East Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park London E15 2GZ   In an age of global communication, the making of histories and memories is closely connected to diverse and moving media landscapes.

One-Day Symposium: Tuesday July 16th 2019 The Centre for Media Research, Bath Spa University Newton Park, Newton St Loe, Bath, BA2 9BN Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Professor Simon O’Sullivan , Professor of art, theory and practice, Goldsmiths College, London Dr Tony David-Sampson , Reader in Digital Media Culture and Communication, University of East London The Centre for Media Research at Bath Spa University