Deadline extended to 15 January 2020 Worldmaking around the world: rethinking the intersections of popular media, translation and LGBTQ+ activism across cultures Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, University of Exeter. 17-18 April 2020. Keynote Speakers: Jack Halberstam, Columbia University &

Editor: Dr Ruxandra Trandafoiu (Edge Hill University) This edited collection aims to capture the way human mobility is represented on screen (any type of screen: cinema, television, museum or public displays, tourist information, urban advertising, mobile devices etc). The project is based on the premise that human mobility is a major defining aspect of contemporary life, that mobility has become the paradigm of being and creating in the

Digital Curation has become ubiquitous on a scale ranging from large digital preservation programmes to individual citizen curation projects that often involve collaborations between professionals and enthusiasts. Extending Joseph Beuys’ controversial assertion that everyone is an artist, now everyone is a (digital) curator. Curation in the context of Contemporary Art is closely aligned with Digital Curation skills;

Edited by: Brett A.B. Robinson (Brock University) and Dr. Christine Daigle (Brock University) Since 9/11 there has been a significant increase in narratives dealing with serial killers in popular television.

Borders in/of Adaptation Association of Adaptation Studies 1-2 October, 2020 Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France  Keynote speakers: Elisabeth Bronfen (University of Zurich, New York University) Deborah Cartmell (University of Leicester) Jatinder Verma (Artistic director, Tara Theatre) For the 2020 edition of the Association of Adaptation Studies conference, we would like to examine the presence and […]

We are inviting abstracts for a publication on the British television series Auf Wiedersehen Pet to mark the 35th anniversary of its first screening. We are interested in a range of contributions including; academic articles, fan responses, reminiscences, revisiting locations, interviews, etc. Auf Wiedersehen Pet first appeared on the television screens in 1983.

Speculative fiction, film, and television series are fast-growing genres, in part because they comment on the present. These genres ask readers to consider environmental, technological, and political events and developments in the world today, and the impacts these may have on the world of the future.

The series Black Mirror , first aired on the UK Channel 4 in 2011, has achieved an international standing for its reinvention of speculative anthology television and continues to innovate in the form: the interactive feature-length Bandersnatch (2018) offered viewers a branching, ergodic narrative, multiple endings and the opportunity to experience a type of cyborg textuality through the TV format.

DISCOURSES of FICTIONAL (DIGITAL) TV SERIES  Universitat de València Forthcoming Conference 3-6 November 2020 Conference Convenors: Carmen Gregori-Signes, Claudia Alonso-Recarte, Miguel Fuster-Márquez, Sergio Maruenda-Bataller  Secretaries: Paula Rodríguez-Abruñeiras &

ECREA’S 8th European Communication Conference The European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) in partnership with the University of Minho call for papers to be presented at the 8th European Communication Conference, to be held in Braga, Portugal, from 2 October to 5 October 2020.