Screen Studies Conference 2011
21st International Screen Studies Conference, 1-3 July 2011, University of Glasgow, Scotland
The 21st conference was organised by Screen journal and programmed by Screen editors Sarah Street and Tim Bergfelder.
The plenary speakers were:
- Mark Betz (Kings College, London)
- Christine Geraghty (University of Glasgow)
- Jan-Christopher Horak (UCLA)
- Barbara Klinger (University of Indiana)
Repositioning Screen History was the subject of the plenaries and formed a strand running throughout the conference. 25 years after the 'historical turn' in film studies, we wanted to explore what new approaches and theoretical models for the study of screen history have been emerging over the past decades, and how changing environments and contexts have altered fields of study. Papers addressed the following questions and issues:
- Rethinking the Canon (directors, genres, movements, institutions, periodisations)
- New sources for new histories
- Issues of preservation and restoration
- Archival theories and practices
- The impact of digital technologies
- Decentring European Cinema and Television in the context of global media (cross-cultural influences, cooperation, distribution, reception, the impact of migration)
- Screen History, Pedagogy, and Disciplinary Identity
Read plenary speaker Jan-Christopher Horak's blog entry about the conference here.