Screens of Violence – symposium
Published: 19 August 2013Light House Media Centre, Wolverhampton
21 November 2013
The Centre for Film, Media, Discourse and Culture, University of Wolverhampton is organising a one day symposium at the Light House Media Centre, Wolverhampton Thursday on the depiction of violence on the screen and its relationship to mediation.
Programme:
- 10.00-12.30 Illustrated talk on censorship by the BBFC
- 13.15-14.15 Keynote speaker, Elke Weissmann: Trauma, Masculinity and Contemporary British TV Drama: Broadchurch and Ripper Street
- 14.30-15.30 Keynote speaker, William Pawlett: Violence and Mediation: Media Theory and the ‘Affective Turn’
- 15.30-16.15 Discussion and questions
Cost: £4 to be paid on the day. Lunch not included but Light House’s café bar offers refreshments and there are also a number of other cafés and pubs locally. To register or for further information please contact Stella Hockenhull at s.hockenhull@wlv.ac.uk or Fran Pheasant-Kelly at f.e.pheasant-kelly@wlv.ac.uk