British Universities Film & Video Council

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Screens of Violence – symposium

Light 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

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