Dr. Vicky Ball (De Montfort University) Writing Women into Histories of British Television Drama Over the past year the high levels of inequality women in the so called ‘creative’ grades of television have been highlighted by reports by Directors UK and the Writers Guild of Great Britain detailing the high levels of inequality which exist […]
Dr. Oliver Carter (BCU) Sex 69: London, Denmark and Beyond In September 2018, Dr Oliver Carter was awarded British Academy funding to explore the transnational development of the British pornography business, focusing specifically on its relationship with Scandinavia and the Netherlands. Many histories of the adult entertainment business tend to identify Scandinavia as pioneers of hardcore […]
This first seminar of the new series sees the launch of our theme for the year. Iain Taylor will be offering an overview of the concept of materiality, locating it within a historical and critical context, highlighting the contested nature of the term, and offering examples of its growing importance in the fields of media […]
BCMCR Research Seminar – Journalism, Activism, Community – Satire and imperial longings in journalism 1600-1730 Wednesday 13 February 2019 C284, Curzon B, Birmingham City University Free registration at this link Dr. Allaina Kilby (Swansea University) From Ridicule to Advocacy: Researching TV satire in the Trump Era TV satire has been commended for its adoption of fourth estate attributes […]
24 October 2018 Screen Cultures – Virtual Reality and New Screen Frontiers 1600-1730 Wednesday 24 October 2018 C284, Curzon B, Birmingham City University Free registration at this link Sarah Walden (BCU) "Slicing and Dicing the Cultural/ Visual/ Linguistic/ Material/ Neurological - the Performativity of (Glitched) 360 Video Still in its infancy as a cinematic format, 360 video […]