CONSOLE-ING PASSIONS International Conference on Television, Video, Audio, New Media, and Feminism July 27-29 2017 East Carolina University Greenville, NC Console-ing Passions was founded in 1989 by a group of feminist media...
Read More22 February 2017, NFT3, BFI Southbank, London, 11-6pm. An event co-hosted by the BFI, Learning on Screen/BUFVC and the Centre for the History of Television Culture and Production, Royal Holloway (in association with the...
Read MoreThe Northeast Popular/American Culture Association (NEPCA) is seeking papers on the subject of television for its annual fall conference to be held on the campus of University of Massachusetts Amherst on October 27-28, 2017. The...
Read More10 June 2017 10am–5pm, with a public screening at 6:20pm Venue: NFT3, BFI Southbank, London Featuring a Q&A with screenwriter David Rudkin Including contributions from: Roger Luckhurst (Birkbeck), Yvonne Salmon (Cambridge...
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A few weeks ago, I attended the annual MeCCSA conference, held at the University of Leeds. A...
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The latest season of Sherlock concluded on January 15th in its unfortunately characteristic vein...
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According to the most recent iPlayer monthly performance pack (April-June 2016) – a periodical...
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Summer in New Zealand has been particularly crap so far this year (storms and flooding), so my...
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About two years ago, at a dinner party, with my husband to my left, I was surprised when I turned...
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Here’s the pitch. Game of Thrones meets Mad Max in a post-apocalyptic wilderness somewhere North...
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Since debuting on the UK’s digital terrestrial television service Freeview in March 2015, I have...
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The recent death of Andrew Sachs made me feel nostalgic and I re-watched Fawlty Towers. So much...
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I am often asked for my recommendations on what works in terms of teaching television at HE level....
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Having previously considered the ways in which Alec Baldwin has his character Jack Donaghy run...
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Colombia’s narcotraficantes [narco-traffickers] emerged as a consequence of many complex factors....
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The killing of Osama Bin Laden by American special forces may have rid the collective American...
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When comedian Jimmy Fallon ruffled Donald Trump’s hair during an interview on The Tonight Show in...
Read MoreDepartment of Communication and Media, March 16th 2017 Organisers: Annette Hill, Michael Rübsamen, Tina Askanius and Zaki Habibi Fear is a key factor in today’s media landscape. A dynamics of fear frequently frames the news...
Read MoreJournal of Media Practice and MeCCSA Practice Network Annual Symposium 2017 ‘Practice and/as Media Industry Research’ Hosted by the Media Convergence Research Centre, Bath Spa University One-Day Symposium: Thursday 8th June...
Read More(linking with VIVA Spanish and Latin American Festival, HOME Arts Centre, Manchester) This conference will explore the diverse ways in which Spanish screen media has responded to the recent economic crisis. Since 2008, the...
Read MoreThe Media Studies Commission of the International Federation of Television Archives announces its forthcoming international seminar to take place in Paris, on March 20th, 2017. The one-day seminar is dedicated to the media...
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We were working with our first year students on pitches for programme ideas, when I noticed...
Read MoreSHOWREAL – Irish Screen Studies Seminar 2017 12-13 April 2017 – Filmbase, Temple Bar, Dublin voicesonfilm in association with Irish Screen Studies, Dublin Business School, SAH Journal, Filmbase and Film Ireland will host...
Read MoreTelevision Shows, Brands and Properties in the Global Television Scenario Bologna, Dipartimento delle Arti, May 23rd-24th, 2017 Confirmed keynote speakers: Jérôme Bourdon, Jean Chalaby Organized by Luca Barra and Paola...
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Who wants to be Chair of the BBC? As it happens, nobody really. Who wants to be a director of...
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