Events

CFP Shakespeares: Critical Perspectives Past and Present, Beni Mellal, Morocco

Call For Papers   Shakespeares: Critical Perspectives Past and Present RLCC Annual International Conference 29-30 March 2016, Beni Mellal, Morocco   On the occasion of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, the Research Laboratory on Culture and Communication is devoting its annual international conference to “Shakespeares: Critical Perspectives Past and Present.” Proposals for 20-minute papers addressing any aspect of Shakespeare’s oeuvre are invited. The conference topics include (but are not limited to): Popular Culture and Shakespeare Multicultural/Global Shakespeare Shakespeare in the Arab World Postmodern Shakespeare(s) Performing/Staging Shakespeare Screening Shakespeare Cross-gender ... Read more

Seminar Series: Diasporic Trajectories: Transnational Cultures in the 21st Century

Diasporic Trajectories: Transnational Cultures in the 21st Century  IASH, 2 Hope Park Square, University of Edinburgh  Seminar 5, Friday 13th November, 2-5pm *Prof. David Murphy, ‘The Performance of Pan-Africanism: performing black identity at major pan-African festivals, 1966-2010’ http://rms.stir.ac.uk/converis-stirling/person/10677 *Dr James Procter , 'Diaspora on Air: Radio and Lyrical Modernity' http://www.ncl.ac.uk/elll/staff/profile/james.procter Chair: Dr Sam Coombes   The remaining seminars in the series are the following: Diaspora studies is a growing area of research within the broader field of postcolonial studies. Its principal focus is the ways in which the experiences of migrant and displaced communities have been ... Read more

CFP: Representations of cinema and spectatorship in Francophone Africa (Marrakech, Morocco)

  Call for Papers Representations of cinema and spectatorship in Francophone Africa International Conference – ESAV - Marrakech (Morocco) – May 24-25, 2016    Research on African cinemas has until recently remained quite limited in scope. The films, filmmakers, and the political contexts as well as the images of the regions conveyed by the films have been the main focus of interest. The circulation of the films, film exhibition, cinema as a leisure activity, the ways in which people watch films are questions that have remained ... Read more