15 October 2010
Newton International Fellowship Masterclass
This masterclass was an opportunity for PhD candidates who are thinking of applying for a Newton Postdoctoral Fellowship to see the kinds of topics that have been successful and to ask both general and specific questions.
There were be short presentations by Newton Fellows: Ariel Feldman (Manchester), Chiara Franceschini (School of Advanced Studies/Warburg Institute London), D. Gafijczuk (Lancaster), Saskia Roselaar (Manchester).
For more information on the fellowship: http://www.newtonfellowships.org/
11 November 2010
CIDRA Postgraduate Workshop
Interdisciplinarity has become a magic word among research scholars. This workshop, which does not have a limiting theme, will allow students to discuss their work and how it fits into the possibilities and challenges of multidisciplinary frameworks.
An introductory lecture will be given by James Thompson, Professor of Applied and Social Theatre.
Room H002, Reynold Building, off Sackville Street, #8 on campus map
12 November 2010
'Excentric Cinema', Professor Janet Harbord (Queen Mary, University of London)
Cornerhouse Cinemas
70 Oxford Street, Manchester M1 5NH
Janet Harbord engages with philosophies of screen media in a post-cinematic context. She has written on the subjects of memory, the image and archives; inertia, speed and energies of film; montage and cutting; spatial relations and film circulation; cultural translation and supplementation; affect, gesture and the image. This keynote lecture co-organised by Dr. Felicia Chan (The University of Manchester) and Cornerhouse will be followed by a roundtable discussion with Dr. Vicky Lowe (The University of Manchester), Dr. Aleksandar Dundjerovic (The University of Manchester), Sophia Crilly (Bureau Gallery) and artist Wayne Lloyd. The discussion will explore performance and its engagement with cinema, as well as questioning practice as research and its value within the academic field. There will also be an exclusive performative talk from artist Ming Wong and a performance by Wayne Lloyd.
Co-sponsored by CIDRA and ICP, as part of the Cornerhouse 25th Anniversary Exhibition, 'UnSpooling - Artists and Cinema'
8 December 2010
Book launch, School of Arts, Histories and Cultures
Held at Blackwells Bookshop and hosted by Janet Wolff, Professor Emerita