Past events
A curated selection of past events in Film and Intermediality at the University of Edinburgh.
Aug 19 2023
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The Lynda Myles Project: A Manifesto
An exclusive preview screening at the Edinburgh International Film Festival of Susan Kemp’s (Film, Exhibition & Curation) remarkable documentary in progress on the subject of Lynda Miles.
Aug 19 2023
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The Lynda Myles Project launch event
A discussion event launching an essential new project of cinephile activism, featuring Lynda Myles, with Mark Cousins, Susan Kemp (Film, Exhibition & Curation) and Invisible Women. Part of the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Join us at the next workshop of the Research Partnership in Intermedia Studies between the University of Edinburgh and Meiji University, exploring translations and adaptations of a range of media.
Join us in-person for this intermediality seminar with Professor Barnaby Ralph (Seikei University, Tokyo) and Professor Fuhito Endo (Seikei University, Tokyo) on the topic of interdisciplinary perspectives.
Jan 31 2023
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Intermedial Journey in Search of the Bounty Mutineers
Join us for this in-person talk from Sébastien Laurier on his time in the Pitcairn Islands and how it inspired his book, 'La Bounty à Pitcairn. Mais que sont les révoltés devenus ?'.
Nov 09 2022
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DELC Research Seminar Series: Patrick O'Donovan
Join us in person for this year's first DRSS seminar by Professor Patrick O'Donovan (University College Cork) on the relation between architecture and literature in modernist fiction.
Apr 28 2022
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Edinburgh Film Seminar: Aida Vallejo
Join us on Zoom for a free seminar by Dr Aida Vallejo (University of Edinburgh/University of the Basque Country) on the international ecosystem of documentary film festivals, their different profiles and cultural dynamics and the networks developed around them.
Join us on Zoom for a conversation with Professor Ben Bollig on his two recent books Moving Verses and The Poetry-Film Nexus in Latin America.
Mar 28 2022
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Digital Theatre
Join us on Zoom for a seminar by Professor Pascale Aebischer (University of Exeter) on made-for-digital live productions during the Covid-19 pandemic and the re-imagination of the relationship between audience and performers.
Mar 16 2022
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Workshop: Image, Music, Text
Join us at the inaugural workshop of the Research Partnership in Intermedia Studies between the University of Edinburgh and Meiji University, exploring relationships between images, music and texts.
Mar 09 2022
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Edinburgh Film Seminar: Alison Peirse
Join us on Zoom for a free seminar by Dr Alison Peirse (University of Leeds) on 1980s horror filmmaker Jackie Kong, as a way of critically revisiting our histories of horror cinema and working towards a feminist historiography.
Feb 10 2022
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DELC Research Seminar Series: Intermediality
Join us on Teams for the second event in our DRSS seminar series on Decolonising Minds and Methods. This seminar's theme is 'intermediality'. Guest speakers: Dr Emanuela Patti and Dr Inma Sánchez-García.
Dec 06 2021
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Edinburgh Screen Conversations: Gerard Johnson
*Rescheduled* Join us on Zoom for a free 'in conversation' event with writer-director Gerard Johnson.
Mar 26 2021
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Edinburgh Film Seminar: Dr Michelle Devereaux
'Stanley Cavell, Scepticism, and Gender in Contemporary Film and Television.' A free seminar by guest speaker Dr Michelle Devereaux (University of Warwick).
Feb 24 2021
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Edinburgh Film Seminar: Robert Sinnerbrink
'Reenactment, Memory, and Witnessing: Cinematic Ethics in The Look of Silence and S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine'. A free seminar by guest speaker Professor Robert Sinnerbrink (Macquarie University).
Jan 29 2021
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Edinburgh Screen Conversations: Carol Morley
A free seminar, as part of the Edinburgh Film Conversation series, by guest speaker Carol Morley (British writer-director).
Nov 25 2020
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Edinburgh Screen Conversations: Jonathan Melville
'It’s A Kind of Magic: Making The Original Highlander.' A free seminar by guest speaker Jonathan Melville.
Oct 30 2020
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Edinburgh Film Seminar: Professor J.E. Smyth
'Film History's Vanishing Lady Act: The Case of Mary McCall.' A free seminar by guest speaker Professor J.E. Smyth (University of Warwick).
Earlier events
| Series | Date | Title | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh Film Seminar Series | 16 February 2018 |
Modernist Belatedness in Contemporary Slow Cinema |
Dr Angelos Koutsourakis (University of Leeds) |
| Edinburgh Film Seminar Series | 21 November 2017 | Holier than Thou: Noël Carroll and Ideology Critique | Dr Mario Slugan (Ghent University, Belgium) |
| Edinburgh Film Seminar Series | 22 November 2016 | The Crises of Film Criticism and the Promises of Film Studies | Mattias Frey (University of Kent) |
| Edinburgh Film Seminar Series | 26 October 2016 | Schrödinger’s Cinema: The Matter of Life and Death | Dr William Brown (University of Roehampton) |
| Edinburgh Film Seminar Series | 23 February 2016 | The Influence of Film Schools on European Film Culture | Professor Duncan Petrie (University of York) |
| Edinburgh Film Seminar Series | 5 November 2015 | Realizing the Witch: Science, Cinema, and the Mastery of the Invisible | Dr Richard Baxstrom (University of Edinburgh). |
| Edinburgh Film Seminar Series | 8 October 2015 | Selfish Cinema: Questions of Gender and Control in Adaptations of Ayn Rand for the Screen | Professor Lisa Downing (University of Birmingham) |
| Edinburgh Film Seminar Series | 24 September 2015 | Also like Life: the Films of Hou Hsiao-hsien | Professor Richard I. Suchenski (Bard College, New York) |
We have also had the pleasure to host lectures, seminars and masterclasses by other filmmakers, critics, theorists, and festival directors, including:
- Laura Mulvey
- Michel Chion
- Mark Cousins
- Chris Fujiwara
- Richard Dyer
- Raymond Bellour