Cultivating Research: Rethinking Auteur and Artisan in Film and Theatre Historiography
| Dates: | 14 October 2014 |
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| Times: | 17:15 - 19:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | School of Arts, Languages and Cultures |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Current University students |
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| Speaker: | Dr Hayley Bradley, Dr Felicia Chan |
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Coming from different disciplines, Hayley Bradley (theatre history) and Felicia Chan (film and cultural studies) will explore questions arising from their current research into “forgotten” figures in theatre and film history — Henry Hamilton (1854 to 1918) and contemporary Chinese women filmmakers (Ann Hui et al). Although unlikely to appear together in any anthology or scholarly context (other than this one!), there are resonances across how these figures seem to have been written out of the history and frameworks of our disciplines. Through this inter-disciplinary conversation, we seek to rethink the politics of representation beyond grand narratives of ‘discovery’ and ‘innovation’, and to reconsider how the auteur and artisan have been conceptualised in/across our disciplines.
Speakers
Dr Hayley Bradley
Organisation: Drama
Dr Felicia Chan
Organisation: Drama
Travel and Contact Information
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Room SL.01
Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama
Manchester
