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The Department of Media and Communication Studies has established a diverse research seminar programme of guest lecturers, who are invited to Swansea to present papers on their current research. Invited speakers reflect the broad research interests of the Department. These seminars are open to all staff and graduates of Swansea University and unless otherwise stated, are held through the medium of English. Past, current and future guest speakers include:

Current Research Seminars

Media Research Seminars Spring term 2009


All to be held at 4.15pm in Keir Hardie 152 


11 February 2009: David Hutchison (Glasgow Caledonian)

 ‘The Scottish Broadcasting Commission - New Dawn in the North?’

 

4 March 2009: Mary Agnes Krell (Sussex University) 

’a.drift - digital interventions in rephotography, oral history & live art’


11 March 2009: Dr Aeron Davis (Goldsmiths) 

'Mediating Elite Power: How Political and Financial Elites Use and are Influenced by Media'


18 March 2009: Glenn Jordan (Glamorgan University and Butetown Heritage Centre)

'Mothers and Daughters: Photographing multi-ethnic Wales'. 


22 April 2009: Dr Chris Homewood (Leeds University) 

‘Hans Weingartner's The Edukators (2004): Political Forum or Cinematic Site of Mass Diversion?’


6 May 2009: Dr Karin Wahl-Jorgensen (Cardiff University)

‘Beyond User-Generated Content: A Case Study of the Use of Audience Material at the BBC’


 

Past Research Seminars

2007-8

 

3 December @ 5.30pm in KH152: Dr Jacquie L´Etang (University of Stirling)  (postponed)

Understanding public relations in contemporary society.

 

Wednesday, 19 November 

M ultimedia Storytelling: new literacies for the digital age 

Dr Daniel Meadows

Cardiff University

Dr Daniel Meadows

 


Wednesday, 5 November 

Mother Joan and Her Discontents: Ken Russell’s The Devils (1971) and Jerzy Kawalerowicz’s Mother Joan of the Angels (1961)

Dr David Sorfa

Liverpool John Moores University

Dr David Sorfa


 

Wednesday, 22 October 

Television and the Local Press: formations of value in making must-see TV

Dr Ruth McElroy 

University of Glamorgan

Dr Ruth McElroy


Wednesday, 8 October 2008
'Stanley Baker and Changing Masculinities in British Cinema'
Dr Robert Shail
University of Wales, Lampeter

Dr Robert Shail



Wednesday, 23 April 2008

‘Citizen Journalism and the Politics of Professionalism’

P rofessor Stuart Allan

The Media School,

Bournemouth University

Professor Stuart Allan


Wednesday, 12 March 2008
‘Zola, Antoine and Renoir: The Art of Reproduction’ 
Dr Kate Griffiths
Swansea University

Dr Kate Griffiths


Friday, 15 February 2008
‘Indo-Pak Borders and Border Crossings in Bollywood Cinema’ 
Dr Rajinder Dudrah
University of Manchester

Dr Rajinder Dudrah


Wednesday, 12 December 2007
‘Deep Time and the Media: how far back can media history go?’ 
Dr David Hendy
School of Media, Arts and Design, University of Westminster

David Hendy


Wednesday, 28 November 2007
'Representation of lovers in Polish, Czech and Slovak films' 
Ewa Mazierska
Department of Humanities, University of Central Lancashire

Ewa Mazierska


Tuesday, 30 October 2007
'The moral panic model and its critics' 
Professor Chas Critcher
Department of Media & Communication Studies, Swansea University

Professor Chas Critcher


Friday, 19 October 2007
‘Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Das Leben der Anderen (2006):
The Stasi, Ostalgie and the Fantasy of Spectatorship’
 
Professor Paul Cooke
School of Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Leeds

Professor Paul Cooke


2006-7

21 March 2007 
'English' and 'Welsh' cinema since devolution 
Professor Steve Blandford
Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries, University of Glamorgan

28 February 2007
'After Convergence, what Connects?': Investigating new 'new media' 
Dr Caroline Bassett
Department of Media and Film, University of Sussex

14 February 2007
Billy Wilder: Hustling, Celebrity and the European Connection 
Professor John Orr
School of Social and Political Studies, University of Edinburgh

1 November 2006
The UK National Press - a Failing Fourth Estate? 
Professor Bob Franklin and Professor Justin Lewis
Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies

8 November 2006
‘Either he's dead or my watch has stopped’: what medicine can learn from cinema 
Professor Graeme Harper
Director of the National Institute for Excellence in the Creative Industries, University of Wales Bangor





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