Department of Film Studies

Faculty Update: Dr Will Brown

William has recently been busy with the following (all forthcoming): a chapter on recent British cinema for 'The British Cinema Book (3rd edition)'; ed. Robert Murphy; a chapter on the post-humanism of the digital special effect for 'Film Theory Goes to the Movies, (2nd edition)'; ed. Warren Buckland; a chapter on transnational cinema for 'Cinemas, Identities and Beyond'; eds. Ruby Cheung and David Fleming; and other works that he has submitted for consideration. He has also written review-essays of Warren Buckland's 'Directed by Steven Spielberg: Poetics of the Contemporary Hollywood Blockbuster' for 'Film-Philosophy' and Enki Bilal's Immortel (Ad Vitam) for 'Science Fiction Film and Television'.

Visual Representations of Iran: Conference, Film Season, Photographic Exhibition

On 13-16 June the Department of Anthropology and the Department of Film Studies will host a conference on Iran and visual culture. Incorporating both Iranian and non-Iranian visualisations, the goal of this conference is to explore anthropologically the wide range of filmic representations of Iran. This is not exclude, of course, the particular genre of ethnographic documentary, but rather the aim is to incorporate it as an object of analysis within a wider understanding of Visual Anthropology. The conference will gather together anthropologists, ethnographers, film-makers, photographers and artists from Iran and elsewhere, who are interested in the visual representation of Iran. It aims to bring these experts into dialogue to interpret and theorise visual representations of Iran. For more information on the conference, please click the above link.