Booking open for 'Spielberg at Sixty' International Conference* Tuesday 20 - Wednesday 21 November 2007 University of Lincoln, England, UK Keynote speakers: Peter Kramer, University of East Anglia, UK Joseph McBride, San Francisco State University, USA Murray Pomerance, Ryerson University, Canada Linda Ruth Williams, University of Southampton, UK *See bottom of page for link to booking form History’s most commercially successful film director continues to attract accolades and fierce criticism in equal measure. During the last year, three major new books have afforded Spielberg’s work a sustained level of academic attention that previously was lacking: Warren Buckland’s Directed by Steven Spielberg: Poetics of the Contemporary Hollywood Blockbuster, Lester D. Friedman’s Citizen Spielberg and Nigel Morris’s The Cinema of Steven Spielberg: Empire of Light. Now the three authors have combined forces to convene an international conference. This is bringing together scholars to debate the significance of Spielberg’s work – whether in a spirit of celebration, condemnation or non-partisan (albeit positioned) academic enquiry. The New Review of Film and Television Studies will publish a selection of papers from the conference in a special issue at the start of 2009. Panel speakers include: Victoria Amador, Heriot-Watt University Alex Anthony-Lewczuk, University of Lincoln Gary Bettinson, Lancaster University Lucy Bolton, University of London William Brown Charles Burnett, Indiana University David Caldevilla Dominguez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid James Clarke, University of Sussex Andrew Gordon, University of Florida Leighton Grist, University of Winchester Martin Hall, University of Bolton Benjamin Halligan, University of Salford Hannah Hamad, University of East Anglia Rory Kelly, Belfast Rodregues King-Dorset, University of Lincoln Derek Paget, University of Reading (to be confirmed) Beatriz Pena, New York University Richard Rushton, Lancaster University James Russell, De Montfort University Antonio Sanchez-Escalonilla, University Rey Juan Carlos Jennifer Schneider, Colorado School of Mines Ryan John Shand, University of Glasgow David Sterritt, Columbia University Fredrick Wasser, Brooklyn College Jim Whalley, University of East Anglia Late proposals are still being considered. 250-300 word abstracts should be emailed to [log in to unmask] as soon as possible. If you are interested in presenting a paper but cannot submit an abstract before 12 October, please contact Nigel Morris directly ([log in to unmask]). . Book your place at www.lincoln.ac.uk/home/conferences ________________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE AOL Email account with unlimited storage. Plus, share and store photos and experience exclusively recorded live music Sessions from your favourite artists. Find out more at http://info.aol.co.uk/joinnow/?ncid=548. ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org