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Benjamin Halligan <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:04:37 -0000
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NEW NIGHTMARES:
Issues and themes in Contemporary Horror Cinema and Horror Film Criticism

An international conference at Manchester Metropolitan University 3-4 April 2008

Confirmed Keynote speakers:
Jay McRoy (University of Wisconsin)
Julian Petley (Brunel University)

Horror has been an area that has been at the forefront of a number of shifts within film studies, in particular the study of consumption, audiences and the industrial production of cinema. In the light of this, this international conference, jointly organised by Manchester Metropolitan University and The University of Salford will promote dialogue and discussion around two areas:

* contemporary issues relating to the study of horror cinema
* developments in the genre over the last 10 years.

Proposals are welcomed on, but not limited to, the following topics:
* The direction of critical approaches to contemporary horror
* Revisions of established canons
* Recent cycles and franchises
* New research on overlooked films, directors and national cinemas
* Current trends in national cinemas
* New aesthetics
* Shifts in representations of gender, sexuality, race and class
* The effects of 9/11 on the American horror film
* Fears of the millennium / apocalypse
* Remakes - within and across national cinemas
* New directions within subgenres
* New approaches to the marketing of horror
* Has video/DVD/new technology changed the nature of the horror film?
* How have changing censorship laws impacted on recent horror production?


We particularly welcome new research from postgraduates and a number of bursaries are available.

All proposals should be submitted to the organising committee by Monday 14th January 2008

The conference organising committee is: Emily Brick and David Huxley for Manchester Metropolitan University, Benjamin Halligan and Andy Willis for The University of Salford.

Please send 200 word abstracts and enquiries to [log in to unmask]

 

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