[With Apologies for Cross Postings] University of Kent Annual Film Studies Symposium: Adaptation, Intertextuality, and Interactivity in Film, Television and Other Arts To be held on Saturday 11th June 2005, 10am-5pm, at the Film Studies Department, School of Drama, Film and Visual Arts, University of Kent (Grimond Lecture Theatre 3), Canterbury Campus, UK. Entrance is free. Invited participants: Robert Stam Professor of Film Studies, New York University; Author of (among other books on adaptation, representation and film theory): Literature Through Film: Realism, Magic and the Art of Adaptation (Blackwell, 2004) Kamilla Elliott Lecturer in English Literature, Lancaster University;Author of Rethinking the Novel/Film Debate (Cambridge UP, 2003) Christine Geraghty Professor in Film & Television Studies, University of Glasgow; Author of British Cinema in the Fifties: Gender, Genre and the ‘New Look’ (Routledge, 2000) Other contributions from the members and associates of the University of Kent Research Group on Adaptation, Intertextuality and Interactivity: Su Holmes, Aylish Wood, Sarah Cardwell, Marit Knoemueller, Sarah Turner, Catherine Grant A full programme for the day will be circulated shortly. For further information please contact [log in to unmask] Rationale: The large body of work concerned with screen adaptations has frequently been focused on the process of adaptation, rather than on "films/television programmes as adaptations", or on adaptations as independent artworks. Recent innovative approaches and methodologies have successfully opened up alternative ways of regarding adaptations and their relationship with their source texts. Yet the diversification of visual and aural forms in film, television and other arts creates further challenges for theories of adaptation, and simultaneously highlights the potential value of exploring adaptive relations and contexts. As different kinds of intertextuality and interactivity emerge across a range of arts and media (including film, television, digital media, computer games, and gallery installations), the term "adaptation" is clearly ripe for extension. The research group on adaptation, intertextuality and interactivity in film, television and other arts at Kent maintains an interest in the traditional focus and discourses of adaptation studies, but also seeks to extend the kinds of research that may be brought to this field, in part by promoting an expanded understanding of adaptation. This symposium will offer an eclectic range of contributions to these debates, especially ones that address particular instances of adaptation and those that offer considerations of broader conceptual and philosophical concerns relating to adaptation, including: a.. reflections upon different methodological approaches, both 'traditional' and innovative b.. considerations of ontological, epistemological, hermeneutic and phenomenological concerns that are specifically raised by adaptation(s) c.. investigations of the particular aesthetic, interpretative and evaluative challenges posed by adaptation(s) d.. discussions of the connections and differences between adaptation, intertextuality and interactivity e.. examinations of the ways in which audiences as well as artists and producers take up and are involved by intertextuality, and are engaged in "adaptation" as an ongoing process This one day event is the latest in a series of annual Film Studies symposia held at Kent since 1998 (previous keynote speakers have included David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson,Victor Perkins, Steve Neale and Richard Allen). Dr Catherine Grant Head of Film Studies, SDFVA University of Kent Canterbury Kent CT2 7NX tel. +44 (0)1227 823749 email [log in to unmask] ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]