[circulated to various lists] ****************************************** 1. New Editorial Team As the volume of submissions to Studies in French Cinema has expanded, we have restructured our Editorial Team to include two new Assistant Editors: Will Higbee (Exeter) and Sarah Leahy (Newcastle upon Tyne). See here for details of how the team will operate: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/crif/sfc/submit.htm ****************************************** 2. Conference Call CINEMA AUDIENCES: A SYMPOSIUM 27 MAY 2006 UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE It is now approaching one hundred years since the first cinemas were built in Britain. In that time, the ways in which we consume film have changed enormously. This symposium aims to explore film consumption with a specific emphasis on cinemas and audiences. How have our cinema-going practices changed over the last century? How do audiences engage with film culture? How have cinema industries adapted to drive or reflect these changing patterns of consumption? Recent developments in Film Studies have seen an increasing desire to engage with the cultures of film consumption: to investigate the audience rather than to construct the spectator. Studies such as those of Pierre Sorlin (Mass Media, 1994), Mark Jancovich (The Place of the Audience: Cultural Geographies of Film Consumption, 2003), Annette Kuhn (Everyday Magic: Cinema and Cultural Memory, 2002) and Jackie Stacey (Star Gazing: Hollywood Cinema and Female Spectatorship, 1994), have helped to redefine our understanding of 'audience studies', demonstrating how such research can open up new areas of study, and challenge academic pre-conceptions relating to the relationships between texts and spectators, and between film production and film consumption. This day of events devoted to cinema audiences will continue to develop this burgeoning area of research and to consider what audiences can bring to Film Studies. Visiting speakers will include: Pierre Sorlin (Emeritus Professor, University of Paris III) and Mark Jancovich (Professor of Film and Television Studies, University of East Anglia). Papers would be welcomed on any area of film consumption, including: Cinema-going The history of the cinema Ethnographic studies and audiences Audiences as consumers of film culture Film consumption and cultural, regional or national identity Child consumers Documentary film The Art-house Cinema The Multiplex Film clubs and cinephilia Fan cultures Audiences and genre/stars Early cinema audiences Send abstracts of approximately 200 words to [log in to unmask] by 28 February 2006. It is planned to publish selected papers in an edited volume. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by the NorMAN MailScanner Service and is believed to be clean. The NorMAN MailScanner Service is operated by Information Systems and Services, University of Newcastle upon Tyne. ---- 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]