Studies in French Cinema News: Book launch London 28 May ****************************************** The Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies, University of London, and the Centre for Research on Migration, Refugees and Belonging, University of East London, are delighted to invite you to the launch of Screening Strangers: Migration and Diaspora in Contemporary European Cinema by Yosefa Loshitzky 28 May, 6 pm - Room 22/26, Senate House Book launch with a keynote by Professor Ginette Vincendeau (King's College London), and featuring a conversation between Professor Yosefa Loshitzky and the film director Jasmin Dizdar, illustrated by clips from his film Beautiful People (1999) Followed by a wine reception Copies of the volume will be available at a special launch discount To reserve a place write to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> <mailto:[log in to unmask]> About the book: Yosefa Loshitzky challenges the utopian notion of a post-national "New Europe" by focusing on the waves of migrants and refugees that some view as a potential threat to European identity, a concern heightened by the rhetoric of the war on terror, the London Underground bombings, and the riots in Paris's banlieues. Opening a cinematic window onto this struggle, Loshitzky determines patterns in the representation and negotiation of European identity in several European films from the late 20th and early 21st centuries, including Bernardo Bertolucci's Besieged, Stephen Frears's Dirty Pretty Things, Mathieu Kassovitz's La Haine, and Michael Winterbottom's In This World, Code 46, and The Road to Guantanamo. Reviews: "Loshitzky makes the crucial link between the political screening of new immigrants by European governments and societies with the cinematic screening of these immigrants by European directors, all the while offering sensitive and thick readings of the films." Hamid Naficy, author of An Accented Cinema: Exilic and Diasporic Filmmaking "Written in a clear, concise, and engaging style, [this book] will appeal to both students and scholars of world cinema." Frank Tomasulo, Florida State University More information at http://igrs.sas.ac.uk/events/seminars/book-launch-series/yosefa-loshitzky.ht ml Phil Powrie Professor of Cinema Studies Dean Designate of the Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences University of Surrey GU2 7XH [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Executive Asst: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>/+44 (0)1483689445 Studies in French Cinema: http://research.ncl.ac.uk/crif/sfc/home.htm ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu