The British Film Institute is currently planning an interdisciplinary conference on melodrama ("stage, picture, screen") to be held one year from now, 6-10 July 1992. Some of the suggested areas and issues to be discussed: 1. Melodrama and Cultural Exchange 2. Stage to Screen 3. Constructing and Reconstructing the Popular 4. The Uses and Abuses of Melodrama 5. Theories, Methodologies and Education The closing date for the submission of abstracts detailing a proposed paper is 1 October 1991. For info: Christine Gledhill (Melodrama Conference) British Film Institute 21 Stephen Street London W1P 1PL Phone: 071-255 1444 Fax: 071-436 7950