I hope this updated information on the conference we are holding in March is of interest. Information is also available on the conference website http://www.reading.ac.uk/AcaDepts/lc/FD/home.html#International_Conference John Gibbs. The University of Reading Department of Film & Drama Style & Meaning Textual Analysis - Interpretation - Mise en scène 17 18 19 March 2000 UPDATE Key-note speakers include: Laura Mulvey, V.F. Perkins, George M. Wilson There are still opportunities to contribute to this major film conference devoted to practices of close analysis and in particular to the relationship between film style and meaning. After a period of relative neglect, in some respects film studies has been marked in recent years by significant developments in writing about visual style. Fundamental questions have been raised about the purposes of, and methodological frameworks for, the detailed analysis of film and about the place of interpretation and of evaluation. A central aim of the conference is to explore and debate methods of textual analysis and associated issues of meaning and value, as matters which should be central to teaching and writing about film. In addition to the familiar pattern of keynote speakers, panel discussions and plenaries, the conference will include workshops in which speakers will present frameworks for analysis of the detail of a movie, as an introduction to extended discussion. Proposals are invited on any area of cinema but we are looking especially for papers and workshop introductions which will contribute to debates about the principles and practices of close analysis. Proposals on pedagogy, on the history of criticism, or on theoretical issues related to film analysis, style, interpretation etc. are also welcome Abstracts should be about 200 words (papers will be about 20 minutes in length and workshop introductions up to 30 minutes) and should be submitted no later than 30 June 1999, to: Style & Meaning Conference, Department of Film & Drama, The University of Reading, Bulmershe Court, Earley, Reading, RG6 1HY. Fax: 0118 9318873. e-mail: [log in to unmask] Organising Committee Alison Butler, John Gibbs, Jim Hillier, Douglas Pye ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html