The Screenwriting Research Network is a research group consisting of scholars, reflective practitioners, and practice-based researchers interested in research on screenwriting. The aim is to rethink the screenplay in relation to its histories, theories, values, and creative practices.
The network commenced in 2006 within the Louis Le Prince Research Centre, at the University of Leeds.
During the last fourteen years, the network has grown rapidly. Yearly conferences have attracted a growing number of people around the world to share experiences and discuss the problematics of screenwriting research.
The conferences have taken place in Leeds (2008), Helsinki (2009), Copenhagen (2010), Brussels (2011), Sydney (2012), Madison, Wisconsin (USA) (2013) Potsdam-Babelsberg (2014), London (2015), Leeds (2016), Dunedin, NZ, (2017), Milan (2018), Porto (2019), online in Oxford (2021), Vienna (2022), and Columbia, Missouri (USA) (2023). The 16th international, in-person conference is scheduled to take place on 11 – 14 September 2024 in Olomouc (Czech Republic). The conference website can be accessed here.
In May 2015, the SRN also widened the geographic spread of its conferences to Latin America, with a Special Conference in Santiago, Chile. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 13th SRN Annual Conference, originally due to take place in 2020 in Oxford (UK), was replaced by the SRN2021 Seminar Series Online, still based in Oxford.
Working Groups Update
Information about our Working Groups is included here.
The latest Seminar run by the Comparative Screenwriting Working Group (Romana Turina) is available here.
The Creative Play Working Group is also holding their 4th Seminar on 1st May 2024. Contact Dr Chris Neilan for more details:
C.Neilan@napier.ac.uk
Latest Meeting of the Executive Council
Here is the photo taken at the latest meeting of your Executive Council, on 23rd April 2024
Top L to R: Rosanne Welch (Chair); Clarissa Miranda (ECR); Rose Ferrell (Web Coordinator)
Bottom L to R: Lucian Georgescu (Coordinator, SRN Conversations); Anna Weinstein (Secretary); Isadora Garcia Avis (Membership and Inclusion Officer)