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CFP: 10th SRN Conference – Screenwriting: Fact and Fiction, Truth and the Real

10th October 2016 by Virginia Pitts

Call for Papers

In order to ensure timely notification and subsequent travel planning, please note the deadline: Abstracts for original paper presentations and panels may be submitted until November 22, 2016. This date has been set as it is national vacation time over Dec/Jan in New Zealand and all committee members already have scheduled leave.

The 10th Screenwriting Research Network (SRN) International Conference will be hosted by the University of Otago’s Department of Media, Film and Communication, in partnership with the New Zealand Writers Guild. It will take place in Dunedin, Aotearoa/New Zealand, on Monday 28th through Thursday 31st August 2017.

Final Keynote Speaker

23rd August 2016 by Virginia Pitts

The final keynote speaker for the 2016 SRN conference is Liz Rosenthal. She is founder and CEO of Power to the Pixel, an organisation that supports the film and media industries in their transition to a digital age.

For more information on Liz Rosenthal and Power to the Pixel use the following link:

http://www.powertothepixel.com.

Message from Leeds 2016 Conference Organisers

6th August 2016 by Virginia Pitts

Two additional updates for the conference in Leeds.

In addition to the current schedule, we will be holding an informal get together on the evening of the 7th for delegates arriving the day before the conference. The venue will be the Cuthbert Broderick pub which is on Millennium Square in the centre of Leeds. This is a Wetherspoons where delegates will be able to purchase food if they wish. Members of the organising team will be in the pub from 7.00pm onwards to meet with you.

Campus maps showing the location of the main University buildings at Beckett used for the conference are available here.

Regards,

The Conference Organising Team

Two documents re: Leeds conference 2016

4th August 2016 by Virginia Pitts

Here you can find the conference schedule and information on the panel sessions.

SRN Leeds Conference 2016 schedule

SRN Leeds Conference 2016 Panel sessions as at 1 August 2016(1)

Welcome to Leeds

7th June 2016 by Virginia Pitts

You will all no doubt be aware by now that this year’s conference has been moved to Leeds in the North of England. We would like to extend a very warm welcome from the organising team and invite you to join us in this vibrant and cultural city. The conference will be hosted by Leeds Beckett University in partnership with Leeds University. The dates of the conference, 8-10 September 2016, remain unchanged and the main venue will be at Beckett’s City Campus in the centre of Leeds.

SRN Conference 2016: change of venue to Leeds, UK

13th May 2016 by Virginia Pitts

The venue for the 9th SRN international conference (2016) has been changed from Stockholm. The conference will now take place in Leeds, UK, hosted by Leeds Beckett University and the University of Leeds, in partnership with Leeds Trinity University.

The dates of the conference will remain the same, Thursday 8th September to Saturday 10th September 2016. Papers already accepted for the conference will be scheduled as before, with the only change being that delegates should travel to Leeds instead.

9th Screenwriting Research Network Conference: Screenwriting between Artistic Freedom and Norms

20th December 2015 by Virginia Pitts

Call for papers

The 9th Screenwriting Research Network (SRN) International Conference will take place in Stockholm, Sweden on Thursday 8th to Saturday 10th September 2016.

The conference will focus on Screenwriting between Artistic Freedom and Norms. The conference wants to examine these rules, norms and conventions – the frameworks in which screenwriters work. We want to discuss the history as well as the ongoing discourse about manuals, the role and function of rules within teaching screenwriting, as well as the rules of certain genres and media.

We invite discussion about screenwriting as an art between artistic freedom and norms.

Screenwriting Research Network: Call for Conferences

17th November 2015 by Virginia Pitts

The Screenwriting Research Network is looking for proposals to host its international conferences in 2018, 2019 and 2020.

The Screenwriting Research Network (www.screenwritingresearch.com) is an international research network of scholars, reflective practitioners and practice-based researchers, interested in the conceptualisation of film, TV and other media narratives; or Screenwriting Studies, as it has become known. Membership is currently drawn from 30 countries worldwide and is growing strongly; it is up 35% on last year. There is strong representation from the USA, Europe and Australasia, with recent members also drawn from other countries, including Brazil, Portugal, Peru and South Korea.

The 8th International Screenwriting Research Network (SRN) Conference: Screenwriting, Text and Performance

26th May 2015 by Carmen Sofia Brenes

The 8th International Screenwriting Research Network (SRN) Conference: Screenwriting, Text and Performance will take place at Senate House, University of London, UK on Thursday 10th to Saturday 12th September 2015 with the support of the Institute of English Studies

It is organised by a committee from different institutions grouped around the London Screenwriting Research Seminar – including the University of Bangor, the University of East London, The University of Greenwich and Royal Holloway, University of London.

Transnational Screenwriting: A Dialogue Between Scholars and Industry

10th March 2015 by Anna Zaluczkowska

Special International Screenwriting Research Network Conference – May 7 – 9, 2015, School of Communication, Universidad de los Andes (Chile)

School of Communication, Universidad de los Andes
Campus San Carlos de Apoquindo
Av. Mons. Alvaro del Portillo, 12.455, Las Condes
Santiago (Chile)