THE BRITISH MONARCHY ON SCREEN
Senate House, University of London November 23 & 24, 2012
A conference convened by the University of London Screen Studies Group, the Institute of English Studies, the department of Media Arts and the Centre for International Theatre and Performance Research at Royal Holloway, University of London
Registration: £40 Standard; £20 Students/unwaged For details and registration see: http://www.ies.sas.ac.uk/events/ies-conferences/ScreenStudiesGroup/Monarchy
Provisional schedule:
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23
9.30 – 10.00am: Registration: Senate House South Block, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU 10.00 – 10.15am: Welcome and Introduction: Mandy Merck, Royal Holloway, University of London
TUDORBETHAN DRAMA IN FILM AND TELEVISION:
10.15 –11.15am: Plenary Lecture: Queen Elizabeth I – First Diva: Elisabeth Bronfen, University of Zurich / New York University and Barbara Straumann, University of Zurich
11.15 – 11.30am: Coffee
11.30 – 1.00pm: Her Majesty Moves: Sarah Bernhardt, Queen Elizabeth (1912), and the Development of Motion Pictures: Victoria Duckett, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne Queering the Queen: Quentin Crisp as Elizabeth I: Sally Potter, director of Orlando (1992), in conversation with Glyn Davis, University of Edinburgh The Tudors (2007-2010) and the International, Post-National and Post-Historical TV Series: Basil Glynn, Independent television scholar
1.00 – 1.30pm: Discussion of morning presentations
1.30 – 2.30pm: Lunch break
VICTORIANA:
2.30 – 4.00pm: Early Cinema and the British Monarchy: Filming Queen Victoria’s Jubilee: Ian Christie, Birkbeck College, University of London Victoria on the Screen: The Heart of a Heartless Political World?: Steven Fielding, University of Nottingham Walbrook’s Royal Waltzes: Anton Walbrook as Prince Albert: James Downs, Independent photography scholar and biographer of Anton Walbrook
4.00 – 4.30pm: Tea
4.30 – 5.15pm: Discussion of afternoon presentations
JOHN COFFIN MEMORIAL PUBLIC LECTURE:
6.00 – 7.00pm: The Queen in Australia: Rebranding the British Commonwealth in the Pacific: Jane Landman, Victoria University, Melbourne, introduced by Brian Winston, University of Lincoln
7.00 – 8.00pm: Drinks Reception
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24
9.30 – 10.00am: Late Registration and Coffee 10.00 - 10.30am: Sixty Years a Queen (WG Barker and GB Samuelson, 1913): Jude Cowan Montague, Independent film scholar 10.30 – 11.00am: Documenting the Royal Family: The Colonial Film Unit: Sydney Samuelson (editor, cinematographer, founder of Samuelson Film Service, later Britain’s first Film Commissioner) in conversation with Erica Carter, King’s College, University of London
THE POPULAR USES OF ROYAL REPRESENTATION:
11.00 – 12.30pm: ‘The Queen Has Two Bodies’: Amateur Film, Civic Culture and the Rehearsal of Monarchy Karen Lury, University of Glasgow The Queen on the Big Screen(s) – Outdoor Screens and Public Congregations: Ruth Adams, King’s College, University of London The Regal Catwalk – Royal Weddings and the Media Promotion of British Fashion Jo Stephenson, Queen Mary, University of London
12.30 – 1.15pm: Discussion of Morning Presentations
1.15 – 2.15pm: Lunch break
THE MONARCHY IN CONTEMPORARY BRITISH CINEMA:
2.15 – 3.15pm: Plenary Lecture: Contemporary ‘British’ Cinema and the Nation’s Monarchs: Andrew Higson, University of York
3.15 – 3.30pm: Tea
3.30 – 5.00pm: Queen of a Nation, Queen of Hearts: Melodrama and Docudrama in The Queen (2006): Mandy Merck, Royal Holloway, University of London When Words Fail: The King’s Speech (2010) as Melodrama: Nicola Rehling, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki The King’s Speech: An Allegory of Imperial Rapport: Deidre Gilfedder, Universite Paris-Dauphine
5.00 – 5.45pm: Discussion of Afternoon Presentations and Close
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