Seminars/ RIMAD Activities

Research talks and seminars run on Wednesday lunch time. Dr Gavin Stewart is curating the 2011-12 series. Previous series can be located here

Research Seminars 2011-12

The programme of RIMAD Research Seminars 2011-12 is being developed below. The seminars are held on Wednesdays 1.00 pm in A107, Park Square, Luton . All welcome. If you have a suggestion for a speaker or would like to give a presentation on your latest work then please feel free to get in contact with Dr Gavin Stewart.

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2011/2012 Term One

Event	Date	Location	Speaker	Title

1	2.11.11	A107 - 1pm -2pm	Christopher Nicholson, Independent Film Director	The film that would not get made!
2	9.11.11	A107 - 1pm -2pm	RIMAD Board

2011/2012 Term Two

3	11.1.12	Various - Afternoon	MECSSA Conference	See http://www.meccsa.org.uk/events/annual-meccsa-conference-2012/
3	12.1.12	Various - All Day	MECSSA Conference	See http://www.meccsa.org.uk/events/annual-meccsa-conference-2012/
3	13.1.12	Various - All Day	MECSSA Conference	See http://www.meccsa.org.uk/events/annual-meccsa-conference-2012/
4	1.2.12	A107 - 1.00pm	Ivor Gaber, U of Beds	Research Methods and the Media
5	15.2.12	A107 - 1.00pm	Helena Bassil-Morozow	Tim Burton: the monster and the crowd (from her book of this title)
6	22.2.12	A107 - 1.00pm	Michelle Paule, Oxford Brookes University	Small Screen Smarts: Narratives and representations of gender and ability in Teen TV
7	29.2.12	A107 - 1.00pm	Dr. Akmal Abdelrahman, Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt	The Impact of the Egyptian Revolution on Contemporary Egyptian Art (Revolutionized Art)
7	14.3.12	A107 - 1.00pm	Geraint John , Chief Architect, GB Sports Council	Designing a Sustainable Architecture and Legacy for the London 2012 Olympic Games
8	21.3.12	A107 - 1.00pm	Paul Rowinski, U of Beds	Berlusconi,Murdoch and the language of prejudice over Europe.
9	28.3.12	A107 - 1.00pm	Tamiko Thiel - media artist developing the dramatic and poetic capabilities of various forms of virtual and augmented reality as a medium for exploring social and cultural issues.	See http://mission-base.com/tamiko/ and also: http://manifestarblog.wordpress.com/manifest-ar-fact/

2011/2012 Term Three

9	25.4.12	A107 - 1.00pm	Austin Fisher, U of Beds	Go West Comrade! Revising the Frontiers of the Spaghetti Western
10	2.5.12	A107 - 1.00pm
11	8.5.12	A107 - 1.00pm	Katy Haber MBE, Hollywood producer	Her experience in the making of the films Blade Runner and Straw Dogs and about violence in films, specifically those of iconic director Sam Peckinpah.
12	9.5.12	A107 - 1.00pm	Justin Schlosberg, Goldsmiths University	REVITALISING PUBLIC INTEREST NEWS - the broader structural issues that have compromised the provision of public interest journalism across platforms.
13	16.5.12	A107 - 1.00pm	David Moorhead, PhD student, U of Beds	Impact of Commercial Ideology on Adaptation from Novel to Screenplay/ Film
14	23.5.12	A107 - 1.00pm	Tom Scott - Sky 1 HD Gadget Geek	The Internet, the accelerating pace of change, and how to deal with social media - See http://www.tomscott.com/speaking/
15	30.5.12	A107 - 1.00pm	Michael Szpakowski	Recent work - 12 remix competitions, learning to draw in public and rehabilitating the snapshot.
16	6.6.12	A107 - 1.00pm	Agnieszka Piotrowska, U of Beds	Subject - to be confirmed
17	13.6.12	Various - All Day	Under the Mask 2012: Perspectives on the Gamer conference	See http://underthemask.wikidot.com/
18	20.6.12	A107 - 1.00pm	Steven Dumbleton, U of Beds	TBC
19	27.6.12	A107 - 1.00pm	Gavin Stewart, U of Beds	Everyware and Noware: The Discourse of E-Government

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