The SIG at the annual BAFTSS conference in April 2024
This year the British Cinema and TV SIG held a joint panel with the Archives and Archival Methods Special Interest Group to further collaboration on the cognate subject of ‘Women in Focus – a collaboration between archivists and researchers to bring to the fore women’s amateur filmmaking’, running from 11.30-13.00 on 04 April, followed by a joint SIG meeting.
The British Film and Television SIG comes to Northumbria University
The SIG convenors will be at ‘Re-thinking Histories of Popular British Film and Television’ at Northumbria University between June 27th and June 28th 2023, where we will be chairing a panel entitled ‘Teaching British Cinema and Television: A Discussion and Surgery’. This will be an opportunity for a focused discussion on what the SiG might do strategically to support the teaching of British cinema and television at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and will offer a space for us all to talk through any ‘live’ initiatives, challenges, and opportunities in our own teaching of the subject area(s).
‘BFI Film Classic: A Taste of Honey’ book launch in Sheffield
On April 20th 2023 The University of Sheffield hosted the BAFTSS sponsored symposium: ‘Revisiting the British New Wave’, with scholars from across the globe coming together to share new perspectives on new wave cycle. The keynote was provided by Professor Melanie Williams, whose new book on A Taste of Honey was formally launched. This excellent book is available to purchase here, and Melanie will be presenting research from the book at the BFI on Monday May 22nd.
The ‘Brief Encounters’ series: 2021-23
Brief Encounters are online bitesize sessions with an emphasis very firmly on sharing of work-in-progress on scholarly activity related to British cinema and television. This initially ran from October 2021 to January 2023, where contributions were made by early career and experienced scholars on a range of topics from Shakespeare onscreen to brutalist architecture.
The events were well attended by the academic community – advertised speakers included: Llewella Chapman, Erica Horton, Lindsay Steenberg, Richard Farmer, Stephen Morgan, Anna Viola Sborgi, James Shelton, Natasha Broadhurst, Thomas Austin, Jonny Smith, Bella Honess Roe, Beth Johnson, Tugce Kutlu, Hannah Andrews, Ian Christie, Jamie Medhurst, Elizabeth Watkins, Lewis Kellett, Gerhild Krebs, Emre Caglagan, Paul Moody, Lawrence Napper, Steven Roberts, Vicky Ball, Virginia Jangrossi, and Victoria Lowe.
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