Symposium: Nonhuman Narratives
Place and Time: Bournemouth University (UK), April 27, 2011
Keynote speaker: David Herman, Ohio State University
Places are limited, so please book early if you are interested in attending (Fee(s): Full fee £60.00; Student fee £20.00)
For further information (program, registration), please read the attached flyer: Nonhuman Narratives.pdf
Provisional Programme:
Wednesday 27 April 2011 The Executive Business Centre, Bournemouth University
9.30-10.00 Registration, coffee and welcome
10.00-11.00 Panel 1: Negotiating the Posthuman Landscape Consuming the Climate: Re-thinking Meat and Dairy Consumption in the Politics of Climate Change – Julie Doyle, University of Brighton
The Machine Starts: Computers as Collaborators in Writing – Joe Flintham, Bournemouth University
11.00 – 11.15 Coffee 11.15-12.15 Panel 2: Extratextual Approaches to Nonhuman Narratives
Costume as Character Arc – Craig Batty, Bournemouth University
Knit One, Bite One: Feminine Handicrafts and Vampire Fan Art – Brigid Cherry, Saint Mary's University College, London
12.15-1.15 Lunch Exhibitions and workshops by members of Bournemouth University's Narrative Research Group (NRG)
1.15-2.15 Plenary Address Stories, Minds, and Media: Nonhuman Experiences in Graphic Narratives – David Herman, Ohio State University
2.15-3.15 Panel 3: Animals in the Movies Will the Real Bonzo Please Stand Up: Making and Unmaking Animal Stars in Hollywood – Claire Molloy, University of Brighton
Animal Saintliness: Creaturely Life in the Films of Robert Bresson – Anat Pick, University of East London
3.15-3.30 Coffee
3.30-4.30 Panel 4: Inhuman Narratives Complexity and Ambiguity: An Examination of the Monster and the Monstrous within Contemporary ‘Neo-nasty' Horror Films – Shaun Kimber, Bournemouth University
A Critical Stylistic Approach to True Crime Serial Killer Narratives – Christiana Gregoriou, University of Leeds