Keynote Speaker: Dr Catherine Spooner (Lancaster University)

We are delighted to announce that registration has now open for Gothic Feminism: a conference on cinema’s Gothic heroines taking place within the School of Arts.

This conference seeks to re-engage with theories of the Gothic and reflect specifically upon the depiction of the Gothic heroine in film. This conference shall engage with questions of representation, interpretation and feminist enquiry in relation to the Gothic heroine throughout film history including present day incarnations. This event shall illuminate the concerns, contradictions and challenges posed by the Gothic heroine on-screen through reference to specific case studies which re-engage with older examples of the Gothic and/or explore contemporary films, reflecting upon the renewed academic and commercial interest in the genre of recent years.

To register, please go to: http://store.kent.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=1&deptid=26&catid=158&prodvarid=207&searchresults=1

The conference fee is £20 (waged) and £10 (student/unwaged).

The conference fee includes lunch and tea and coffee breaks on both days.

Further updates can be found here:

For any queries please contact: gothicfeminism2016@gmail.com

Conference organisers: Frances Kamm and Tamar Jeffers McDonald, University of Kent

Melodrama Research Group

Centre for Film and Media Research

School of Arts