Posted by Sarah<\/p>\n
Exciting news! We now have\u00a0a schedule for the Maternal Melodrama Symposium which will take place on the 3rd of June in GLT3 (Grimond Lecture Theatre 3) and GS6 (Grimond Seminar Room 6). The day includes talks by our special guests – \u00a0Professor Pam Cook of Southampton University and Dr Catherine Grant of the University of Sussex – as well as from members of the Melodrama Research Group.<\/p>\n
Schedule<\/span><\/p>\n 10.00 – 10.30 Greetings and refreshments GS6<\/p>\n 10.30 – 12.30 Videographic essays and the\u00a0Maternal Melodrama GLT3<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pam Cook: “Paratext and Subtext: Reading Mildred Pierce <\/i>as Maternal<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Melodrama”<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Catherine Grant: “Studying Old and New Maternal Melodramas<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Videographically”<\/p>\n 12.30 – 1.30 Lunch GS6<\/p>\n 1.30 – 3.30 Afternoon papers GLT3<\/p>\n 10 minute papers<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Keeley Saunders: “Transitioning and the Maternal Melodrama:<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Parental\u00a0Roles in Transamerica”<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lavinia Brydon: The Suffering and Sacrifices of a Mother (Country):<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Examining the\u00a0Scarred Irish Landscape in The Last September<\/i> (1999)\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Questions<\/p>\n 20 minute papers<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tamar Jeffers McDonald: “All That Costume Allows: Does Dress Tell the\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mother’s Story?”<\/b><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Lies Lanckman: “”All the melodramatics of my life are past!\u201d: The\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fan\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>Magazine as a Melodramatic Medium”<\/b><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ann- Marie Fleming: “”It’s very difficult to keep the line between the past\u00a0and<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the present”:\u00a0 Exploring the melodramatic depictions of the women from Grey <\/i><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gardens<\/i> (1975 and 2009)”<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Questions<\/p>\n 3.30 – 4.00 Afternoon tea GS6<\/p>\n 4.00 – 5.00 Roundup of thoughts, responses and future plans GS6<\/p>\n Please see the next post for contributors’ abstracts.<\/p>\n Update: the event is free, but booking is essential. Please email me on sp458@kent.ac.uk<\/a> to secure your place.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Posted by Sarah Exciting news! We now have\u00a0a schedule for the Maternal Melodrama Symposium which will take place on the 3rd of June in GLT3 (Grimond Lecture Theatre 3) and GS6 (Grimond Seminar Room 6). The day includes talks by … Continue reading