Edinburgh Film Seminar Series 2018-19

The Edinburgh Film Seminar brings a broad range of film academics and experts to the University of Edinburgh.

In the past, we have had the pleasure to host lectures, seminars and master classes by Laura Mulvey, Michel Chion, Mark Cousins, Chris Fujiwara, Richard Dyer and Raymond Bellour, amongst other filmmakers, critics, theorists, and festival directors.

The seminar is free and open to all students, staff and the general public.

'On the Nature of Irony in Films'. A free seminar by guest speaker, Dr James MacDowell (University of Warwick).

'Virtual Reality’s Disappearing Screen: The Ultimate Total Cinema?'. A free seminar by guest speaker, Dr Miriam Ross (Victoria University of Wellington).

'Location, Location, Location: The Landscape of Lussas, France in les États-généraux du documentaire'. A free seminar by guest speaker, Dr Jeffrey Ruoff (Dartmouth College ).

'Powers of the Virtual in Contemporary Art'. A free seminar by guest speaker, Professor D. N. Rodowick (University of Chicago).

'Crisis? What Crisis? Fantasies of Masculine Identity in Contemporary Cinema'. A free seminar by guest speaker, Associate Professor Calum Neill (Edinburgh Napier University) and our colleague Dr David Sorfa (Film).

An Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland (AHGBI) workshop, hosted by the Instituto Camões and CCLAS in conjunction with Film Studies.

"Desire in the Era of Neoliberalism: [SAFE] (Todd Haynes, 1995)". A free seminar by guest speaker Claudia Di Gianfrancesco.

"Between Affect and Scepticism: Nonverbal Lyricism and the Essay Film". A free seminar by guest speaker Laura Rascaroli (University of Cork).