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Centre for Interdisciplinary Film & Visual Culture Research (IFVCR)

The Centre for Interdisciplinary Film & Visual Culture Research (IFVCR) at Cardiff University brings together the whole range of scholars whose work focuses on any of the many aspects of film and visual culture research.

It aims to foster and strengthen the film and visual culture research community, to support cross-School and interdisciplinary collaborations, research projects and PhD supervisions, and to provide a platform for airing and sharing all of the film and visual culture research that is carried out across the many Schools of Cardiff University.

About the Centre

Dis-Placing the East/West Binary: Aesthetic and Cultural Crossover in Film and Visual Culture

02 Novmber 2012

Dis-Placing the East/West Binary: Aesthetic and Cultural Crossover in Film and Visual Culture will be a one day international symposium at Cardiff University, hosted by IFVCR.

Papers will explore contemporary displacements and transformations of the relations between East Asian and Euro-American film and visual culture, and will examine the complexity of ‘place’ in contemporary East/West film and visual culture.

The conference will take place on Friday 2nd November, from 10am to 7pm, in the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University, which is located close to the city centre, walking distance from Cardiff Central Rail Station and close to all city centre hotels.

Schedule of Speakers

Symposium Papers

Papers will be given by Hiu M. Chan Cardiff University; Fraser McKissack Auckland University; Paul Quinn Hangul Celluloid; Xiaodan Liu Zhejiang University; Art Mitchells-Urwin SOAS; Taey Iohe U.C. Dublin; June Pak York University, Toronto; Colette Balmain Kingston University; Dana Arnold Southampton University; Jane Park Sydney University. Schedule of Speakers

Symposium Registration

Registration is required for all delegates, presenters and members of Cardiff University.

Registration for the full day including lunch and refreshments for delegates not giving a paper costs £60. For delegates giving a paper or HE students the fee is £30.

Registration is now closed

Symposium Keynote Speakers

  • Dr Jane Chi Hyun Park (University of Sydney)
    • author of Yellow Future: Oriental Style in Hollywood Cinema
  • Professor Dana Arnold (University of Midddlesex)
    • author of many books and recent works on The East/West Dialogue in Architectural History

IFVCR Members

The IFVCR's members include Dr Paul Bowman (School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies): Paul is interested in the relationships between film and culture: his book...

Our Members

Contact: Dr Paul Bowman BowmanP@cf.ac.uk ¦ Web: www.cardiff.ac.uk/ifvcr ¦ Twitter: twitter.com/CardiffUniFILM