Symposium on Crime and Cinema
Symposium on Crime and Cinema
The Graduate Field Committee in Film Studies Presents the Symposium on Crime and Cinema.
Symposium on Crime and Cinema
On Friday, March 2, the Graduate Field Committee in Film Studies, the Center for Literary and Comparative Studies, the Department of French and Italian, the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, and the Miller Center for Historical Studies will present a symposium on Crime and Cinema.
This event is free and open to the public.
While registration is not required, we are requesting that you do so - especially since that will help us anticipate our catering needs for the complimentary meals and snacks.
If you plan on attending all or part of the day, please contact Brian Real. For more information, visit www.film.umd.edu.
The schedule for this event is as follows:
10:00 AM, Tawes 2115
Breakfast
10:30 AM, Tawes 2115
Introduction by Oliver Gaycken, Assistant Professor of English, University of Maryland
Occluded Conduits: Fantastic Realism, Urban Crime, Les Vampires
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Ulrich Recital Hall, Tawes 1121
Screenings
Episode 3 of Les Vampires, "The Red Codebook," (Louis Feuillade, 1915/16), 39 Minutes
Episode of The Wire, title TBA (Approximately One Hour)
1:00 PM- 1:45 PM, Tawes 2115
Lunch
1:45 PM, Tawes 2115
Introductions to Afternoon Session
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, Tawes 2115
Seminar with Karla Oeler, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies, Emory University
On her book, A Grammar of Murder
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, Tawes 2115
Presentation by Andrea Goulet, Associate Professor of Romance Languages, University of Pennsylvania
Savage in the City: Spatializing Reform in Eugène Sue's Les Mystères de Paris (and The Wire)
5:30 PM, Tawes 2115
Reception