The Television Series: Methodologies and New Directions. A Franco-British Workshop

The Television Series: Methodologies and New Directions
A Franco-British Workshop

Friday 9  Saturday 10 April 2010
LCP, JILC, Maison des Sciences de la Communication, PARIS

Both American and British scholars have been writing about the television series for
over thirty years. It is only recently, however, that European scholars have come to
understand the value of ‘quality’ television fictions. In order to facilitate
discussion, develop methodologies, and further research questions, Barbara Villez (LCP*
and JILC*) and Hervé Glévarec (LCP), co-convenors, have organised a workshop in
association with Janet McCabe, Kim Akass (MMU* and CST*). The workshop will be held in
Paris on Friday 9 and Saturday 10 April 2010 (see schedule below).

To launch this collaborative project, we are honoured to announce Professor Jane Feuer
(University of Pittsburgh, currently Fulbright scholar and author of Seeing Through the
Eighties and MTM Quality Television) as keynote speaker. Her paper is entitled
"Psycho-analysis on/of US quality drama".

If you intend to participate, can we request the following:

1      confirm attendance (limited number of places)

2      send a list of your publications, if possible, in the field of television studies.

3      send a working bibliography of the principal references used in your work on
television. (We intend to compile a comprehensive bibliography available online, to help
young scholars enter the field with original studies.)

Confirm your presence by contacting Corinne Navelant
corinne.navelant AT lcp.cnrs.fr before 2 April 2010

Send your list of publications and the bibliographies  (as separate files) to the same
address by 7 April 2010

Workshop held at:

Maison des Sciences de la Communication

20 rue Berbier du Mets, 75013

(Métro Gobelins, Bus 27, 47, 83)

Workshop schedule:

Friday April 9-14:30–17:30

Jane Feuer Keynote Presentation, "Psycho-analysis on/of US quality drama", and Discussion

Saturday April 10–10:00-13:00

Roundtable: Historical Overview of Research on Series, Methodologies and Current Studies
in Europe

Lunch break: 13:00–14:30
14:30–17:30

Roundtable: Directions and Future Projects; book launch of Television and the Legal
System, B. Villez (Routledge, Dec. 2009)

LCP- Laboratory Communication and Politics (CNRS)
JILC- Research group Justices, Images, Languages, Cultures (University Paris 8)
MMU-Manchester Metropolitan University
CST- British journal Critical Studies in Television