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SUMMARY:***NEW SEMINAR*** Europe East and West: Film\, History\, and Mourn
 ing - Speaker to be confirmed
DTSTART:20100511T160000Z
DTEND:20100511T180000Z
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CONTACT:Matilda Mroz
DESCRIPTION:Academic Sponsors: \nDr. Alexander Etkind\, Slavonic Departmen
 t\, MML \nDr. Emma Wilson\, French Department\, MML\n\nConveners:\nDr. Mat
 ilda Mroz\, Slavonic Department\, MML\nRosa Barotsi\, French Department\, 
 MML\n\nThe twenty first century began as a time of mourning. All parts of 
 Europe have had their share in the process. This seminar pursues the idea 
 that European film is the cultural genre that performs the work of mournin
 g in exchange with other genres and cultures. There is a circulation of me
 mory across Europe\, and the cinema plays a unique role in the process. Th
 e seminar focuses on the relationship between contemporary cinema and war\
 , repression\, genocide\, and other traumatic events in Eastern and Wester
 n Europe. It seeks to explore the unique shapes that the cinema gives to t
 he experiences of loss\, victimhood\, hope\, and reconciliation. We will d
 iscuss contemporary West and East European films in the wider theoretical 
 framework of memory\, mourning\, forgetting\, and forgiving. \n\nEach semi
 nar will consist of two parts\, a film screening and\, a week later\, a 45
 -minute paper with discussion. All films will be presented with English-la
 nguage subtitles. Screenings and seminars will take place in Keynes Hall\,
  King’s College\, Cambridge. \n
LOCATION:Keynes Hall\, King's College\, Cambridge
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