Digital Humanities Symposium: Consuming Fiction in a Convergence Culture
- Date: Wednesday 5 June 2024, 10:30 – 17:00
- Location: Engineering Building
- Cost: The event is held in William Bragg LT 2.37, in person and online. Registration is free but required (see link below).
For scholars of languages, literature, film, media, game and narrative studies using digital research methods, interested in the themes of reception, reader/ audience response and cultural consumption
To be held in William Bragg LT 2.37 Free entry: please book a place here
Programme
10:30-10:40 Opening remarks - Stephanie Dennison (Director of Research and Innovation, School of Languages, Cultures and Societies)
a) Electronic Literature
10:40 J. R. Carpenter (University of Leeds)
11:10 Thea Pitman (University of Leeds)
11:40-11:50 – Break
b) Consuming Fiction across Audio-visual Media and Arts (I)
11:50 Alistair Brown (University of Durham)
12:20 Soumaya Snoussi (Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea) tal Characters
12:40-13:30 – Lunch Break
c) Consuming Literature
13:30 Matthew Reynolds (University of Oxford)
14:00 Marco De Cristofaro (University of Mons)
14:20 Simone Rebora (University of Verona), Olivia Santovetti (University of Leeds), Laura Lucia Rossi (University of Leeds), Alessio Baldini (University of Leeds)
14:40-15:00 – Break
d) Consuming Dante in a Convergence Culture
15:00 Federica Coluzzi (University of Warwick)
15:30 Elizabeth Coggeshall (Florida State University)
15:50-16:00 – Break
e) Consuming Fiction across Audio-visual Media and Arts (II)
16:00 Machagari Nikhileswar Reddy (University of Hyderabad)
16:20 Eve Smith (University of Leeds)