“Documenting Socialism” Symposium

The 2-day symposium organized by Prof. Seán Allan (University of St Andrews) and Sebastian Heiduschke (Oregon State University) is part of the GSSN's research subproject "Documenting Socialism: New Perspectives on East German Documentary Film". It brings together the present and next generation of scholars working on East German documentary film and reflects on new theoretical and methodological approaches. A volume of essays coming out in mid-2023 hopes to close the gap in ... Read more

FINSTERWORLD: Film Screening

BYRE WORLD in association with the GSSN presents FINSTERWORLD by the director Frauke Finsterwalder. The film screening is followed by a Q&A with the director and co-author Christian Kracht, moderated by Dora Osborne (University of St Andrews).

Images at Work: Labour and the Moving Image 

King's College London

Nash Lecture Theatre, Strand Campus King’s College London This in-person international research conference organized by Laura Lux (KCL) and Georgina L Breuilly (KCL) brings together film studies scholars to examine representations of labour on screen. You can find more information and the programme here.