| MWDS \\ MACAU WINTER DOCTORAL SEMINAR |

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

| 21 \ 22 \ 23 \ JANUARY \ 2019 |

| TOPICS |

|| Research Methods in Cinema
|| Film Semiotic Analysis
|| Asian Cinema/Post Cinema
|| Finance and Fiction
|| Fiction-Cinema/Hybrid Cinema

| PARTICIPANTS |

The primary target group for the Macau Winter Doctoral Seminar is candidates enrolled in a Master or PhD-programme in the fields of Cinema and Culture (or related fields) as well as Post.Doc. candidates and other professionals, with the aim of strengthening and enhancing their research training beyond the doctorate level.

| GOALS |

To encourage intellectual and collegial discussion among the Cinema, Media and Culture Studies scholars in the regions of Macau and the Greater Bay Area.

To encourage in-depth scholarly discussion and critical debate on research methodologies in Cinema & Culture.

To showcase research methodologies and research fields that address a wide range of cinematic technologies (from film to television, from video to new media, and other forms of moving image and sound screens).

To promote collegial and professional academic discourse amongst post-graduate students entering the field of cinema and culture.

| PROGRAMME |

The programme is composed of scholars (PhD candidates, Post.Doc.-candidates), international guest speakers and professionals in the field of cinema and culture such as movie directors, producers and specialists from Macau and Hong Kong.

Keynote lectures will be delivered by invited speakers and will address central issues within the theme of the Doctoral Seminar.

Short presentations by selected candidates, based on abstracts submitted previously to the final registrations addressing the main subjects of the Doctoral Seminar. The paper presentations will be organized in panels chaired by USJ faculty members or by fellow scholars.

| ORGANISERS |

|| Faculty of Creative Industries
|| University of Saint Joseph

|| The Lisbon Consortium
|| Catholic University of Portugal

|| CITAR Research Center for Sciences and
Technology of the Arts | School of Arts | UCP

| SPEAKERS |

|| Prof. Isabel Capeloa Gil

OPENING SPEECH

Rector of the Catholic University 
of Portugal | Director of the Lisbon Consortium.

|| Prof. Nuno Crespo

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dean of the School of Arts | Catholic University of Portugal.

|| Prof. Sanjit Sethi

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dean of the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at the George Washington University.

|| Prof. Álvaro Barbosa

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Vice-Rector of the University
of Saint Joseph (Macau).

|| Peter Mak Tai-kit

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Film Director

| PROGRAMME |

With the support of the European Excellence Network for Cultural Studies

From the 21st to the 23rd of January 2019

| LOCATION |

University of Saint Joseph

| Venue

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