MIRACLE Workshop: What About Historical Poetics?
On Thursday, November 18th MIRACLE will organise a workshop on the film historical and theoretical writings of David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson, a body of work that undoubtedly counts among the most important contributions to cinema studies over the last three decades. The workshop aims at assessing the …impact of Neoformalism and Historical Poetics on the study of film history as well as the interventions by Bordwell and Thompson to theoretical debates.
When: Thursday, November 18th, 10.00 – 17.30
Where: Trans 10, 0.19 (De Grootkamer)
Programme
10.00 Frank Kessler: “Russian Formalism, Neoformalism, Historical Poetics – an Overview”
11.30 Jim Hurley: “Film Studies as Art History: Towards an Archaeological Aesthetics of Cinema”
13.00 Lunch break
14.30 Eggo Müller: “Polemic Positivism – Revisiting Bordwell’s Historical Poetics”
16.00 Coffee break
16.15 Frank Kessler: “Closing Remarks: What About Historical Poetics?”
17.30 Drinks