Fwd: TV Fangom - Programme Addition and Reminder that there is still time to register.

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Announcement of addition to the Programme and a reminder that there is
still time to register:

TV Fangdom: A Conference on Television Vampires
7-8 June 2013
The University of Northampton

The organisers of TV Fangdom are pleased to announce the following addition
to the conference programme:  the closing keynote of the conference will be
an interview with Simon J. Ashford, currently writer on CBBC’s
award-winning drama Young Dracula (2006-2008, 2011-). Simon has written for
Robin Hood, Waterloo Road and Twisted Tales, before working on Young
Dracula. The session will run 5.30-6.30pm on Saturday 8 June and will
include time for questions from the audience.
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Vampires have always made charismatic characters and with the rise of the
VILF and the fangbanger they are more popular than ever. This conference
aims to explore the vampire particularly in relation to its presence on
television. From Barnabas Collins to the Count von Count, from Mona the
Vampire to True Blood’s Pam, vampires appear everywhere on television
schedules and in television history, whether in serials, made-for-TV
movies, adaptations of gothic novels, adverts or children’s TV. This two
day conference will therefore examine the position that the vampire has
held on television as well the role  that television has had in the
development of the modern vampire.

Keynote and featured speakers:
·         Brigid Cherry, editor of True Blood: Investigating Vampires and
Southern Gothic and author of Horror (Routledge Film Guidebook)
·         Marcus Recht, author of Der Sympatische Vampir
·         Catherine Spooner, author of Contemporary Gothic
·         Lisa Kerrigan, BFI National Film and Television Archive to
present rare archive television vampire material


See conference website: http://tvfangdom.wordpress.com/ for details of
registration and provisional programme. Registration is still open.  All
are welcome!

Conference co-organisers: Stacey Abbott, Lorna Jowett and Mike Starr
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Dr. Stacey Abbott
Reader in Film and Television Studies
Roehampton University | London | SW15 5SL
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Co-author, with Lorna Jowett, of TV Horror: Investigating the Dark Side of
the Small Screen (I.B. Tauris 2013)
Author of Angel: TV Milestone (Wayne State University Press, 2009)
Author of Celluloid Vampires (University of Texas Press, 2007)
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