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Popular Modernisms? Resituating R. H. Mottram’s post-war fiction
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frayn, A. (2017, April). Popular Modernisms? Resituating R. H. Mottram’s post-war fiction. Paper presented at The Fictional First World War: Imagination and Memory Since 1914, University of Aberdeen

R.H. Mottram’s critically-acclaimed novels of The Spanish Farm Trilogy (1924-27) used to great effect his experience of the defining historical event of the age. These were his first novels, although he had previously been on the periphery of London’... Read More about Popular Modernisms? Resituating R. H. Mottram’s post-war fiction.

“The Right to Live”: D.H. Lawrence, Max Plowman, and the First World War
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frayn, A. (2016, December). “The Right to Live”: D.H. Lawrence, Max Plowman, and the First World War. Paper presented at Historical Modernisms, Institute for English Studies, University of London

A writer profoundly engaged with relationships between people, and between humankind and the world, D. H. Lawrence’s writing must be read in its historical context. Lawrence was affected deleteriously and profoundly by the First World War: the banni... Read More about “The Right to Live”: D.H. Lawrence, Max Plowman, and the First World War.

Mapping European War: Revolutionary Cartographies
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frayn, A. (2015, November). Mapping European War: Revolutionary Cartographies. Paper presented at Modernism and Revolution: Modernist Studies Association Conference, Boston, US

Andrew Frayn opens our panel with “Mapping European War: Revolutionary Cartographies,” engaging with the possibilities and problems of recent theories of literary-critical cartography through the lens of British literature of World War I. The often-u... Read More about Mapping European War: Revolutionary Cartographies.

‘Music horrible and unreal’: music, its language, and First World War fiction
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frayn, A. (2014, August). ‘Music horrible and unreal’: music, its language, and First World War fiction. Paper presented at The Music of War: 1914–1918, British Library, London

Narratives about the First World War often claimed that the physical experience of warfare was incommunicable to those who had not fought. Indeed, in the decade after the war much paper and ink was devoted to this aporia. In this paper I argue that... Read More about ‘Music horrible and unreal’: music, its language, and First World War fiction.

Enchantment and Disenchantment in Erskine Childers’ The Riddle of the Sands
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frayn, A. (2013, March). Enchantment and Disenchantment in Erskine Childers’ The Riddle of the Sands. Paper presented at Approaching War: Europe, Newcastle University

Erskine Childers’ The Riddle of the Sands (1903) negotiates early twentieth century fears of war in fiction. The danger derives from the potential to traverse and shift national boundaries, particularly by naval warfare. The novel was written as a... Read More about Enchantment and Disenchantment in Erskine Childers’ The Riddle of the Sands.

Motherfuckers: Gender, Sexuality and Otherness in First World War Fiction
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frayn, A. (2012, October). Motherfuckers: Gender, Sexuality and Otherness in First World War Fiction. Paper presented at Modernism and Spectacle: Modernist Studies Association Conference, Las Vegas, NV

This paper argues that the visceral reactions, particularly of non-combatants, to the deaths of immediate relations and lovers, and the profound emotions evinced, can be understood through the lens of necrophilia. Necrophilia, building on the work o... Read More about Motherfuckers: Gender, Sexuality and Otherness in First World War Fiction.

Pacifism as Disenchantment? Rose Macaulay’s Non-Combatants and Others
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frayn, A. (2012, May). Pacifism as Disenchantment? Rose Macaulay’s Non-Combatants and Others. Paper presented at Narratives of Peace, 1854–1914, University of Sheffield

This paper argues that it is pertinent to see narratives of pacifism during the First World War in the context of later disenchanted writings, and that these often share linguistic and thematic concerns. Works which dared to express discontent with... Read More about Pacifism as Disenchantment? Rose Macaulay’s Non-Combatants and Others.

“The Ladybird,” Disenchantment and the First World War
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frayn, A. (2012, April). “The Ladybird,” Disenchantment and the First World War. Paper presented at D.H. Lawrence, his Contemporaries, and the Great War, Arras, France

This paper sees D.H. Lawrence’s The Ladybird (1923) as part of a developing discourse of disenchantment which followed the First World War. Literary critics and historians tend to see disenchantment, or disillusionment, as a response to unspecified... Read More about “The Ladybird,” Disenchantment and the First World War.

We Speak: On the Cinematic Representation of South Asian Women in Scotland
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bilgrami, S., & Thambar, N. (2022, September). We Speak: On the Cinematic Representation of South Asian Women in Scotland. Paper presented at MeCCSA 'Silenced Voices' September 2022, Aberdeen

We Speak (Documentary Film, 6 minutes, 2022) is an audio-visual conversation between filmmaker Sana Bilgrami, and composer and musician Niroshini Thambar, about the experience of claiming space in a post-colonial world. The film reflects on the possi... Read More about We Speak: On the Cinematic Representation of South Asian Women in Scotland.

Designing Blended Experiences: Laugh Traders
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O'Keefe, B. J., Mastermaker, M., Flint, T., Resmini, A., Chirico, A., & Sturdee, M. (2023, June). Designing Blended Experiences: Laugh Traders. Presented at 15th Conference on Creativity and Cognition, Online

Digital transformation is increasingly blurring the line between what is software and what is the world, requiring designers to harmoniously blend digital and physical products, services and spaces if they want to orchestrate meaningful experiences t... Read More about Designing Blended Experiences: Laugh Traders.

Streaming Scotland: Global Streaming Platforms and Freelance Employment Opportunities in the Scottish Screen Sector
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Correia, N. (2023, June). Streaming Scotland: Global Streaming Platforms and Freelance Employment Opportunities in the Scottish Screen Sector. Paper presented at Locating Media Industries: Cities, Spaces, Places conference, King’s College London

The paper discusses how the global demand for streaming content in recent years has led to a boom in screen production activity in Scotland, and comments on the impact of this situation on opportunities for Scottish-based film and television workers.... Read More about Streaming Scotland: Global Streaming Platforms and Freelance Employment Opportunities in the Scottish Screen Sector.

In search of a framework for academic-industry collaborations with archival institutions: Experiences from a partnership with the National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Correia, N., & Foubister, K. (2023, June). In search of a framework for academic-industry collaborations with archival institutions: Experiences from a partnership with the National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive. Paper presented at Shaking the Archive - Reconsidering the Role of Archives in Contemporary Society, Edinburgh

The paper explores models for collaborative work between academia and public archival institutions, based on the authors’ experiences as PhD researcher and industry supervisor in the 'Film Bang' research project on the history of the Scottish screen... Read More about In search of a framework for academic-industry collaborations with archival institutions: Experiences from a partnership with the National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive.

Anthropology, Time and Ecology in two novels of Andaman Islands
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bhattacharya, A. (2023, June). Anthropology, Time and Ecology in two novels of Andaman Islands. Paper presented at The European Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies Triennial Conference 2023: Imagining Environmental Justice in a Postcolonial World, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris

This paper will read two novels, Shubhangi Swarup’s Latitudes of Longing (2018), and Glorious Boy (2020) by Aimee Liu, narratives set in the Andaman Islands, on the Bay of Bengal. It discusses how the novels play off the anthropological scientific do... Read More about Anthropology, Time and Ecology in two novels of Andaman Islands.

Outlander’s Impact on the Scottish Screen Production Sector and the Development of the Local Freelance Screen Workforce
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Correia, N. (2023, July). Outlander’s Impact on the Scottish Screen Production Sector and the Development of the Local Freelance Screen Workforce. Paper presented at Outlander Conference, Glasgow

This paper examines the impact of the high-end television (HETV) series Outlander on the Scottish film and television production sector, particularly the development and sustainability of careers within the sector’s freelance workforce. Filmed both o... Read More about Outlander’s Impact on the Scottish Screen Production Sector and the Development of the Local Freelance Screen Workforce.

Intermediality in Video Art Practice
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Holmes, P. (2023, October). Intermediality in Video Art Practice. Paper presented at Affective Intermediality: International Conference, Sapienta Hungarian University of Transylvania, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Managing the legal, ethical and security risks of a dual-purpose oral history project involving multiple organizations: the experience of the 'Film Bang' project in Scotland
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Correia, N. (2023, July). Managing the legal, ethical and security risks of a dual-purpose oral history project involving multiple organizations: the experience of the 'Film Bang' project in Scotland. Paper presented at XXII IOHA International Conference: Oral History in a Digital and Audiovisual World, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

This paper discusses potential approaches for handling the legal, ethical, and data security challenges of a video-based oral history project including multiple organisations; building on experience from the Film Bang research project with film and t... Read More about Managing the legal, ethical and security risks of a dual-purpose oral history project involving multiple organizations: the experience of the 'Film Bang' project in Scotland.