REPRESENTATIONS OF SEX AND VIOLENCE AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE
A CCPR seminar in the Basque Fellowship series
Gilmorehill Centre, 9 University Avenue, Room 217A, 9.30-13.30, 25 June 2010
9.15
Registration, Room 217A
9:30
Welcome
Philip Schlesinger (Academic Director, CCPR)
9:40
Introduction
Santiago Urrutia (Basque Visiting Fellow, University of the Basque Country)
10:00 The definition of violence: values, moral authority and the making
of policy by research
Presenter
10:20 Discussant
David Morrison (University of Leeds)
Christine Geraghty (TFTS, University of Glasgow)
10:30 General discussion
11:00 Coffee break
11:15 The regulation of extreme sexual representation: contemporary
tensions in art, pop and porn
Presenter
11:35 Discussant
Brian McNair (University of Strathclyde)
Feona Attwood (Sheffield Hallam University)
11:45 General discussion
12:15 Critical reflections on children and traumatic news
Presenter
12:35 Discussant
Cynthia Carter (University of Cardiff)
Karen Lury (TFTS, University of Glasgow)
12:45 General discussion
13:15 Closing remarks
Philip Schlesinger
13:25 Lunch in the G12 Bar
CCPR gratefully acknowledges the support of the Basque Government for this event.