Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies at University of Essex
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Welcome to the Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies page! Please feel free to share news and information, ask questions, post photos, share memories and keep up to date with what is going on in the department. We pride ourselves on the scholarly and critical achievements of our teaching staff, who work actively in the professional world as academics, writers, playwrights, poets, directors, actors, practitioners, producers, or critics, and whose work is published widely. Therefore, our staff are ideally equipped to provide you with the practical and theoretical skills to prepare you for a career across many professions.
The Department has a strong international perspective, apparent both in the background of its staff and students, and in their research interests, constituting a diverse, vibrant and intellectual community.
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Essex Book Festival
LiFTS' Dr Adrian May will be launching his new book Discovering England as part of the Essex Book Festival at the Royal British Legion, Wivenhoe on Friday 24 March at 7:30pm. Details on how to book tickets are below:
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A reminder that the next CFSM screening will be Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) TONIGHT. The eponymous Mad Max (Tom Hardy) takes a back seat in Fury Road, the most recent addition to the Mad Max franchise, as the indomitable Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) leads a desperate, petrol and adrenaline fuelled race for freedom across the desert. The colours and saturation of the images, combined with the constant frenetic motion, turbo-charged pacing, mind-bendingly inventive set design and at times almost balletic choreography make the film a masterpiece of the action genre. At times it looks like a heavy metal album cover come to life. It is a breath-taking experience and one that should be experienced on the big screen. Thursday 13th March in LTB10 at 6:15pm. Free admission and all welcome!
Surviving First Term Assignments
With essay deadlines fast approaching, take a look at some of the advice previously shared by our bloggers to help you get the best out of your assignments! https://liftsatessexblog.wordpress.com/2016/12/02/surviving-first-term-assignments/ https://liftsatessexblog.wordpress.com/2016/11/28/managing-your-workload-a-two-step-guide/ https://liftsatessexblog.wordpress.com/2017/02/22/procrastination-our-arch-nemesis/
All The World’s A Stage…
Blogger Raphaela talks Antigone, the University of Essex Theatre Arts Society and why you should take a chance on theatre in this week's LiFTS Blog: https://liftsatessexblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/14/all-the-worlds-a-stage/
The next LiFTS' Open Seminar takes place tonight (14 March) at 5pm in 5N.7.23. Peter Hulme, former lecturer in the Department for 40 years, will be discussing "The Naked City: New York Modernism 1845/1919/1947". The seminar will be followed by drinks in the Common Room. All welcome!
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The next CFSM screening will be Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). The eponymous Mad Max (Tom Hardy) takes a back seat in Fury Road, the most recent addition to the Mad Max franchise, as the indomitable Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) leads a desperate, petrol and adrenaline fuelled race for freedom across the desert. The colours and saturation of the images, combined with the constant frenetic motion, turbo-charged pacing, mind-bendingly inventive set design and at times almost balletic choreography make the film a masterpiece of the action genre. At times it looks like a heavy metal album cover come to life. It is a breath-taking experience and one that should be experienced on the big screen. Thursday 13th March in LTB10 at 6:15pm. Free admission and all welcome!
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The next LiFTS' Open Seminar takes place tomorrow (14 March) at 5pm in 5N.7.23. Peter Hulme, former lecturer in the Department for 40 years, will be discussing "The Naked City: New York Modernism 1845/1919/1947". The seminar will be followed by drinks in the Common Room. All welcome!
A Man’s Take On International Women’s Day: “Y X Doesn’t Matter”
LiFTS blogger James gives us a lowdown on our #InternationalWomensDay event & how he approached the day as a male in Friday's blog post: https://liftsatessexblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/10/a-mans-take-on-international-womens-day-y-x-doesnt-matter/
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