Speaker:  Dr Alexia L Bowler, Honorary Research Associate, Research Institute for Arts and Humanities (RIAH), Swansea University.

Lecture title: “Traumas of the Mediated Society: Cinema and Technological Narratives.”

Date: Tuesday, 15th May, 2012

Time: 10.00am – 11.45am

Venue: Discovery Room, Swansea Central Library, Civic Centre, Oystermouth Road, Swansea, SA1 3SN.

Admission: Admission is free, but as seating is limited in the venues please book in advance to avoid disappointment (see below for contact details).

Speaker information: Dr Alexia L Bowler is an Honorary Research Associate in the Research Institute for Arts and Humanities (RIAH) at Swansea University. Her research interests are Hollywood film, representations of technology in literature and film, gender/feminism in film, adaptations of nineteenth century literature in television, film and literature, contemporary literature, genre, adaptation and critical theory.

Lecture summary: This talk will explore the ways in which particular cinematic narratives deal with an increasingly mediated or technologised society and whether, as a spectacle in itself, cinema is an adequate medium through which to ask questions about the nature of technology.

To book a place or for further information please call 01792 602211 or email: adult.education@swansea.ac.uk (N.B. the lecture venue will not be taking bookings). Visit www.swansea.ac.uk/dace.