Students to share research interests

October 26, 2007

A Postgraduate Research Day in UNE's School of Arts on Monday (29 October) will highlight some of the fascinating and ground-breaking research being undertaken by students in the School.

Ten students will give short presentations on their research topics, which range from the "gentlemanly game" of early twentieth-century Antarctic exploration to the creative world of the quilter. Other topics will include "The Baudin expedition in Australia", "Transgender and transphobia in cinema", and creative explorations of home care and youth work.

One of the organisers of the day, Dr Elizabeth Hale, said it would be an opportunity for postgraduate students to discuss their projects – and the research process – with their peers, and to receive valuable feedback from fellow students and supervisors alike.

Public film screening and lecture

Monday's activities in the School of Arts will conclude with a public lecture and film screening in Lecture Theatre A2 in the Arts Building. The screening of the film – Drole de Felix ("The Adventures of Felix"), directed and written by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau, 2000 – will be at 4.15 pm, and the following talk will be presented by Dr Joe Hardwick from the School of Languages and Comparative Cultures at the University of Queensland.

Dr Hardwick, a specialist in French literature and cinema, will discuss the film (which recounts the story of a gay, HIV-positive man who decides to hitchhike from Dieppe to Marseilles in search of his North African father) in relation to the "road movie" genre and its significance in gay cinema.

Everyone is welcome to the film and lecture, which are being presented in conjunction with the UNE Sexualities Research Group (UNESEX) and the UNE Ally Network program. For more information contact Dr Hale on 6773 2356 (e-mail: ehale@une.edu.au).

Posted by Jim Scanlan at October 26, 2007 02:25 PM