Greek Cinema Book Launch
Wednesday 25 January 2012
18.00 - 20.00
Room K2.31, Strand Campus
A book launch, jointly hosted by the Centre for Helleniic Studies and the Department of Film Studies
Greek cinema: Texts, Histories, Identities
Edited by Lydia Papadimitriou and Yannis Tzioumakis
Covering the silent era to the present, this wide ranging collection > of essays examines Greek cinema as an aesthetic, cultural, and
political phenomenon. Using a range of methodological tools, the authors investigate the ever-shifting forms and meanings at work within Greece’s national cinema and locate it within the booming interdisciplinary study of European cinema at large.
The launch will consist of a presentation of the book by the editors, followed by papers by Professor Maria A. Stassinopoulou (University of Vienna), Professor Eliza Anna Delveroudi (University of Crete) and Gary Needham (Nottingham Trent University). A round table discussion with the participation of the audience will ensue.
Dr Lydia Papadimitriou is senior lecturer in Film studies at Liverpool John Moores University and author of
The Greek Film Musical: A Critical and Cultural History.
Dr Yannis Tzioumakis is a lecturer in Media and Communication at the University of Liverpool and author of
American Independent Cinema: An Introduction.
All are very welcome