Program
Academia on Screen
University of Passau | IT-Zentrum (ITZ) & International House (IH) | Innstraße 43 | 94032 Passau
Thursday 20 March 2025
| 8:30-9:00 | Registration |
| 9:00-9:30 | Lucia Krämer and Daniela Wawra (University of Passau): Welcome and Introduction |
Panel USA I: Class and Race in the Context of Higher Education
| 9:30-10:00 | Karsten Fitz (University of Passau): “The World of Higher Education as Successful Class and Race Struggle? Stabilizing the Status Quo in Good Will Hunting and The Blind Side” |
| 10:00-10:30 | Richard M. Breaux (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, USA): “Don’t Sleep on Us: Dap, Freddie, Shazza, and Fudge: ‘Woke’ Black Collegians on TV & Film Before Dear White People” |
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
Panel India: Society, History and the University – Narratives in Indian Cinema
| 11:00-11:30 | Utkarsha Kotian (Whistling Woods International, Mumbai, India): “From Aggression to Empathy: A Study of the Evolution of Indian Campus Culture through Aamir Khan’s Hindi Cinema Portrayals of College Characters” |
| 11:30-12:00 | V. B. Tharakeshwar (The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India): “Changes in the Indian Higher Education System in the 1990s and their Relationship with Popular Perceptions: A Case Study of Select Kannada Films” |
12:00-13:30 Lunch Break
Parallel Panels
Panel India (cont.): Society, History and the University – Narratives in Indian Cinema (ITZ Room 017)
| 13:30-14:00 | Gita Viswanath (Forum of Contemporary Theory, Baroda, India): “The Pleasure and Pain of Higher Education: A Reading of Chhichhore (Flippant Boys)” |
| 14:00-14:30 | Nandini Manjrekar (Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India): “Hum dekhenge/ We shall see: Student Activism and Dreams of Tomorrow in Cinema” |
| 14:30-15:00 | Nikhila Subbarao (The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India): “Caste in the Scene of Education: Structures of Romantic Love in Indian College Films” |
Panel USA I (cont.): Class and Race in the Context of Higher Education (ITZ Room 001)
| 13:30-14:00 | Klara Stephanie Szlezák (University of Passau): “Harvard or Yale?: On the Depiction of Higher Education in Gilmore Girls (2000-2007)” |
| 14:00-14:30 | Vanessa Vollmann (University of Passau): “Reflections on Netflix’s The Chair: A Critical Race Theory Counter-Dialogue” |
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
Parallel Panels
Panel Chinese and European Perspectives on Higher Education (ITZ Room 017)
| 15:30-16:00 | Marietta Calderón (University of Salzburg, Austria): “Intersectional Stereotypes of Academics and their Fields of Work in Vienna Blood” |
| 16:00-16:30 | Wiebe Copman (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands): “‘In Square Brackets’: Academic and Analog Care in Luke Fowler’s Portrait Film Mum’s Cards (2018)” |
| 16:30-17:00 | Hermínia Sol (Polytechnic University of Tomar, Portugal): “Beyond Oxbridge: New Universities and the Quest for Cultural Heritage in The Lost King” |
| 17:00-17:30 | Xiaofei Tu (Appalachian State University, USA): “The Movie 决裂 (Breaking with Old Ideas): An Utopian Vision of Higher Education in the Chinese ‘Cultural Revolution’” |
Panel USA II: Gender, Love and Sex in Academia (ITZ Room 001)
| 15:30-16:00 | Ruvindra Sathsarani (University of Tübingen, Germany): “Female Chairs only for Precarious Times: The Conflict of Gender in Senior Academic Positions” |
| 16:00-16:30 | Courtney Watson (Radford University, USA): “The Professor is in (Love): Mystery, Romance, & Academia, Hallmark-Style” |
| 16:30-17:00 | Danny Reid (Allan Hancock College, USA): “College and Carnality: Campus Sex on Celluloid” |
18:30 Conference Dinner: Bayerischer Löwe
Friday 21 March 2025
Panel International Comparisons of Academic Practices
| 9:00-9:30 | Registration and Networking |
| 9:30-10:00 | Jean E. Conacher (University of Limerick, Ireland): “Cinematic Representations of University Professors: Exclusionary and Inclusionary Practices Within a Community of Practice” |
| 10:00-10:30 | Harald Pittel (University of Leipzig, Germany): “Transformative Spaces, Challenges from the Margins: Academia Through a (Post)British Lens” |
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
Panel Academia, Communication and the Media
| 11:00-11:30 | Tiago Ramos (NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal): “Nightmare Scenario: The Portrait of Academia in Kristoffer Borgli’s Dream Scenario (2023)” |
| 11:30-12:00 | Nina Riedler & August Krocker (University of Passau): “Linguistics Saves the Day. And the World, Eventually” |
Panel University Environments from Book to Screen
| 12:00-12:30 | Stephen Joyce (Aarhus University, Denmark): “The Campus Novel and the Campus Film” |
| 12:30-13:00 | Jean Robertson & Audrey Louckx (University of Mons, Belgium): “Stars, Suits, and Lab Coats: The Representation of Academia in Lessons in Chemistry” |
| 13:00-13:30 | Lucia Krämer and Daniela Wawra: Conference Closing |
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