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Exploring afrofuturism: The last angel of history (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2014, November). Exploring afrofuturism: The last angel of history. Presented at Sci-Fi – Days of Fear and Wonder, BFI Southbank, UK

Panel discussion of afrofuturism with Ashley Clarke, Anthony Joseph and Zoe Whitely at BFI’s Sci-Fi – Days of Fear and Wonder, BFI Southbank, 30 November 2014

Disability, monsters, utopia: Some lessons from Guillermo del Toro (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2014, November). Disability, monsters, utopia: Some lessons from Guillermo del Toro. Presented at Disability Studies/Science Fiction, Universität zu Köln, Cologne, Germany

This keynote address draws together material from disability studies, utopian studies and monster theory through the films of Guillermo del Toro.

What we owe to La Jetée (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2014, November). What we owe to La Jetée. Presented at Sci-Fi – Days of Fear and Wonder/Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival, The Watershed, Bristol, UK

Public lecture at BFI’s Sci-Fi – Days of Fear and Wonder/Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival, The Watershed, Bristol, 11 November 2014

Visions of the future: African science fiction shorts (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2014, November). Visions of the future: African science fiction shorts. Presented at Africa in Motion, Glasgow Film Theatre, Scotland, UK

Discussion with Shola Amoo, Glasgow Film Theatre/Africa in Motion, 9 November 2014

It’s about time: Science fiction, cinema, Source Code (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2014, October). It’s about time: Science fiction, cinema, Source Code. Presented at Public lecture, Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic

Public lecture at Technical University of Liberec, the Czech Republic, 30 October 2014

The fragmented social and the episodicity of everyday life in Kontroll (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2014, October). The fragmented social and the episodicity of everyday life in Kontroll. Paper presented at Research seminar, Technical University of Liberec, the Czech Republic

Research seminar on Nimrod Antal's film about contemporary anomie

Introduction to The Year of the Sex Olympics (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2014, October). Introduction to The Year of the Sex Olympics. Presented at Future Visions from Post-War Britain, The Cube, Bristol, UK

Introduction to Nigel Kneale's sf television dramas. Part of Future Visions from Post-War Britain: Nigel Kneale, The Cube, 16 October 2014

Alien cultures, and others (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2014, May). Alien cultures, and others. Presented at Shezad Dawood exhibition, The Parasol Unit: Foundation for Contemporary Art, London, UK

Public lecture to accompany Shezad Dawood exhibition at The Parasol Unit: Foundation for Contemporary Art, London 8 May 2014

Introduction to John Sayles' Matewan (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2014, March). Introduction to John Sayles' Matewan. Presented at The 3rd Annual Bristol Radical Film Festival, Bristol, UK

Introduction to Matewan for The 3rd Annual Bristol Radical Film Festival, 9 March 2014

Eat Drink Man Robot: Ordinary science fiction (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2013, April). Eat Drink Man Robot: Ordinary science fiction. Presented at The Science Fiction Studies Symposium/ The 2013 J. Lloyd Eaton Conference, University of California, Riverside, USA

Slipstream cinema: Dick without the Dick (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2012, November). Slipstream cinema: Dick without the Dick. Presented at Worlds Out of Joint: Re-Imagining Philip K. Dick, University of Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

The Martians of Africa: Reading anti-colonial and post-colonial cinema as science fiction (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2012, June). The Martians of Africa: Reading anti-colonial and post-colonial cinema as science fiction. Presented at The Martians of Africa: Reading anti-colonial and post-colonial cinema as science fiction, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol

Workshop on Chris Marker and Alain Resnais’ Les statues meurent aussi and Ousmane Sembene’s La noire de…

Philip K. Dick’s Valis (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2012, June). Philip K. Dick’s Valis. Presented at Philip K. Dick’s Valis

Public talk and discussion

Sf and the short film (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2012, March). Sf and the short film. Presented at 33rd International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, Florida

Plenary panel

Globalised labour and world Sf cinema (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2011, November). Globalised labour and world Sf cinema. Paper presented at The Eighth Annual Historical Materialism Conference, SOAS

Class, control and clones (panel discussion) (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2011, August). Class, control and clones (panel discussion). Presented at Class, Control and Clones’, Out of this World exhibition, British Library, London, UK

Editors panel (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2010, March). Editors panel

Introducing Waltz with Bashir (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2009, October). Introducing Waltz with Bashir. Presented at Compass of Desire Film Festival, Trinity Centre, Bristol

This short talk introduces the feature-length Lebanese animation, Waltz with Bashir.

Insects and intentions: Imamura's women (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2009, October). Insects and intentions: Imamura's women. Presented at Pigs, Eels and Insects: Reassessing the Legacy of Shohei Imamura, Arnolfini, Bristol

This paper explores Imamura's response to post-war socio-cultural changes in Japan that stem from the 'female equality' provisions in the US-authored constitution and the US's ideological attack on the traditional Japanese family structure.

Powell, Pressburger and Peeping Tom (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2009, September). Powell, Pressburger and Peeping Tom. Presented at The Screen at Hay Festival of British Cinema, Hay-on Wye, Hay-on-Wye

This talk provided a career overview of Powell, especially his collaborations with Pressburger, and a critical introduction to Peeping Tom in relation to Powell's other films, genre and psychoanalytic theory.

Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Matrix: Imagineering the world market (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2009, June). Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Matrix: Imagineering the world market. Presented at 'The Future Ain't What it Used to Be: Interactions of Past, Present and Future in Literature and Visual Media' Conference, University of Dundee

This keynote address argues that sf has long been engaged in mapping - often unconsciously - the processes of globalisation and empire. It illustrates this argument with analyses of Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas and the Wachows... Read More about Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Matrix: Imagineering the world market.

Serial infidelities and extraordinary renditions: The many lives of Flash Gordon (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2009, May). Serial infidelities and extraordinary renditions: The many lives of Flash Gordon. Paper presented at Science Fiction across Media: Adaptation/Novelisation Conference, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven

This paper argues for a fresh approach to adaptation studies, using the example of a cross-media franchised character/universe to urge a move away from the fidelity fallacy and towards an understanding of adaptations as ‘supplements’ in Derrida’s Read More about Serial infidelities and extraordinary renditions: The many lives of Flash Gordon.

The cinema of John Sayles: From Billy Zane to Brecht and Bakhtin, and back again (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2009, May). The cinema of John Sayles: From Billy Zane to Brecht and Bakhtin, and back again. Presented at Marxism and Culture Seminar Series, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London

A critical introduction to John Sayles, with Silver City as its primary example, this paper discusses the relationship between his films and American naturalist traditions, and explores language as a site of material resistance.

The parapraxes of globalisation: Jules Verne and the unconscious of science fiction (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2009, May). The parapraxes of globalisation: Jules Verne and the unconscious of science fiction. Paper presented at Extraordinary Voyages: Jules Verne and Beyond - the 2009 J. Lloyd Eaton Conference, University of California at Riverside

This essay argues that sf has long been engaged in mapping – often unconsciously – the processes of globalisation and empire. It illustrates this argument with an analysis of Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas.

The cinema of John Sayles: from Billy Zane to Brecht and Bakhtin, and back again (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2009, March). The cinema of John Sayles: from Billy Zane to Brecht and Bakhtin, and back again. Paper presented at Research Seminar, Department of Film, Theatre and Television, University of Reading

A critical introduction to John Sayles, with Silver City as its primary example, this paper discusses the relationship between his films and American naturalist traditions, and explores language as a site of material resistance.

The thin men: Anorexic subjectivity in Fight Club and The Machinist. (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M., & Vint, S. (2008, November). The thin men: Anorexic subjectivity in Fight Club and The Machinist. Paper presented at The Fith Annual Historical Materialism Conference, University College, London

Taking anorexia as a model of subjectivity under contemporary capital, this paper analyses the noir protagonists of Fight Club and The Machinist and their relationships to power, labour and their own bodies.

Staging the limits to knowledge: Cognition, estrangment and spectacle in 2001: A Space Odyssey (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, October). Staging the limits to knowledge: Cognition, estrangment and spectacle in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Paper presented at Film & History Biennial: Film and Science: Fictions, Documentaries, and Beyond Conference, University of Chicago

Beginning by questioning the possibility of judging relative scale and postion in the famous final image of the 2001, this paper challenges Carl Freedman's influential argument about the possibility of spectacle generating cognitive estrangement.

Journal editors' panel (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, October). Journal editors' panel. Paper presented at Film & History Biennial: Film and Science Fictions, Documentaries and Beyond Conference, Univeristy of Chicago, USA

After providing an overview of the journal I co-edit, and the processes through which submissions go, I then participated in a chaired discussion (along with other journal editors who had made similar presentations) geared towards an audience of grad... Read More about Journal editors' panel.

Eraserheads (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, September). Eraserheads. Presented at BFI Southbank Public Panel Discussion, BFI Southbank, London

This public panel discussed various aspects of the relationship between cinema and memory, with a particular focus on the gallery work of Pierre Bismuth and Michel Gondry. The panel was chaired by Roger Luckhurst; the co-panellists were Jonathan Romn... Read More about Eraserheads.

Monsters and modernity (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, August). Monsters and modernity. Presented at Silicon Knights Games Developers, St. Catherines, Ontario

A critical overview of the repressive aspects of modernity which, in popular culture at least, tend to unleash monsters. Drawing on Walter Benjamin, this paper also considers the relationship between 'progress' and catastrophe.

Peristalsis, proliferation and ejaculation: Reflections on narrative and spectacle in digital sf cinema (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, July). Peristalsis, proliferation and ejaculation: Reflections on narrative and spectacle in digital sf cinema. Paper presented at Science Fiction Research Association 2008 Conference, University of Kansas

This paper addresses the changing nature of the cinematic experience in the era of blockbuster digital filmmaking, using Transformers as its key example.

Reading science fiction (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, July). Reading science fiction. Presented at Science Fiction Research Association 2008 Conference, University of Kansas, USA

After an initial short presentation on the failure of sf studies to engage with issues emerging in genre studies over the last decade or so, I participated in a chaired discussion concerning this and presentations by other panellists.

The bald and the beautiful: The performativity of Billy Zane (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, May). The bald and the beautiful: The performativity of Billy Zane. Paper presented at Cine-Excess II: The 2nd International Conference on Global Cult Film Traditions, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London

Analysis of Billy Zane's performance style in relation to the economics of contemporary filmmaking.

Proliferation, peristalsis and ejaculation: Reflections on narrative and spectacle in digital SF cinema (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, April). Proliferation, peristalsis and ejaculation: Reflections on narrative and spectacle in digital SF cinema. Presented at Narratives in Transition: Literary and Cultural Change since 1989 Conference, Institute of English Studies, University of London

This paper addresses the changing nature of the cinamatic experience in the era of blockbuster digital filmamking, using Transformers as its key example.

SF histories (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, March). SF histories. Presented at State of the Art: Science Fiction Histories Conference, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia

Mark Bould was one of four closing plenary panel members at this conference. The closing panel sumamrised the key ideas that emerged during the course of the conference and suggestions about their implications for future research.

Writing/Genre/History: Everyone else is wrong (and so am I) (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, March). Writing/Genre/History: Everyone else is wrong (and so am I). Presented at State of the Art: Science Fiction Histories Conference, Curtin University of Technology, Perth

An overview of the problems involved in writing a history of a genre, drawing on debates in contemporary historiography and science studies.

Tortured torsos: Anorexic subjectivity in Fight Club and The Machinist (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M., & Vint, S. (2008, March). Tortured torsos: Anorexic subjectivity in Fight Club and The Machinist. Presented at Postgraduate Masterclass, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Western Australia

Taking anorexia as a model of subjectivity under contemporary capital, this paper analyses the noir protagonists of Fight Club and The Machinist and their relationships to power, labour and their own bodies.

The very modern world of Fritz Lang (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M. (2008, March). The very modern world of Fritz Lang. Presented at The Very Modern World of Fritz Lang, Institute of Advanced Studies, The University of Western Australia

Taking Lang's films as the pulp wing of the Frankfurt School, this lecture demonstrated that although not a Marxist Lang developed a critique of capitalist urban/industrial modernity very similar in some respects to that of Theodor Adorno.

Fantastically fucked-up masculinity: Anorexic subjectivity in Fight Club and The Machinist (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bould, M., & Vint, S. (2008, January). Fantastically fucked-up masculinity: Anorexic subjectivity in Fight Club and The Machinist. Paper presented at Postgraduate Research Seminar Series, Bristol Business School

Taking anorexia as a model of subjectivity under contemporary capital, this paper analyses the noir protagonists of Fight Club and The Machinist and their relationship to power, labour and their own bodies.