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‘New Europe’ events in Düsseldorf
Posted by Phil Jackson in Events on May 11, 2011
Friday 13 – Saturday 14 May
Eurovision and the ‘New’ Europe is an international, interdisciplinary research network launched in 2009 and funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). The project aims to advance critical thinking about the contemporary Eurovision Song Contest, focusing on the ways in which the Contest has reflected, and perhaps driven, changing perceptions and realities of Europe since the fall of the Berlin Wall.This week in Dusseldorf the final workshop of Eurovision and the ‘New Europe’ will take place.
We are sponsoring two events at this year’s ESC.
Friday 13 May (11:30am – 1:00pm): ‘New’ Europe Panel Discussion – Euroclub, Ratinger Straße 25
For this event we are bringing a number of contest stakeholders together for a lively debate about the ways in which the ‘New’ Europe is being performed and negotiated at this year’s Contest. Our participants include:
- Szymon Stellmaszyk (Journalist, Poland)
- Caroline Downey (Producer, Ireland – and also Irish entry Jedward’s mentor)
- Ramaz Bluashvili (A Head Producer with Georgian Public Broadcasting – who have qualified for the ESC2011 final)
- Irving Wolther (Academic, University of Hannover, Germany)
- Edmondo Anselmi (Head of Press, San Marino delegation)
This event is free and open to the public.
Saturday 14 May (9:00am – 12:30pm): Feeling European: The Eurovision Song Contest and the European Public Sphere
ESC & the ‘New’ Europe (AHRC Workshop) at Fachhochschule Düsseldorf, University of Applied Sciences
‘Feeling European: The Eurovision Song Contest and the European Public Sphere’ is an academic workshop that will consider the ways in which the ESC enacts an ideal vision of Europe, and the role that affect plays in viewers’ various affiliations to the ESC; several network members will give public plenary lectures; and a panel made up of Contest stakeholders will consider the network’s preliminary findings, in a discussion open to the public.
If you are interested in attending this workshop, please contact karen.fricker@rhul.ac.uk (karen NULL.fricker null@null rhul NULL.ac NULL.uk)
For further information about the third workshop of the Eurovision and the ‘New Europe’ research network please click here (http://www2 NULL.warwick NULL.ac NULL.uk/fac/arts/theatre_s/research/eurovision/feeling_european/).
For further information about Eurovision and the ‘New Europe’ please click here (http://www2 NULL.warwick NULL.ac NULL.uk/fac/arts/theatre_s/research/eurovision/).
Semi-final reactions
Posted by Phil Jackson in Blog on May 11, 2011
As usual there were a few surprises in the reveal of the results last night. Turkey was a surprise when it didn’t get through – but that might be justice given that they did a major re-cycle of their entry from last year. And as Karen said when we saw the first dress rehearsal – there’s a paper someone could write about the staging of the song. I was disappointed for Norway to not get through. In the wider scheme of things at some point issues of race and ethnicity are going to have to be studied as black artists tend to under perform at the ESC – what’s that all about? Great to see a number of countries progress with less bombastic presentation and no pyrotechnics: Switzerland, Lithuania and the fabulous Finland.
And how was it on television? We hear there were some technical problems with the commentators losing their feed. In fact as I type there is an EBU press conference to discuss what is a major technical cock-up. Heads will roll!
For ERN members in the press centre our attention will turn to the first full dress rehearsal of the second semi-final this afternoon.
Karen has had another interview with Jedward. As their Eurovision campaign gathers pace they are now second favourite with oddschecker.com. Will we be in Dublin next year?
More later…
ERN Annual Symposium: ESC as TV Event
As a key element of the activities for the Eurovision Research Network, coinciding with the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest, MHMK Macromedia University for Media and Communication and Hannover University of Music, Drama and Media are hosting the annual ERN symposium on Thursday 12th May at Fachhochschule Düsseldorf, University of Applied Sciences, focusing on the Eurovision Song Contest as a television event.
PROGRAMME
9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (Language: German)
Panel «The ESC as TV-Event»
Guests: Prof. Dr. Susanne Binas-Preisendörfer (University Oldenburg) | Prof. Dr. Lars Rademacher (MHMK Munich) | Ivana Dragila (Magazine «Musikmarkt») | Tim Frühling (Commentator ESC 2009) | Bianca Shomburg (Participant ESC 1997)
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Martin Lücke (MHMK Munich) | Dr. Irving Wolther («Doctor Eurovision»)
11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (Language: English)
Presentations about «The ESC as TV-Event»
- Daniel Koch (OGAE – Germany) [view abstract]
- Leonardo Vaz (Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado – Brazil) [view abstract]
- Ioannes Polychronakis (Oxford University – UK) [view abstract]
- Phil Jackson (Edgehill University – UK) [view abstract]
Chair & Introduction: Dr. Toni Sant (University of Hull – UK)
LOCATION
Fachhochschule Düsseldorf | Josef-Gockeln-Straße 9 |
40474 Düsseldorf | Germany | Room H1.1
Closest tram station is Golzheimer Platz
(10 mins away from Esprit Arena on U78)
See also: official event website (http://www NULL.macromedia-fachhochschule NULL.de/esc/home NULL.html) [in German]