Research Seminar - Adaptation, Narrative and Rites of Passage
Adaptation, Narrative and Rites of Passage
Presented by: Adjunct Prof. Michael Eaton
Date: Friday 5 April 2024
Time: 12:00-1:00pm
Location: Online via Zoom and in-person at the SCA Writer's Studio (Level 6, Michie Building)
Michael Eaton is an award-winning writer working in film, TV, theatre and radio who has recently been appointed Adjunct Professor in the School of Communication and Arts. He would wish to introduce himself by giving an informal talk, ‘Adaptation, Narrative and Rites of Passage’, in which he will present his reflections on the process of adaptation into a dramatic medium and how anthropological study of ritual has influenced his own approach to narrative structure.
About Research Seminar and Workshop Series
School of Communication and Arts Research Seminar Series
The research seminar and workshop series occur each semester, each with a different topic and guest speaker from UQ or otherwise.
Friday, 25 September Hybrid: Online via Zoom and in person at SCA Writers' Studio 09-612 | "Questions" - A.I. 'Morphology' and Labour in Blade Runner (Parker) and There’s Something About Autism: a case study in autistic dramaturgy in playwriting (Wilson) | Talia Parker and Sarah Wilson |
Friday, 9 October Hybrid: Online via Zoom and in person at 09-738 | Imagined pasts/imagined futures Seminar series "Alien Machines" | Prof Simone Natale (George Watson visiting speaker) With Dr Adam Dodd (UQ Digital media) as correspondent |
Friday, 16 October Hybrid: Online via Zoom and in person at SCA Writers' Studio 09-612 | Imagined pasts/imagined futures Seminar series Imagined Pasts (Kim Wilkins) Imagined Futures (Helen Marshall) | Prof Kim Wilkins and A/Prof Helen Marshall |
Friday, 23 October Hybrid: Online via Zoom and in person at SCA Writers' Studio 09-612 | Imagined pasts/imagined futures Seminar series Brisbane’s coming of age expo 88 to Brisbane 2032 | Dr Sarah Thomassen |