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, 28 February
12-1pm

Hybrid: Online via Zoom and in person at the
SCA Writer's Studio
(Level 6, Michie)

Generative Hate

Dr Luke Munn and Meg Herrmann

Friday, 21 March
12-1pm

Hybrid: Online via Zoom and in person at the
SCA Writer's Studio
(Level 6, Michie)

Close Encounters of the Hermeneutic Kind: UFOs as More-than-Human Media

Dr Adam Dodd

Friday, 11 April
12-1pm

Hybrid: Online via Zoom and in person at the
SCA Writer's Studio
(Level 6, Michie)

Indigenous and Local Knowledge Systems and Community Radio in India

A/Prof Elske van de Fliert
A/Prof Pradip Thomas
Treesa Reena John (University of Hyderabad)
Vamsi Krishna Pothuru (University of Hyderabad)

 

Venue

Online via Zoom and in-person at the SCA Writer's Studio (Level 6, Michie Building)