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        • Racism and Islamophobia
        • Letter to Chair of REF29 Steering Group, 18 June 2024
        • Statement on Gaza
        • Response to threat of possible job cuts at University of Kent (February 2024)
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        • Response to REF 2028 Consultation (October 2023)
        • Open letter opposing AHRC cuts to PhD studentships
        • Response to possible compulsory redundancies at UEA, March / July 2023
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        • Response to Falmouth University re. Falmouth Staffing Ltd (FSL), November 2022
        • Response to Job Cuts at Birkbeck, November 2022
        • Future Research Assessment Programme 2022 (FRAP)
        • Joint MeCCSA and BAFTSS letter regarding Film Studies at Queen Mary, University of London
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Special interest group:
Psychoanalysis and Film

Convenors:  
  • Alice Haylett Bryan (Kings College London)
  • Ben Tyrer (Middlesex)​

Overview

This group focuses on developing discussions regarding relevant and adjacent concepts such as psychoanalysis, psychosocial studies, affect, trauma, subjectivities, and (post)memory in relation to a variety of screen media. The group aims to share networks and resources in further multidisciplinary research as well as practice-based knowledge.

Reports on activities

SIG report:
  • Psychoanalysis Film SIG Report 2019
Funding report:
  • Psychoanalysis, Nationalism and Ideology Conference Funding Report
Other:
  • Femininity and Psychoanalysis Cinema, Culture, Theory book launch - End of Project Report

Founding members

  • Caroline Bainbridge (University of Roehampton​)
  • Robert Burgoyne (University of St. Andrews​)
  • Bruce Eadie (Birkbeck University of London​)
  • Kelli Fuery (Chapman University​)
  • Jacqueline Furby (Solent University​)
  • Carla Ambrosio Garcia (Independent researcher​)
  • Catherine Grant (Birkbeck University of London)
  • Theresa Heath​
  • Hannah Paveck (King's College London​)
  • Brenda Hollweg (University of Leeds​​)
  • Sean Homer (American University of Bulgaria​)
  • Elizabeth Hughes (Independent researcher/author​)
  • Igor Krstic (University of Reading​)
  • Annette Kuhn (Queen Mary University of London)
  • Linde Luijnenburg (University of Warwick​)
  • Orsolya Lukacs (University of Essex​)
  • Allister Mactaggart (Chesterfield College​)
  • Xavier Mendik (Birmingham City University​)
  • Elspeth Mitchell (University of Leeds​)
  • Adam Plummer (Queen Mary, University of London​)
  • Agniezska Piotrowska (University of Bedfordshire​)
  • Sanghita Sen (University of St. Andrews )
  • James Slattery​
  • Christos Stavrou (University of Ioannina​)
  • Rachel Velody (University of Bristol​)
  • Priyanka Verma
  • Rachel Younger (Edinburgh Napier University)
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      • Brian Winston (1941-2022)
    • Meetings
    • Open Screens (our official journal)
    • Responses / Statements
      • 2025
        • Withdrawing 2026 Conference from Bournemouth University
        • Statement in response to UK Supreme Court ruling re. the Equality Act 2010
        • Joint letter - UK performing arts subject associations to REF Director (March 2025)
        • REF29 Guidance Summary (February 2025)
        • Letter to Education Secretary - 4 February 2025
      • 2024
        • Racism and Islamophobia
        • Letter to Chair of REF29 Steering Group, 18 June 2024
        • Statement on Gaza
        • Response to threat of possible job cuts at University of Kent (February 2024)
      • 2023
        • Response to REF 2028 Consultation (October 2023)
        • Open letter opposing AHRC cuts to PhD studentships
        • Response to possible compulsory redundancies at UEA, March / July 2023
      • 2022
        • Response to Falmouth University re. Falmouth Staffing Ltd (FSL), November 2022
        • Response to Job Cuts at Birkbeck, November 2022
        • Future Research Assessment Programme 2022 (FRAP)
        • Joint MeCCSA and BAFTSS letter regarding Film Studies at Queen Mary, University of London
      • 2021
        • OfS Consultation
        • Screening Complete Audiovisual Works in the Age of Covid-19
      • 2017
        • Response to REF 2021 Consultation (March 2017)
        • Nominating panel members for REF 2021
  • Conference / Awards
    • 2025 Conference / Awards
      • Conference Info and Registration
      • 2025 Awards
        • 2025 Outstanding Achievement Award
        • Winners: Practice Awards 2025
        • Winners: Publication Awards 2025
        • PGR Poster Showcase 2025
    • Conference and Awards Archive
  • Funding
  • Membership
    • Key information
    • Join / renew
  • SIGs
    • Convenor Resources
    • A-E
      • Adaptations
      • Amateur Cinema
      • Animation
      • Archives and Archival Methods
      • British Cinema and Television
      • Colour and Film
      • Documentary
      • East Asian Screen Cultures
      • Essay Film
      • Euro-Bollywood
    • F-J
      • Film and Philosophy
      • Film/Making Education
      • French and Francophone Screen Studies
      • German Screen Studies
      • Horror Studies
    • K-O
      • LGBTQIA+ Screen Studies
      • Media and the Environment
    • P-T
      • Performance and Stardom
      • Practice Research
      • Psychoanalysis and Film
      • Science Fiction and Fantasy
      • Screen Industries
      • Screening Sex
      • Transnational Screens
  • Postgrads / ECRs
    • Early Career Mentoring Scheme
    • New Connections Schedule
      • New Connections Archive
    • Postgraduate Network
      • PGR Network Website