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Over two days, the conference brings together scholars, filmmakers, students, and wider audiences to examine how stories of difference are crafted and experienced across global film traditions. Drawing on postcolonial studies, psychology, and visual culture, we explore how moving images generate empathy or fear and how narratives from beyond the western canon challenge our most fundamental cultural assumptions.
From Orientalist fantasies to folkloric monsters, cinema shapes how we understand identity, morality, and belonging. Fairytales of the Other is a free, international conference hosted by the University of Aberdeen, bringing together scholars, filmmakers, students, and audiences to explore how film and media portray the “Other” through myth, fairytale, and villainy across global traditions. We welcome papers, creative work, and talks with screenings that engage with themes of empathy, cultural identity, folklore, and storytelling ethics.
- Date: 23–24 April
- Time: 9 am–5 pm
- Venue: Rooms 706 & 707, Sir Duncan Rice Library, AB24 3AA
- Keynote Speakers: Dr Nour Halabi; Prof. Nadia Kiwan; Prof. Fatimah Tobing Rony; Theo Panagopoulos
- Please see the full programme here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_iZ8-VMunAzc_d8ymB66ALuL34fhStQnZ8htMCBwKwI/edit?usp=sharing
- Registration for attendance is still open: https://forms.office.com/e/tsd5JwZMBS
- Speaker
Dr Nour Halabi; Prof. Nadia Kiwan; Prof. Fatimah Tobing Rony; Theo Panagopoulos