International Summer School: Gender in Cinema

Spend an amazing week learning about gender, psychoanalysis and cinema!

In this course, we will explore cinematic representations of gender, in themes linked to identity formation, femininity, masculinity, gender bending, beauty, and ontology. It will include 6 two-hour online lectures and seminars covering the following topics and discussing the following films:

DAY 1: IDENTITY FORMATION

• Eyes Without a Face (1960) Georges Franju
• The Stepford Wives (1975) Bryan Forbes
• Boys Don’t Cry (1999) Kimberly Peirce

DAY 2: FEMININITIES

• 9 Songs (2004) Michael Winterbottom
• Mother (2017) Darren Aronofsky
• Daisies (1966) VÄ›ra Chytilová

DAY 3: MASCULINITIES

• 9 1/2 Weeks (1986) Adrian Lyne
• Moonlight (2017) Barry Jenkins
• Y Tu Mama También (2001) Alfonso Cuarón

DAY 4: GENDER BENDING

• Labyrinth (1986) Jim Henson
• Velvet Goldmine (1998) Todd Haynes
• The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (2011) Marie Losier

DAY 5: BEAUTY

• Death Becomes Her (1992) Robert Zemeckis
• Marie Antoinette (2006) Sofia Coppola
• The Neon Demon (2016) Nicolas Winding Refn

DAY 6: ONTOLOGY

• Predestination (2014) Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
• The Love Witch (2016) Anna Biller
• Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) John Cameron Mitchell

Mary Wild (@psycstar) is the creator of the PROJECTIONS lecture series at Freud Museum London. Mary co-hosts the Projections Podcast, and creates exclusive content on Patreon.

We are looking forward to applications from students, researchers and professionals with a particular interest related to gender studies, film studies and psychoanalysis. A Certificate of Completion will be provided by the end of the week.

In order to book a place, please register on https://registration.lcir.co.uk. 

Contact email address: [email protected].