Ethics and Politics of TV Series

DEMOSERIES is pleased to present its next international conference, to be held in Italy in partnership with the Philosophy Department of the University of Rome La Sapienza. 

It will take place at Villa Mirafiori, from 30 September to 1 October 2024, and its theme will be: 'Ethics and Politics of TV Series'.

30th September 2024

11:00-11:00 Piergiorgio Donatelli (Sapienza) and Sandra Laugier (Paris 1): Opening

11:30-12:30 Sandra Laugier (Paris 1): Perfectionist politics

13:00-13:30  Angela Maiello (UniCal): No world for old men. Diversity in European teen series

13:30-15:00  Lunch Break

15:00-16:00  Paola Brembilla (Bologna): Investigating representation, inclusivity, and social responsivity in Rai’s Fiction audiovisual productions

16:00-17:00 Massimiliano Coviello (Link Campus): Diversity and its representotion strategies in Rai TV Series

17:00-17:30 Break

17:30-18:30 Camille Braune (Paris 1): “Years and Years”. Raising political and ethical awareness in the 21st Century: a moral wake-up call

1st October 2024

9:00-10:00 Piergiorqio Donatelli (Sapienza): Reinhabiting the present through TV series

10:00-11:00  Tatsiana Zhurauliova (Paris1): Women on the margins: gender and ethnicity in contemporary Russian series

11:00-11:30 Break

11:30-12:30 Thibaut de Saint Maurice (Paris 1): Series that make an impact! Viewers’ perceptions on the moral complexity of series and their characters

12:30-13:30 Luca Tenneriello (Sapienza): Historiographic metafiction and education in “Outlander”

13:30-15:00 Lunch

Discussion will also be joined by Alexandre Diallo, Luca Antonio Donato, and Viviana Vozzo