Presentations

Lectureship/Seminar and Visiting Professorship

Creative Hustle: FILM

Thriving in Ghana’s Creative Industry for British Council Ghana, Accra. Presenter

Shakespeare Live in Ghana Project

Benagr, S. (2016). Shakespeare Live in Ghana Project. British Council Ghana, Accra. Presenter.

Cross Platform Uses and Adaptations of the Works of Abibigromma

Benagr, S. (2015). ‘Cross Platform Uses and Adaptations of the Works of Abibigromma’ at the Abibigromma Theatre Group Workshop: themed Abibigromma at 32, Strategies to Meet the Exigencies of the Collegiate System and Modernisation of African Culture’. Presenter

RTVF (Radio, Television, Video & Film) As a Special Area Elective Course

Benagr, S., Roussounov, O. (2015). ‘RTVF (Radio, Television, Video & Film)
As a Special Area Elective Course’. Department of Theatre Arts Weekly Seminar. Co-presenter.

Cinema and Filmmaking in West Africa

Benagr, S. (2012). ‘Cinema and Filmmaking in West Africa’ as part of teaching
the MA World Cinema & Global Media Module for Masters Students, School of Media, University of Bedfordshire. Presenter.

Resources for teaching African Cinema and Enhance delivery of MA Global Media Module

Benagr, S. (2010). ‘Resources for teaching African Cinema and Enhance delivery of MA Global Media Module’. RiT Project of RIMAD. School of Media, University of Bedfordshire. Presenter.

Invitation to National, International Conferences, Workshops and Festivals

Staging Silence: Echoes of a Pandemic

Benagr, S. (2021). ‘Staging Silence: Echoes of a Pandemic’. Collective/Collecting Intelligence – Explorations of Artistic Intelligence A/I in the context of Artificial Intelligence (AI). A BrAInsTOrm session organised by Digital Dramaturgy Lab_squared, University of Toronto, Canada. 27th March, 2021. Presenter [a Zoom Event].

National Workshop on the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances

Benagr, S. (2018). National Workshop on the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances: Stakeholder Sensitization workshop – organized by the Copyright Office of Ghana and Ministry of Justice: 28th November, 2018 – Accra. Participant from Academia

Reinvigorating Humanities Research

Benagr, S. (2018). Reinvigorating Humanities Research At University Of Ghana
(Rehure-Ug) Inception Workshop – College of Humanities: 19th September, 2018 – Legon. SPA Mellon project team participant

MTN Shortz Shortz Challenge for Content Developers

Benagr, S. (2018). MTN Shortz Shortz Challenge for Content Developers
Launch/Workshop – stakeholder engagement and sensitization on a competition to monetize the creativity of content developers in the country – MTN Ghana: 8th August, 2018 – Accra. Training Institution cum Industry Representative – SPA

Sixth CODESRIA International Workshop

Benagr, S. (2017). Sixth CODESRIA International Workshop at FESPACO on Emergence on screen and on stage – organized in conjunction with FESPACO Secretariat, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: February 2017. Participant

Reading the Early Days of the Ghanaian Video Practice

Benagr, S. (2015). ‘Re-Reading the Early Days of the Ghanaian Video Practice from a Neorealist Perspective’. International Conference themed Cinema/History: Time, Memory, Identity in the Images of the New Millennium. Rome, Universita Roma Tre, Italy. Presenter

A Humble Plea To Whom It May Concern

Benagr, S. & Dartey, S. (2013). ‘A Humble Plea To Whom It May Concern’; Kwaw Ansah’s … Love of AA, an allegory for negotiating peace between feuding factions (in Ghana). International Conference themed African Film & Politics Conference. London, University of Westminster. Co presenter.

Subjectivity and Objectivity

Benagr, S. (2013). ‘Subjectivity and Objectivity: the Central Tension in Camera Generated Images’. University of Ghana Faculty of Arts 11th Annual Colloquium. Legon, University of Ghana. Presenter.

Vestiges of the postcolonial in Ghanaian video film practice

Benagr, S. (2010). ‘Vestiges of the postcolonial in Ghanaian video film practice’. Africa Media & Democracy Conference themed Mediating Democracy in Africa.  International Conference Centre, Accra. Presenter.

The Political and Social Context of the Development of the Film/Video Technology in West Africa

Benagr, S. (2009). ‘The Political and Social Context of the Development of the Film/Video Technology in West Africa’. Journalism and New Media Technologies in Africa Conference, themed New Technologies, New Practices and the Renewal of Media Training in Africa. School of Media and Communication, Pan African University, Lagos. Presenter.