Mercy University recently played host to HitchCon ’23, an annual conference celebrating the artistic legacy of film director Alfred Hitchcock.
Titled “Hitchcock Unbound: Reimagining the Art of the Story,” the conference drew more than 150 attendees from across the globe, both live and online, for a two-day gathering that included film screenings, presentations, panel discussions and networking events. Featured presenters included authors, filmmakers, artists and Hitchcock scholars.
The event was brought to Mercy by Media Studies faculty member Steven DeRosa, associate director for writing and English at Mercy’s Center for Academic Excellence and Innovation and author of “Writing with Hitchcock: The Collaboration of Alfred Hitchcock and John Michael Hayes.”
“Our goal in bringing this conference to Mercy was to offer students the chance to engage in critical scholarship of the works of this highly innovative cinema movie icon,” DeRosa said. “Conferences like HitchCon benefit students by encouraging them to explore art as a means to expand their worldview. Some of the presenters shared work that may soon appear in a new book or book chapter. HitchCon was a great opportunity to expose students to the scholarly community that has grown up in the wake of Hitchcock’s enormous impact on media and pop culture.”
