CALL FOR PAPERS
BUÑUEL 2000: A CENTENARY CONFERENCE
QUEEN MARY AND WESTFIELD COLLEGE (UNIVERSITY OF
LONDON) & UNIVERSITY OF SURREY ROEHAMPTON
With the support of:
INSTITUTO CERVANTES, INSTITUTE OF ROMANCE STUDIES,
ASSOCIATION OF CONTEMPORARY IBERIAN STUDIES,
NATIONAL FILM THEATRE, EMBAJADA DE ESPAÑA,
EMBAJADA DE MÉXICO
14-16 SEPTEMBER 2000
Institute of Romance Studies, Senate House, Malet Street, London
WC1 7HU
Luis Buñuel, who died in 1983, was born with the century. This
conference celebrates the achievements of one of the world's great
film directors in the year of his centenary. To commemorate his
work this event will bring together internationally renowned Buñuel
scholars as well as collaborators on the films he directed or
produced. The aims of the conference are to revisit the films in the
light of recent critical and theoretical approaches, to explore the
relations between Buñuel and his collaborators, and to reassess
his place in the history of cinema.
Plenary sessions will both draw on the experiences of those who
worked with him on the films -stars/scriptwriters/other creative
personnel- and focus on familiar and new directions for Buñuel
scholarship. Additional sessions will cover a wide range of issues
related to the whole range of Buñuel's work in Spain, France and
Mexico. Among Buñuel's collaborators who have confirmed their
participation are Juan Luis Buñuel, Eduardo Ducay, Bernard
Musson and Serge Silbermann, and we also hope to include
sessions involving Jean-Claude Carrière and Angela Molina, among
others. Buñuel scholars invited to give papers include Victor
Fuentes, Román Gubern, Marsha Kinder, Jo Labanyi, Susan
Martín Márquez, Vicente Sánchez Biosca, Agustín Sánchez Vidal,
Santos Zunzunegui, Michael Wood, and others.
Specific areas for discussion will include questions related to:
surrealism and psychoanalysis, gender, the family, the Gothic,
comedy, literary sources and links, stars, Buñuel's years in pre-
Civil War Spain, the Mexican period, exile, Buñuel's legacy.
This will be a major contribution towards the re-evaluation of one of
the most inventive and most provocative figures in the history of
world cinema. The conference will be conducted in English,
Spanish, and French.
FOR FURTHER DETAILS: visit the conference website at
http://www.bunuel2000.freeuk.com
TO PARTICIPATE: Send an abstract (250-300 words) by 10 May
2000 to [log in to unmask]
Alternatively, write or send a fax to any of the addresses below.
FEE: Standard for whole conference: £85 (before May 10th 2000);
£95(after May 10th 2000).
Student concession: £40 (before May 10th 2000); £45 (after May
10th 2000).
Standard per day: £30 (before May 10th 2000); £35 (after May 10th
2000).
Student day rate: £20 (before or after May 10th 2000).
ORGANISING COMMITTEE: PATRICIA D'ALLEMAND, JORGE
DÍAZ-CINTAS, PETER EVANS, RICHARD MARTIN, ABIGAIL
MURRAY, XELO SANMATEU, ISABEL SANTAOLALLA, ALISTAIR
WHYTE, MICHAEL WITT.
ORGANISERS & CONTACT ADDRESSES:
Professor Peter W. EVANS
Department of Hispanic Studies & Italian
QMW College
University of London
Mile End
London E1 4NS
Fax: +44 (0)20 8980 5400
Dr Isabel SANTAOLALLA
Modern Languages Department
University of Surrey Roehampton
Roehampton Lane
London SW15 5PH
Fax: +44 (0)20 8392 3578
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Dr Michael Witt
Department of Modern Languages
University of Surrey Roehampton
London SW15 5PH
Tel: +44(0)20-8392-3274
Fax: +44(0)20-8392-3578
Email: [log in to unmask]
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