Final Call for Papers
Re-viewing Space: Space and Place in European Cinema
ECRF Conference, University of Bath, 24-26 April, 2003
Since the pioneering work on Space by Bachelard and Lefebvre, the
concepts of Space and Place have been central concerns of Anthropology
and Social Geography. In the past decade they have attracted growing
attention in Film, Literature and Cultural Studies, leading to work on
urban and rural, local and national, real and imagined/ remembered
spaces, and themes such as rootedness/ rootlessness, and taking and
losing possession of space. The third annual conference of the European
Cinema Research Forum (ECRF) aims to develop this approach, examining
hitherto neglected aspects of the cinematic construction of space in
Europe.
Papers will be 20 minutes in length, and we intend to submit a selection
for publication. Abstracts of 250 words should be sent as email
attachments to either Wendy Everett [log in to unmask] or Axel Goodbody
[log in to unmask] by December 1, 2002. They may be on any aspect of the
conference theme, but the organisers would particularly welcome papers
which contribute to one of the following strands. Please indicate the
strand to which your paper most comfortably belongs.
- mapping the self: place/ space and personal identity
- symbolic places and national/ regional identity
- home
- contested spaces
- marginal spaces, peripheries
- shifting and unstable borders and boundaries
- European spaces and the transposition of Hollywood tropes
Keynote speakers will include the German director Helma Sanders-Brahms
and leading researchers in the field. Fuller details of the programme
will be announced in January on the Department's website
http://www.bath.ac.uk/esml/ and updated at intervals.
An on-line registration form will be available at the conference website
from January. The Conference Fee will be approximately £50. Participants
will be responsible for arranging their own accommodation. A limited
number of rooms will be available on campus on a first come first served
basis. The University of Bath Accommodation Office
([log in to unmask]) will provide further information, and a list
of local B&Bs and hotels will be available on registration.
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Dr Axel Goodbody
Reader in German
German Section Coordinator
Department of European Studies and Modern Languages
University of Bath
Bath BA2 7AY
Tel.: 01225 826659
Fax: 01225 826099
Email: [log in to unmask]
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