Call for Papers

Console-ing Passions, the international conference on television, video,
audio, and new media, invites submissions for the 2006 conference to be
held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Dates: May 25-27th, 2006
Conference Location: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
      
Founded in 1989 by a group of feminist media scholars and artists, Console-
ing Passions works to create collegial spaces for new work and scholarship
on culture and identity in television and related media, with an emphasis
on gender and sexuality.

Since 1992, Console-ing Passions conferences have featured new research on
feminist perspectives, including race and ethnicity, post-colonialism,
queer studies, globalization, national identity, fusion genres, the social
and cultural insertion of new media, the historical development of media,
and an ongoing feminist concern with gender dynamics in the production and
consumption of electronic media (excluding cinema).

Console-ing Passions’ emphasis on electronic media reflects its mission to
provide an alternative scholarly space to those centered on film; papers or
projects that include film as part of a larger perspective are welcome but
non-film media are the primary focus.

Proposal Submissions:

Individual Papers: Please submit an abstract of no more than 500 words
along with a short bio.

Panels: Please submit a rationale for the panel (3-4 papers) of no more
than 150 words, as well as abstracts of 500 words for each paper and a
short bio and contact information for each contributor.

Workshops: Please submit a rationale for the workshop (a series of short,
informal presentations on a related topic, meant to encourage discussion),
along with individual abstracts of no more than 200 words and a short bio
and contact information for each participant.

Screenings of video, audio, or new media work: Please submit an abstract of
no more than 500 words and a short bio of the producer/director.

All submissions must include an email message with the following
information: name, affiliation, email address, and telephone number for the
author, panel or workshop organizer, or producer/director for screenings.
Email message should also specify the audio/visual materials needed for the
presentation. Please be as specific about a/v needs as possible.

All proposals must be saved as PDF files and attached to the email message.
All identifying information should be omitted from the PDF files for the
purpose of blind review. All must have a title. Email message and PDF
files should be labelled as follows: your last name and the type of
proposal (i.e. Smithpaper or Smithpanel or Smithworkshop or Smithscreening).

Please submit all proposals to [log in to unmask]

Deadline for receipt of proposals is December 15, 2005.

Please direct all questions about the conference and the submission process
to [log in to unmask] See the Console-ing Passions website:
http://www.cp.commarts.wisc.edu for more information about Console-ing
Passions and the 2006 conference.