NECS. The Budapest Conference
“New and Old Frames”
Budapest, Hungary, June 19 - 21, 2008
in cooperation with András Bálint Kovács, Institute of Art & Communication,
Eötvös Loránd University and Oksana Sarkisova, Central European University,
Budapest
Founded in February of 2006, NECS, the European Network for Cinema and
Media Studies, brings together scholars and researchers in the field of
cinema, film and media studies with archivists and film and media
professionals who share a common interest in academic film study and the
preservation, distribution and programming of film and media art and the
film heritage.
A first NECS workshop held in Berlin on the occasion of the network’s
founding in 2006 provided an overview of the current state of cinema and
media studies in Europe. In 2007, the first NECS conference was held in
Vienna. More than 100 scholars from 22 countries met to discuss new
perspectives and future agendas for film study in Europe.
The NECS conference 2008, to be held in Budapest, Hungary, from June 19
through 21, will focus on the moving image in new media environments.
Broadening the scope beyond accounts of new technologies, new forms of
media “content” or the changing conditions for production, the conference's
title refers to the axiomatic frames which inform both old and new
paradigms for studying (audio-)vision and images in/of motion. Paper topics
may include, but must not be limited to, the following:
1. The viability of traditional tools of film-analysis and concepts of film
theory for the analysis of changing audio-visual environments;
2. The possible contributions of film studies to the study of new (and old)
media in other disciplines, such as cognitive science, sociology, art
history, economics, philosophy etc;
3. New forms of spectatorship and cinematic experience as they emerge from
new modes of distribution and the co-existence of cinema with other media
on the same technological platforms;
4. The impact of online archives and lexicons of film history on film
archiving, as well as on film culture and cultural memory in general;
5. The study of classic works of global and European cinema with regard to
pictorial and narrative strategies that seem to anticipate the formal
innovations and rules of interpretation commonly associated with New Media.
Scholars from all areas of film and media studies (radio, television, new
media etc.), whether previously attached to NECS or new to the initiative,
are invited to submit proposals for contributions to the conference
committee.
We would like to invite proposals for short, incisive papers of 15 minutes
and/or panels (with 3-5 speakers) by December 31, 2007. Please submit your
proposal by using the Internet form at www.necs-initiative.org, which will
be available from approx. October 15, 2007. We especially encourage
submissions from PhD students and early career researchers.
Notification will follow shortly thereafter (around February 1, 2008). The
conference language is English. Conference attendance is free. NECS-
membership is required to participate in the conference (register with NECS
at www.necs-initiative.org). Participants will have to cover their own
travel and accommodation expenses. Travel information as well as a list of
affordable hotels and other accommodations will be posted on the NECS
website in spring 2008.
Detailed information on NECS and a report on the first workshop and
conference can be found on the NECS website.
For the conference organizers:
The NECS steering committee
Malte Hagener, Vinzenz Hediger, Dorota Ostrowska, Alexandra Schneider,
Patrick Vonderau
The NECS conference committee
András Bálint Kovács, Mats Jönsson, Valérie Morignat, Oksana Sarkisova,
Patrick Vonderau
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