Call for Papers Deadline December 31st, 2007
"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 be open for paper and panel proposals which relate
to the overall goals of NECS. 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.
There are two ways to participate:
1. Hand in a proposal or panel for open call in any field of cinema
and media studies (max. 5 speakers on a panel, 15 min speaking time
each, work groups are especially encouraged to hand in a panel
proposal).
2. Hand in a proposal or panel related to the thematic guideline of
the conference.
In order to provide a thematic guideline, we propose to focus on the
moving image in changing 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 may not be limited to, the following:
1. 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;
2. 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;
3. the impact of online archives and lexicons of film history on film
archiving, as well as on film culture and cultural memory in general;
4. 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;
5. the viability of traditional tools of film-analysis and concepts of
film theory for the analysis of changing audio-visual environments.
We would like to invite proposals for short, incisive papers of 15
minutes and/or panels (with 3-5 speakers) by December 31, 2007. NECS
work group leaders are invited to organize a pre-constituted panel or
panels. We especially encourage submissions from PhD students and
early career researchers.NECS-membership is required to participate in
the conference (register online on this website). Please submit your
proposal by using the Internet form at this website. Log in with your
username and password, then go to the 'Forum' section and follow the
link on the left to ‚submit your conference proposal'.
Notification will follow around February 1, 2008. The conference
language is English. Conference attendance is free. 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
http://www.necs-initiative.org/
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Iain Robert Smith
Institute of Film and Television
School of American and Canadian Studies
University of Nottingham
University Park
NG7 2RD
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