CALL FOR PAPERS
The University of North Alabama Conference on Global Film invites
proposals on any aspect of world cinema. Proposals should consider some
area of the intersection among film, society, and culture, exploring
films as social and historical artifacts of the culture and nation from
which they arise, as well as the role played by film in constructing,
shaping, and re-imagining issues of nationhood, nationality, and
transnationalism.
Papers may take a single film focus or make comparative considerations,
and can take a theoretical or historical approach. Examples or suggested
topics might include papers that examine the following areas in a single
film, several films, or national cinemas:
*Genre studies in world cinema (Horror, Comedy, etc.)
*Film movements (New Wave, directors, films)
*Exploring representations of race, ethnicity, and gender in fiction or
non-fiction film
*Representations of wars, borders, national characters and ideologies
*Social or political commentary
*National cinemas (Africa, Japan, etc.)
*Documentaries
*Technological and economic considerations/developments
*Comparative anlayses between world and Hollywood film
*Third World Cinema
These ideas are suggestions only so any topic would be welcomed.
Please send a 250-300 word abstract and brief bio (2-3 sentences,
including rank and affiliation and contact information) to:
Dr. William Verrone: weverrone_at_una.edu; Please put "Global Film" in
subject line. Deadline for submission is October 1, 2008. Proposals
from graduate students are welcomed.
The University of North Alabama Conference on Global Film will be held
March 5-8, 2009, in historic Florence, Alabama.
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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
Head of Communications,
MeCCSA Post-Graduate Network
website: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/pgn/
Articles Editor,
Scope: An Online Journal of Film and Television Studies
website: http://www.scope.nottingham.ac.uk/
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