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For those interested, a gentle reminder of an approaching deadline
(9/30/12):
Call for Papers: Special Session on Pre-Cinema & Silent Film
"Loco/Motion"
34th ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY STUDIES ASSOCIATION
Fresno, California, March 7-9, 2013
As part of the 2013 NCSA conference, I’m seeking papers or presentations
for one or more panels about pre-cinema and early film technology, as
well as on silent film creators (producers, actors, directors) and
images (representations of class, culture, gender, or race) produced
anywhere before 1914. Film – i.e. “moving pictures” -- fits neatly into
the conference theme of Locomotion, which I interpret very broadly.
Presentations about Italian pre-cinema, early Italian films and/or
silent representations of Italian-Americans (e.g. Reginald Barker's "The
Italian") very welcome.
If they like, scholars might address the theme literally (treating
images of travel and physical movement) or metaphorically (e.g.
technical evolution; camera movement; narrative or character
development; cultural, historical, or psychological change). Feel free
to email me if you have questions about the appropriateness of a topic
for presentation.
To submit, please e-mail 250-word abstracts of 20-minute papers and
one-page vitae to Arnold Anthony Schmidt at [log in to unmask] by 30
September 2012. It may be possible to arrange screenings to accompany
the panels, so include information about any material available.
Graduate students may, upon acceptance of their abstracts, submit
complete papers in competition for a travel grant to help cover
transportation and lodging expenses.
For more information, please see the general conference CFP below.
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The long nineteenth century set the world on the move. Travel became
increasingly important for business and pleasure, for war and peace. At
the same time, new forms of moving people arose: the balloon, ships,
undergrounds, funiculars, the railroads. Each carried riders to great
distances, different locales, and novel pursuits. But motion wasn’t
purely spatial; new movements arose as well, sweeping the inhabitants of
the period into fresh vistas of thought and endeavor. We seek papers and
panels that capture the sense of movement at work and at play during the
long nineteenth century (1789-1914). Papers may address the
intersections of movement/s, focus on technologies of motion in
isolation, or reveal the desires—for gain, glory, greed—that set the
world on its feet.
Some suggested topics:
Gold Rushes (Mineral Manias and Speculative Destinations)
Literature of the Sea
Maps and Cartography
The Science of Exploration (Darwin’s Voyages)
Narratives of Time Travel, Travel into Space (Jules Verne, Arthur Conan
Doyle)
The West as Destination and Concept
Celebrity Performance Tours
Movement of Goods and Ideas
Migration and Relocation
Expeditions
Concepts of Motion and Stasis
New Forms of Creative Motion and Locomotion (Moving Pictures,
Photography, Dance, Music)
We also welcome other interpretations of the conference theme.
The campus of California State University, Fresno, will host us in 2013.
Its setting makes it the perfect place to explore the conference theme,
since Fresno is ringed by the original Gold Rush towns and three superb
national parks (Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon), two of which are
nineteenth-century creations. As a result, Fresno still bears evidence
of the vast changes caused by the movements of the nineteenth century.
The library of CSU Fresno houses the Donald G. Larson Collection on
International Expositions and Fairs; material from this archive will be
featured in a special exhibition for the conference. Please note:
submission of a proposal indicates intent to present.
--
Arnold Anthony Schmidt, Ph.D.
Professor of English
California State University
http://www.csustan.edu/english/schmidt/index.html
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0772830/
http://us.macmillan.com/byronandtherhetoricofitaliannationalism
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