>The Southwest/Texas PCA have launched a British Cinema subject area:
>herewith the CFP for their next conference in Albuquerque. These are
>usually big conferences (four days starting at 8 am) with various themed
>subject areas. There's a very good chance of papers being accepted (i.e.
>I don't think they reject m/any). But they are jolly occasions.
>
>Anyone who's interested, could you please reply to Rob Cross rather than
>to me? Thanks.
>
>
>
>Subject: Call for Papers: British Cinema Area
>
>Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Associations 34th
>
>Annual Conference
>
>Albuquerque, New Mexico
>
>February 13-16, 2013
>
>Hyatt Regency Hotel & Conference Center
>
>330 Tijeras
>
>Albuquerque, NM 87102
>
>
>
>Panels are now forming for presentations on topics related to the new
>conference area of British Cinema. Listed below are suggestions for
>possible presentations, but topics not included here are also very
>welcome.
>
>
>
>· British New Wave cinema of the late-1950s and early 1960s (Saturday
>Night and Sunday Morning, Room at the Top, This Sporting Life, etc.).
>
>· The work of Ken Loach, David Lean, Lindsay Anderson and other
>directors
>
>· The British film noir cycle of the late 1940s.
>
>· British Asian Cinema (My Beautiful Launderette, Bend It Like
>Beckham, Ae Fond Kiss, etc.)
>
>· Heritage Cinema (Chariots of Fire, Remains of the Day, Passage to
>India, etc.)
>
>· Representations and postcolonial critiques of Empire
>
>· War Films of the 1950s (The Cruel Sea, Bridge over the River Kwai,
>etc.)
>
>· The Irish Question in British Films
>
>· Sport in British Cinema
>
>· British Films about Youth Culture
>
>· British Gangster Films (Get Carter, Long Good Friday, etc,)
>
>· The Hammer Horror Cycle
>
>· Cinema and British Identity
>
>· Comedy (the Carry On series, Monty Python, etc.)
>
>· Queer Films
>
>· Films of the Thatcher era (Brassed Off,
>
>· Swinging London films (Performance, the Beatles Films, etc.)
>
>
>
>Scholars, teachers, graduate students, and others interested in all
>aspects of British Cinema are encouraged to participate in this exciting
>new conference area.
>
>
>
>Please submit your presentation title, abstract (200-250 words), and
>brief current resume by November 16, 2012 to the conference website
>database which can be accessed at http://conference2012.swtxpca.org
>
>
>
>Please direct any enquiries about the British Cinema Area to:
>
>
>
>Robert Cross, PhD
>
>British Cinema Area Chair
>
>Institute for Language and Culture, Doshisha University
>
>1-3 Tatara Miyakodani, Kyotanabe-shi 610-0394, Japan
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>General information and online registration at http://www.swtxpca.org
>
>
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