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> > >Women and the Silent Screen VII, the seventh international conference on >women and early film, will be co-hosted by the University of Melbourne, >Australia, in September 30-October 2, 2013. Previously held in Utrecht, >Santa Cruz, Montréal, Guadalajara, Stockholm and Bologna, this is the >first time the conference has been brought to the Australia-Pacific >region. We are inviting participants to submit abstracts (200-300 words, >headed by a paper title) as well as a short biographical statement by >20/01/2013. Those who would like to propose panels or workshops should >submit a panel title, as well as the individual paper proposal. We hope >that the nature of the industry itself can become a starting point for >questions about women¹s collaborative endeavor. Topics may include but >are not limited to: > >- Performance and the emotions > >- Women making films > >- Film and the archive > >- Transnational collaborations > >- Indigeneity and Indigenous Peoples > >- Set design and fashion > >- Monstrosity and the silent screen > >- Queer theory > >- Historiography > >- Studies in National cinemas (especially Australian, East & South East >Asian film) > >- The New Woman > >- The Sound of the Silents > > > >Those whose work does not fall within these categories are still >encouraged to submit a proposal. We will make every effort to represent >the breadth of scholarship being undertaken in film history. > >The conference welcomes participation from scholars, archivists, >students and cinephiles. It is supported by a program of screenings at >ACMI (Australia Centre for the Moving Image), which will run from 26 >September to 30 September, 2013. This program will be developed in >collaboration with the National Film and Sound Archive. > > > >The conference is convened by Victoria Duckett and Jeanette Hoorn. >Keynote speakers include Richard Abel, Weihong Bao, Pam Cook, Barbara >Creed, Mary Ann Doane and Shelley Stamp. > >For further information see www.wss2013.arts.unimelb.edu.au > >Please send your abstracts, or any questions you might have to the >organizers at [log in to unmask] > > > > >---------------- >ECREA-Mailing list >---------------- >This mailing list is a free service from ECREA. >--- >To unsubscribe, please visit http://www.ecrea.eu/mailinglist >--- >ECREA - European Communication Research and Education Association >Postal address: >ECREA >Université Libre de Bruxelles >c/o Dept. of Information and Communication Sciences >CP123, avenue F.D. Roosevelt 50, b-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium >Email: [log in to unmask] >URL: http://www.ecrea.eu >----------------