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*Crossing Borders, Traversing Narratives* *A Postgraduate Symposium of Film and Screen Studies* 11 February 2015, University of St Andrews, Scotland The very recent history saw issues related to nation and nationality re-emerge steadily, often aggressively, questioning and reframing notions such as identity, citizenship, or the irreversibility of globalisation as a border-dissolving, unifying process. In this context, investigating narratives of the displaced and of displacement, as well as their production, representation, distribution and reception, appears to be an increasingly complex, varied, and challenging process. *Crossing Borders, Traversing Narratives* aims to re-interrogate cinema's relationship with the notion of geographical border, and the subsequent effects of this relationship. This one-day symposium is meant to provide an inclusive exchange platform for postgraduate students in the fields of film and screen studies, whose interests either lie in, or can be applied to, this particular area. Keynote Speaker: *Dr Shohini Chaudhuri* (University of Essex) Topics may include, but are certainly not limited to: Diasporic cinemas Migrant and diasporic filmmakers Multicultural communities and cinema On- and off-screen identities of displacement Issues of distribution and exhibition. Diasporic film festivals Translation, adaptation, assimilation (thematic, stylistic) Cross-border politics, activism, civic engagement Fluid chronotopes Intersections of nation with race, gender, sexuality, class, religion Formal and genre variations Proposals with a brief abstract (250 words) for a 20-minute paper, as well as a short biographical note, should be submitted to Andrei Gadalean ( [log in to unmask]). The deadline for all proposal submissions is *21 December 2014*. -- Andrei Gadalean PhD Candidate and Teaching Assistant Department of Film Studies University of St Andrews 99 North Street KY16 9AD St. Andrews United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0)7518 076892 E-mail: [log in to unmask] -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. This mailing list is a free service and is not restricted to members. It is an unmoderated list and content reflect the views of those who post to the list and not of MeCCSA as an organisation. MeCCSA recommends that the list be used only for posting of information (for example about events, publications, conferences, lectures) of interest to members or to promote discussion of current issues of wide general interest in the field. Posts to the MeCCSA mailing list are public, indexed by Google, and can be accessed from the JISCMail website (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/meccsa.html). Any messages posted to the list are subject to the JISCMail acceptable use policy, which states that users should avoid engaging in unreasonable behaviour, or disrupting the general flow of discussion on a list. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------