Visible Evidence XIV Call for Panels / Call for Papers
Visible Evidence, the ambulatory international conference on documentary,
will hold its 14th edition in Bochum, Germany, from December 18th through
22nd, 2007.
Hosted by the Krupp professorship for the history and theory of documentary
forms at the University of Bochum, together with the Haus des
Dokumentarfilms Stuttgart, and dokumentarfilminitiative NRW, Visible
Evidence XIV marks the first time that the conference takes place in
Germany.
Bochum is home to one of Germanyıs main research universities. Since 2004,
the media studies department at the Ruhr University houses the Krupp
professorship for the history and theory of documentary forms. With a
particular focus on the study of images of industry, the Krupp professorship
puts a strong emphasis on research in new areas of the study of documentary.
Located at the heart of the Ruhrgebiet, Germanyıs most important industrial
area now turned into a cutural hub, the city of Bochum provides a platform
for exchange between scholars and filmmakers from western and central Europe
as well as other parts of the world. Check the conference website
www.visible-evidence.org <http://www.visible-evidence.org> for travel and
accomodation information.
This yearıs conference will address current issues in documentary filmmaking
as well as questions of documentary and history, documentary images in
museums and art contexts, and documentary images and science (among others).
We invite panel and paper proposals on all topics and current issues
relating to documentary film and filmmaking.
As in previous years, the conference program will include preconstituted
panels as well as a number of panels reserved for open call papers.
Panel proposals should be submitted by May 15. Notification of acceptance
will follow shortly thereafter. Panel chairs will then be asked to convene
their panels through individual calls for papers until June 30. Calls for
papers for accepted panels will be distributed through the Visible Evidence
mailing list by the conference organizers.
Open call paper proposals should be submitted by June 30.
Final notification of acceptance will follow in the first week of July.
Please submit proposals by e-mail to [log in to unmask]
The conference committee includes
Christine Noll Brinckmann, filmmaker, professor of film, University of
Zurich/Berlin
Gertrud Koch, professor of film studies, Free University, Berlin
Eva Warth, professor of film studies, Ruhr University, Bochum
Eva Hohenberger, documentary theorist, lecturer, Ruhr University, Bochum
Petra Schmitz, director, dokumentarfilm initiative Nordrhine-Westphalia,
Mülheim/Ruhr
Alexandra Schneider, lecturer in film studies, Free University, Berlin
Kay Hoffmann, director, Haus des Dokumentarfilms, Stuttgart
Werner Rucizka, director, Duisburger Filmwoche documentary film festival
Vinzenz Hediger, professor of film studies, Ruhr University, Bochum
Conference website: www.visible-evidence.org
<http://www.visible-evidence.org>
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