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CALL FOR PAPERS – Launch Event: Friday 28th November 2014, 12-5pm at the British Library Conference Centre (in partnership with the Eccles Centre for American Studies)
Inspired by the centenary of one of the most controversial films ever made, this symposium will consider some of the issues raised by Griffith’s 1915 film. The event is organised by the Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library in collaboration with the University of Central Lancashire, Edge Hill University and the University of Manchester. The symposium marks the launch of a series of events from November 2014 to November 2015 exploring the centenary of The Birth of a Nation.
Keynote speaker, Professor Michael Hammond (University of Southampton)
Proposals for papers welcome, deadline 22nd September 2014 to Jenny Barrett and Ian Scott (see below). Topics may include but are not limited to:
• The Birth of a Nation as popular culture
• national mythologies of the American South
• race and racism
• transnationalism and the distribution and reception of the film
• memorialisation, art, politics and ethics in relation to the film.
For further information on the launch and the events in 2015, please contact Dr Ian Scott ([log in to unmask]) or Dr Jenny Barrett ([log in to unmask])
The event is free but booking is essential: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/symposium-100-years-of-dw-griffiths-the-birth-of-a-nation-registration-12443744575
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