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** On behalf of Chambers, Ciara <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> ** Final call for papers “Ireland and Cinema: Culture and Contexts” Film Studies at University College Cork invites the submission of abstracts for a major conference titled “Ireland and Cinema: Culture and Contexts”. The three-day international conference will take place from Thursday April 18 to Saturday April 20, occurring during Ireland’s 2013 presidency of the EU. The conference will facilitate discussions, presentations and debates across a wide spectrum of subjects in the broadest definition of the field of “Ireland and Cinema”. The programme hopes to schedule one keynote presentation and one specialist panel each day; the latter comprising an expert in a given field who will make a presentation and then lead a discussion among delegates. Abstracts of approximately 250 words are invited on or before Thursday August 31, and confirmation of acceptance will be posted on Thursday November 1. Submitted abstracts should be accompanied by a brief biography, details of institutional affiliation, as well as email and other relevant contact information. Topics on which presentations are invited (but to which they need not be restricted) include: · Filmmakers & Performers · The Irish Language · Genres · Film & History: representations and archives · Characterisation: class, creed, gender, ethnicity · Places & Spaces, Home & Abroad · Shorts & Animations · Documentaries Broad topics for specialists’ panels are likely to include: · Distribution & Exhibition: national and international · The Irish Film Board: the present state of Irish cinema · Censorship & Classification: then and now For further information, please contact Barry Monahan, Film Studies, UCC: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or on +353 (0)21 4902515 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Einar Thorsen, PhD Senior Lecturer in Journalism and Communication The Media School, Bournemouth University Talbot Campus, Poole, BH12 5BB, UK E-mail: [log in to unmask]<applewebdata:[log in to unmask]> Twitter: http://twitter.com/einarthorsen Blog: http://journalismstudies.info/ Phone: +44 (0)1202 968838 Convenor Journalism Research Group: http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/imcr/cjcr/ Programme Coordinator MA Journalism and New Media: http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/courses/MAJNMF Communication Officer of MeCCSA: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ BU is a Disability Two Ticks Employer and has signed up to the Mindful Employer charter. Information about the accessibility of University buildings can be found on the BU DisabledGo webpages [ http://www.disabledgo.com/en/org/bournemouth-university ] This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this email, which must not be copied, distributed or disclosed to any other person. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Bournemouth University or its subsidiary companies. Nor can any contract be formed on behalf of the University or its subsidiary companies via email. -------------------------------------------------------- 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. Membership is open to all who teach and research these subjects in HE institutions, via either institutional or individual membership. The field includes film and TV production, journalism, radio, photography, creative writing, publishing, interactive media and the web; and it includes higher education for media practice as well as for media studies. This mailing list is a free service from MeCCSA and is not restricted to members. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------