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Category: Call for papers
CFP: Research Methods in Film Studies: Challenges and Opportunities
CFP: Research Methods in Film Studies: Challenges and Opportunities
18-19 October 2019, Ghent, Belgium
Keynote speakers:
Catherine Grant (Birkbeck, University of London)
Barbara Flueckiger (Zurich University)
The academic study of film has involved looking at generic conventions, authorial features, and the use and function of different aspects of film language, including mise-en-scène, narrative, editing and sound. Film Studies has also examined the relationship between film and society, by contemplating issues such as race and gender, the on- and off-screen construction of stardom, the association between cinema, ideology and propaganda, and the way in which films mirror and shape national and transnational identities. The industrial features of film, film policy and legislation, as well as matters of film reception, distribution and exhibition, venues and audiences (cf. the New Cinema History Movement) have also been extensively considered by scholars, within and beyond the discipline. Continue reading “CFP: Research Methods in Film Studies: Challenges and Opportunities”
CFP: Documenting Cinema: Film Librarians Conference 2019
Documenting Cinema: Film Librarians Conference 2019
May 15 – 17, 2019
Linwood Dunn Theater
Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study, Hollywood, CA
Call for Proposals and Travel Grant Applications
The 2019 Film Librarians Conference will build on the discussions and dialogues begun in 2017, providing a continuing forum to explore contemporary debates and exchange ideas and strategies amongst librarians, curators, and archivists who maintain and administer paper-based, motion picture-related collections, as well as students enrolled in related graduate programs. The conference will explore a diverse range of topics and foster a stimulating environment for specialists from various institutions and disciplines. Our upcoming event will be held at the Linwood Dunn Theater at the Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study in Hollywood, CA on May 15 to 17, 2019. The Film Librarians Conference is organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Margaret Herrick Library.
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Call for Papers – Eye International Conference 2019
The 10th Women and the Silent Screen Conference hosted by the 5th Eye International Conference
Once a year, Eye Filmmuseum is the venue for an international conference attended by film scholars, archivists, curators and restorers. The conferences are organized in collaboration with national and international partners from both the academic world and the field of film heritage. In 2019, the 5th Eye International Conference will host the 10th Women and the Silent Screen Conference.
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Call for Papers: Exploring Fashion as Communication
CFP: Exploring Fashion Journalism in Popular Communication
Deadline: February 28, 2019
Popular Communication: The International Journal of Media and Culture
Special Issue: Exploring Fashion Journalism and Fashion as Communication
Guest Editor: Elizabeth Castaldo Lunden, Ph.D.
The editors of Popular Communication: The International Journal of Media and Culture invite submissions for a special issue on the topics of Fashion Journalism and Fashion as Communication.
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