Fwd: Cinema, Law and the State in Comparative Perspective

[Aaron Gerow]

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> Images of Justice:
> Cinema, Law and the State in Comparative Perspective
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> The University of Iowa Obermann Center for Advanced Studies Announces=
> ?Obermann Stipends for the Summer 2004 Research Seminar
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> Up to ten fellows to be selected, $2500 stipends, plus up to $500 (or 
> $1,000=
> ?for overseas travel) to help defray travel/housing expenses of 
> visiting=
> ?scholars.
>
> Popular representations of the law in cinema and the legal decisions 
> and=
> ?institutions that regulate such representations off-screen are 
> crucial to=
> ?how the public understands and experiences the legal system. In this=
> ?interdisciplinary seminar, scholars are invited to explore and write 
> about=
> ?the intersections of cinema, law and the state through a comparative=
> ?perspective, with particular attention to Asia, where both cinema and 
> law=
> ?have changed dramatically in recent decades. How, we will ask 
> together, do=
> ?the state and law impact film and popular culture in national, 
> diasporic,=
> ?and global contexts? How do legal fictions function as metaphors for 
> larger=
> ?historical, ethical, national, or international matters? How do 
> citizenship=
> ?and spectatorship intersect in specific film industries and on movie=
> ?screens?
>
> Some themes to be addressed=97within and especially across national=
> ?boundaries=97may include: the fictional representation of legal 
> systems and=
> ?trials, and the dramatic characterization of lawyers, judges, and 
> criminals=
> ?in popular films; historical and ongoing state regulation and 
> censorship of=
> ?cinema, and the increased space for negotiation between filmmakers 
> and=
> ?their regulators; adaptations of law and regulation away from 
> religious and=
> ?colonial models toward secular and national concerns; film financing 
> and=
> ?distribution; and historical and persistent patterns of tension 
> between=
> ?creativity and control, innovation and tradition, or resistance and=
> ?regulation that mark specific national cinemas as well as films with=
> ?international circulation and audiences. These issues are all at work 
> in=
> ?Asia and in Asian communities around the world, and we will have a=
> ?particular interest in those contexts.
>
> The seminar invites applications from scholars in as wide an array of 
> fields=
> ?as possible, including but not limited to film and media studies, law 
> and=
> ?legal studies, Asian studies, women=92s studies, political theory,=
> ?economics, religious studies, communications, journalism, sociology 
> and=
> ?other fields.
>
> Successful applicants will be expected to develop a first draft of an 
> essay=
> ?by the start of the seminar. Participants will read and discuss each 
> of the=
> ?draft essays along with common readings and will attend special=
> ?presentations by notable speakers. Participants will revise their 
> essays=
> ?during and? immediately following the seminar for inclusion in an 
> edited=
> ?volume.
>
> Directors:
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> Corey K. Creekmur, Associate Professor of English and Cinema & 
> Comparative=
> ?Literature and Director, Institute for Cinema and Culture, The 
> University=
> ?of Iowa
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> Mark Sidel, Associate Professor of Law, The University of Iowa
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> Application Deadline: February 2, 2004
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> Seminar Dates: June 2-15, 2004
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> Services:? Offices, personal computers, Internet access, library 
> service,=
> ?technical support, copying, meeting rooms.
>
> Funded by the C. Esco and Avalon L. Obermann Fund and by the Office of 
> the=
> ?Vice President for Research at=20
> The University of Iowa
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> Images of Justice:
> Cinema, Law and the State in Comparative Perspective
>
> Obermann Center for Advanced Studies Summer 2004 Research Seminar
>
> Deadline for Applications: Monday, February 2, 2004
>
> Qualifications
>
> =95 Applicants must hold a Ph.D., J.D. or other terminal degree.
> =95 Participants should be ready to produce original, previously 
> unpublished=
> ?work for publication in a volume that will emerge from the seminar 
> and to=
> ?participate in sessions devoted to readings, individual papers, 
> invited=
> ?lectures, and special events. Successful applicants will be asked to 
> submit=
> ?a first draft of their essay before the seminar begins.
> =95 Participants will be chosen in part to provide sufficient range 
> for a=
> ?published collection of essays. Some stipends are reserved for=
> ?competitively-selected University of Iowa scholars.
>
> Application
>
> Those interested in participating in the seminar should apply by 
> February 2,=
> ?2004, by sending the following materials:
>
> =95 A cover sheet that includes - title of your prospectus or draft 
> essay -=
> ?name, rank, department, institution, office address, telephone 
> number, and=
> ?e-mail address - signatures of department executive officer and dean=
> ?(University of Iowa applications only)
> =95 Letter indicating your interest in the seminar, what you can 
> contribute,=
> ?and what you hope to gain (maximum two pages)
> =95 A prospectus of the essay that you plan to write for the seminar 
> (or a=
> ?draft if you already have begun work on an essay that might be 
> appropriate)
> =95 Curriculum vitae or resume (maximum three pages)
> =95 One writing sample, preferably from a published work
>
> Application materials should be sent to:
>
> Jay Semel, Director
> Obermann Center for Advanced Studies
> N134 Oakdale Hall
> The University of Iowa
> Iowa City, IA 52242
>
> Please direct any questions to Jay Semel, Director, Obermann Center 
> for=
> ?Advanced Studies, The University of Iowa
> (319) 335-4034 or jay-semel at uiowa.edu
>
> For further information please see=
> ?http://www.uiowa.edu/~obermann/summer/index.html, which includes the=
> ?downloadable version of this announcement and the application 
> guidelines.
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