Fwd: H-ASIA: CFP: Chinese-language cinema conference, Shanghai, Jul 12-13, 2008

[Tim Iles]

This seems worth passing along--the conference itself sounds quite interesting, and from personal experience I can say that Dr. Sun does a very good job at organising events.

Best,


Tim Iles
University of Victoria

"Linda Dwyer, Independent Scholar>" <dwyer at MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU> wrote: Date:         Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:42:27 -0500
From: "Linda Dwyer, Independent Scholar>" <dwyer at MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Subject: H-ASIA: CFP: Chinese-language cinema conference, Shanghai, Jul 12-13, 2008
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January 12, 2008

CFP: Chinese-language cinema conference, Shanghai, Jul 12-13, 2008
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From: Shaoyi Sun shaoyis at usc.edu

Locality, Translocality, and De-Locality:
Cultural, Aesthetic, and Political Dynamics of Chinese-Language Cinema

Call for Papers
Shanghai, China
July 12 ???E13, 2008

In recent years, the merging of people, resources, and expertise from the
three regions of China (mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan) and beyond has
ushered in a new era for the development of a more international-based
???Chinese-language cinema.???EEchoing this remarkable change, studies of
???Chinese-language cinema???Ehas also gained its momentum amongst scholars
from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and beyond. To examine the history
of ???Chinese-language cinema???Eand explore its new directions, to nourish
the creative power of ???Chinese-language cinema,???Eand to enhance the
creative and scholarly cooperation and exchange among all concerned
parties, Shanghai University???s School of Film & TV will hold ???Locality,
Translocality, and De-Locality: Cultural, Aesthetic, and Political
Dynamics of Chinese-Language Cinema???Econference in Shanghai, China.

As a working concept, ???Chinese-language cinema???Ehas its limits and
controversies, but it is exactly because of its polemical nature that this
concept, at least from the organizers???Epoint of view, offers us a fertile
ground for debates and exchanges. The main goal of the conference is to
facilitate a healthy debate on ???Chinese-language cinema???Efrom multiple
angles, with different approaches, and using diverse analytical tools. Our
working definition of ???Chinese-language cinema,???Ewhich is certainly open
to questioning, envisions a language-based cultural phenomenon
characterized not only by shared linguistic traits but by shared cultural
experience as well. Specifically, compared to the familiar conception of
Chinese cinema as something that is geographically defined, the
configuration of a ???Chinese-language cinema,???Ewhile not necessarily
downplaying the significance of the geopolitical dimension of ???national
cinema,???Epriorities cultural and linguistic dimensions in thinking about
an increasingly internationalized Chinese cinema. It also provides
scholars of Chinese cinema a rich and largely uncharted territory of
interests for comparative and parallel studies.

The conference will invite a few representative figures in the field to
serve as keynote speakers.  It also warmly welcomes film academicians and
professionals from all over the world to participate in this historical
event.  The keynote speeches and presented papers will be published in
book form shortly after the proposed conference.  The working languages of
the conference will be Chinese and English.  In other words, the
conference will ONLY provide simultaneous translation between Chinese and
English.

Date, Location, and Hosts

Date: July 12 ???E13, 2008, Shanghai (Registration: July 11, 2008);
Location: Shanghai ???EInternational Conference Center, Shanghai University;
Hosts & Organizers: School of Film & TV, Shanghai University

Registration Fee:

Each participant is expected to pay a registration fee of US$100.  This
fee covers (but not exclusively) the printing cost of the collection of
conference essays, local transportation, meals, banquets, and
short-distance sightseeing activities.  Graduate students may register the
conference at a discount rate of US$70.

Conference Format

???        Keynote Speeches: Invited Speakers (30-40 minutes each)
???        Panel Presentations: Selected Papers (15 minutes each)
???        Cross-Culture Dialogues: Discussions, Comments, and Questions and
Answers


Topic Areas

???        History and Reality: Chinese-Language Cinema in Mainland China,
Hong Kong, and Taiwan
???        Chinese-Language Cinema beyond Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan
???        Auteurs of Chinese-Language Cinema
???        Chinese-Language Cinema and Its Distinctive Genres
???        Chinese-Language Cinema: Policies, the Industry, and the Market
???        Chinese-Language Cinema: Issues of Culture, Gender, and the
Nation-State
???        Transnational, International, and Global Dimensions of
Chinese-Language Cinema
???        ???Blockbuster Phenomenon???Ein Chinese-Language Cinema
???        Chinese-Language Cinema and Hollywood: Friends or Competitors?
???        Chinese-Language Cinema: Conception and Controversy
???        Other Chinese-Language Cinema-related areas that participants
find important and meaningful

Submission Guidelines

1.  Submissions should be made electronically via e-mail to
shaoyis at gmail.com. Submissions will be acknowledged within 48 hours.
Submissions shall imply that at least one author will register for the
conference and be present at the time designated in the conference
program.

Submissions must be received by May 30, 2008.  E-Mail submissions to:

Dr. Shaoyi Sun
Senior Fellow, School of Film & TV, Shanghai University
149 Yan Chang Road
Shanghai 200072, China
E-Mail: shaoyis at gmail.com

2. Each submission must include a separate title page as outlined below:

???        title of the submission, name (s) of the author (s)
???        topic area of the submission
???        two or three keywords that describe the submission
???        mailing address (es) and e-mail address (es)
???        corresponding author if different than lead author

3. Submissions will only be published in the conference proceedings if at
least one of the authors attends the conference.   If you wish to be a
reviewer, session chair, or discussant, please e-mail your request to
shaoyis at gmail.com

Further Correspondence

Send your inquiries to:

Dr. Shaoyi Sun
Senior Fellow, School of Film & TV, Shanghai University
149 Yan Chang Road
Shanghai 200072, China
E-Mail: shaoyis at gmail.com

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