CFP: Literature/Film Association Annual Conference

[Alex Bates]

A conference hosted by my college...

LITERATURE/FILM ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2009
October 15-18, 2009
Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA

“Texts, Technologies, and Intertextualities: Film Adaptation in a Postmodern
World”

Paper proposals are invited from ALL AREAS of adaptation studies and film or
media studies.  Proposals relevant to the conference title above, including
questions about graphic novels, comics, CGI, HD/Blue-ray television, home
theater/surround sound, YouTube and other internet media, adapted
screenplays, remakes, etc., are especially encouraged.  Also of significant
interest are papers on literature/film theory, film and history, national
cinemas, international cinematic influences, cultural and political issues
related to film/media, and concepts of race/class/gender/sexual orientation
in lit/film contexts.  We welcome as well papers comparing a single film and
its source text, individual film analyses, auteur studies, and fresh looks
at traditional genres and subgenres like film noir, war films, Shakespeare
films, biopics, romantic comedies, and so on.

Proposal abstracts should be 300-500 words in length (eventual papers must
be read in no more than 20 minutes) and are due by 15 August 2009.  Send by
email attachment to David Kranz, LFA 2009 Conference Director, at
kranz at dickinson.edu. Proposals sent by regular mail should be addressed to
David Kranz at Dept. of English, Dickinson College, P.O. Box 1773, Carlisle,
PA 17013.  Rolling notifications of acceptance will arrive over the summer
and by 1 September 2009 at the latest.

Conference Registration Fees: $100 before 25 September 2009 and $125
thereafter.  Fees for graduate students and retired professionals:  $75
before 25 September 2009 and $100 thereafter.  Make checks out to Dickinson
College and mail to David Kranz at the address above.

LFA Dues: All conference attendees must be now or soon become members of
LFA.  To join and pay 2009 dues of $20, please go to our website at
http://alpha.dickinson.edu/departments/film/lfa/membership.htm
and use our PayPal feature or send a check to
Tina Lent, Professor and Chair, Fine Arts Department
College of Liberal Arts
Rochester Institute of Technology
92 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623-5604.



For more information:
http://www.dickinson.edu/departments/film/lfa/
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