Fwd: This Year's Call For Papers

[Aaron Gerow]

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> The San Francisco State University 12th Annual International  
> Graduate Students Film Conference
> Histories Created Through Film
> at San Francisco State University
> October 20-22, 2010
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> This conference seeks to explore the role of cinema in reflecting  
> and contributing to concepts of historical events, identity  
> politics, cultures, cults and celebrity.
>
> Histories, as narratives of both personal and public events,  
> identities and societies, are created, recreated, and deconstructed  
> in film. This conference will explore how cinematic depictions of  
> histories differ from that of other media and how cinema’s  
> depiction influences both society and other media. The relation  
> between cinema and histories invites investigation from numerous  
> perspectives, including but not limited to:
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> 1.                •From History to Histories: Global, local and  
> hybrid histories in cinema
> 2.                •New Identities in Media: Creating histories of  
> differences and sameness
> 3.                •Millennial Histories: 2000-2010 and  
> representations of the “future”
> 4.                •National Perspectives: Recreating war stories  
> from opposing sides of the battlefield
> 5.                •Queer History and Stereotypes Perpetuated in Film
> 6.                •Creating Immigrant Identities in Film
> 7.                •Exploring the Historical Evolution of Cinematic  
> Genre
> 8.                •Cinema, History and Memory: Representation of  
> historical events in narrative and
>     non-narrative film
> • Theories of Consumption and Reception of Cinematic Histories
> 1.                •Finding Truth in the Historical Epic
> 2.                •Film Movements as Signs of Their Times
> 3.                •Wars and Remembrance in the Persian Gulf
> 4.                •Film as Historic Artifact
> 5.                •New Developments in Narrative Structures
> 6.                •Histories Forgotten or Neglected by the  
> Cinematic Canon
>
> We invite proposals for 15-20 minute presentations. Equal  
> consideration will be given to panel submissions of 2-3  
> participants. Email your submission to sfsufilmconference at gmail.com.  
> Please include your name, affiliation and contact information (email  
> address and phone number) along with your 350 word abstract and a  
> short bibliography (around 5 sources) in one of the following  
> formats: .doc or .pdf.
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> Deadline for abstract submissions: July 1, 2010
> A selection of papers from this conference will be submitted to a  
> peer review publication following the conference.
>
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> http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~cinegsa/CSGSA/Cinema_Studies_Graduate_Student_Association.html

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