Call for Papers: Japanese Cinema Symposium (UK, May 2010)

[Julian Ross]

Hello everyone,



'Breaking Boundaries: Alternative Approaches to Japanese Film' is a 
symposium
dedicated to the study of Japanese cinema that has been organised by
postgraduate research students from the Universities of Leeds, York,
Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam. The all-day symposium is planned to be 
held on
May 7th 2010 at Sheffield Showroom cinema
(http://www.showroomworkstation.org.uk/)
 with Tony Rayns as our keynote
speaker, who will also be introducing a screening of 'Kuroneko' (dir:
Kaneto Shindo, 1968) (tbc) to close the symposium.



Please find below our call for papers. Although we strongly encourage
postgraduate research students to apply, we would also like to welcome 
anyone
else who may be interested. Please note that the application deadline is
 1st Apr 
2010, and
that the May 7th date should be considered provisional.



Furthermore, we would appreciate it if you could distribute/circulate 
the call for
 papers
to anyone else who you think might be interested.



We look forward to hearing from you! If you have any questions, please e-mail me (julianross at hotmail.co.uk) or bbconf2010 at googlemail.com



Best wishes,



Julian Ross

Co-coordinator of 'Breaking Boundaries' Symposium

PhD Candidate, Centre for World Cinemas

School of Modern Languages and Cultures

University of Leeds

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Call for Papers: ‘Breaking Boundaries: Alternative Approaches to Japanese Cinema’ Symposium
7 May 2010
Sheffield Showroom
CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Tony Rayns (UK)
To be followed by screening of Kuroneko (Kaneto Shindo, 1968) [TBC]

No other region is expected to have a more profound impact on the future global system and society than East Asia, and accordingly, understanding the culture and arts of the countries in this region is becoming increasingly vital to the work of academics. Japanese cinema, in particular, has recently experienced a resurgence of interest within and beyond academic confines. In the UK, major retrospectives of directors such as Nagisa Oshima and Yasujiro Ozu organised by the British Film Institute, among many other events across the country, have contributed to an increased awareness of this burgeoning subject area. The number of Hollywood remakes of Japanese horror films and the recent trend of Western directors travelling to Tokyo to shoot their films are also indicative of an interest which cuts across theory and practice. It seems particularly timely to discuss the ways in which we can address Japanese cinema and its relevance to both world cinema and film studies.

'Breaking Boundaries' is an inter-institutional project organised by postgraduate students from the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam and York. Our aim is to propose alternative approaches to Japanese cinema, moving beyond conventional east- west oppositions, thus encouraging the exploration of new and exciting critical avenues.

A selection of the proceedings will be proposed as a special issue of a peer-reviewed journal. Although all proposals will be considered, we particularly welcome papers that explore the following themes:

Japanese Cinema Within and Beyond the NationInterdisciplinarity and Intertextuality in Japanese CinemaQuestions of Gender in Japanese FilmReception of Japanese Films Home and Abroad
Please send a 300-word abstract and a 50-word biography by 1 April 2010 to bbconf2010 at googlemail.com

NB: The symposium is still awaiting final confirmation of funding, therefore the date of 7 May 2010 should be considered provisional.
 		 	   		   		 	   		  
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