Postgraduate International Conference
THE EUROPEANNESS OF EUROPEAN CINEMA
4 June 2010 - King's College London
Keynote speaker: Thomas Elsaesser
Confirmed Plenary speakers: Ginette Vincendeau, Susan Hayward
CALL FOR PAPERS
Studies in European cinema have often been focused on specific
countries, genres or auteurs. However, there has been, since the
1990s, a renewed interest in European film as an entity with a
significance beyond the sum of its parts. Promoted by the policies
in support of the audiovisual industry set in motion by the Council
of Europe and the European Union, this new interest led to an
amplified debate on Europe and the cinema that is produced and consumed there.
Meanwhile, top of the theoretical agenda, the issue of identity has
surfaced as the prime concern. As the framework shifts from national
to transnational cinemas and concepts such as 'hyphenated identity'
and 'double occupancy' gather strength, this conference seeks to
explore the ongoing validity of Europe as a reference in film.
Papers are welcomed on any aspect of how European identity might
define itself through cinema, spanning issues of representation,
industry and cultural policy. Areas of interest might include:
- pan-European production and distribution strategies;
- the label 'Europe' in film distribution and exhibition, including
festival circuits;
- examples of films that engage with the idea of Europe;
- how particular national cinemas might simultaneously identify
themselves as European;
- the issue of language, dubbing and subtitling;
- and how any of these questions might have shifted historically and
with the advent of new European initiatives.
Please submit an abstract (max. 300 words), contact information and
short bio (max. 100 words) to: (europeanness /at/ kcl.ac.uk)
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 5 February 2010
Organised by: Mary Harrod, Mariana Liz, Alissa Timoshkina - Film
Studies Department, King's College London
