Women’s
Film History Network – UK/Ireland
This AHRC funded network is pleased to announce an
International Conference
Doing Women’s Film History: Reframing Cinema History
13-15 April 2011
Centre for Research in Media and
Cultural Studies
University of Sunderland
This international conference will bring together researchers in women’s
film history, archivists, collections managers and contemporary women
practitioners. It will explore current developments in researching
women’s participation in film production, distribution, exhibition,
criticism and film-going in different parts of the world and in all
periods. It will ask what the discovery and documentation of
women’s past activity in and around cinema implies for the writing of
film history in general and will consider how the history of post-1970s
women's filmmaking is to be resourced and developed. The conference will
seek to address issues such as:
•
women’s film historiography: filling gaps in existing film history or
changing film history?
•
impact of gender-oriented research methods & sources for the
histories of male and female workers
•
gender in the archives, catalogues and collections
•
impact of women on cinema as audiences, campaigners, fans
•
relationship between feminism, women’s and gender histories
•
crossing the silent/sound history divide
•
women’s film history after second wave feminism
•
national/international/transnational connections and
interactions
•
creation of canons, exhibition & programming practices, curricula and
teaching
•
relation of women’s film history then and women’s film practice
now
The Conference will also report on and seek feedback on three Workshops
that will have preceded it in order to involve wider participation in
developing the future of the Network.
A call for papers will follow more detailed planning in early June. In
the meantime, for more information about the Network please visit the
Network wiki at
http://wfi.wikidot.com and
the Conference Development pages where you can post any suggestions and
comments via linked page headings.
We are grateful for AHRC recognition of this neglected area of
women’s history and to the Centre for Research in Media and Cultural
Studies, University of Sunderland for giving this award an
institutional home.
