[ecrea] CFP Women and the Silent Screen VII

Women and the Silent Screen VII, the seventh international conference on 
women and early film, will be co-hosted by the University of Melbourne, 
Australia, in September 30-October 2, 2013. Previously held in Utrecht, 
Santa Cruz, Montréal, Guadalajara, Stockholm and Bologna, this is the 
first time the conference has been brought to the Australia-Pacific 
region. We are inviting participants to submit abstracts (200-300 words, 
headed by a paper title) as well as a short biographical statement by 
20/01/2013. Those who would like to propose panels or workshops should 
submit a panel title, as well as the individual paper proposal. We hope 
that the nature of the industry itself can become a starting point for 
questions about women’s collaborative endeavor. Topics may include but 
are not limited to:

- Performance and the emotions

- Women making films

- Film and the archive

- Transnational collaborations

- Indigeneity and Indigenous Peoples

- Set design and fashion

- Monstrosity and the silent screen

- Queer theory

- Historiography

- Studies in National cinemas (especially Australian, East & South East 
Asian film)

- The New Woman

- The Sound of the Silents



Those whose work does not fall within these categories are still 
encouraged to submit a proposal. We will make every effort to represent 
the breadth of scholarship being undertaken in film history.

The conference welcomes participation from scholars, archivists, 
students and cinephiles. It is supported by a program of screenings at 
ACMI (Australia Centre for the Moving Image), which will run from 26 
September to 30 September, 2013. This program will be developed in 
collaboration with the National Film and Sound Archive.



The conference is convened by Victoria Duckett and Jeanette Hoorn. 
Keynote speakers include Richard Abel, Weihong Bao, Pam Cook, Barbara 
Creed, Mary Ann Doane and Shelley Stamp.

For further information see www.wss2013.arts.unimelb.edu.au

Please send your abstracts, or any questions you might have to the 
organizers at (wssconference2013 /at/ gmail.com)




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