[ecrea] CFP: Rethinking Re/presentation 2015

*Rethinking Re/presentation*
A Postgraduate Screen Studies Research Symposium
University of Manchester Friday, 5th June 2015

Studies of representation have long been a concern for Western scholars 
and philosophers in their analyses of the arts and visual cultures; film 
is no exception. Extensive scholarship has been produced on 
representations largely focused on the politics of identity — of gender, 
sexuality, class, ethnicity, age and so on — as well as their 
deconstruction.

However, while questions of representation and their politics remain 
important, questions of presentation in cinema are no less central to 
formal and theoretical debates within the discipline. This postgraduate 
symposium seeks to explore the ongoing dynamics between presentational 
and representational aspects of the cinema. ‘Re/presentation’ is used 
here to connote the productive and creative tension between the two 
aspects.

The organisers of this postgraduate symposium are inviting *proposals 
(of no more than 250 words) for 15-minutes provocations/presentations* 
on any aspect of re/presentation in cinema. The aim is to foster 
dialogue, inspire new thinking, and further collaboration within the 
postgraduate community.

Topics and questions could include, but are not limited to:

   * Modalities and methodologies of re/presentational forms in cinema
   * Rethinking re/presentation in identity politics (of gender,
     sexuality, class, ethnicity, age, etc)
   * Rethinking re/presentation in national and ‘world’ cinemas
   * Re/presentation as reconstruction (of historical events, memory, etc)
   * Cultural and historical contexts of re/presentation in cinema
   * The relationship between cinema and other (re/presentational) art
     forms
   * Impact of socio-economic conditions on forms of re/presentation

It is our hope that this topic will support a diverse discussion, 
combining the various research interests and methodological approaches 
of the PG community within a broad but consistent theme. We welcome 
submissions from *both PGT and PGR students*, at all stages of their 
research.

_Confirmed Plenary_
Prof Jackie Stacey (University of Manchester)
Dr. Andrew Moor (Manchester Metropolitan University)
Dr. Andy Willis (Salford University)

Please send your proposals (250 words) and a brief biography (100 words) 
to (uom.rethinkingrepresentation /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(uom.rethinkingrepresentation /at/ gmail.com)> by the 30th of January 
2015. Alternatively, submit your proposal and biography to the website 
at http://rethinkingrep2015.weebly.com/submit-a-proposal.html.

Successful applicants will be notified by March 15th.

Best wishes,
MaoHui Deng
University of Manchester