[ecrea] Contemporary Greek Film Cultures Conference 2015

Contemporary Greek Film Cultures Conference 2015

An International Interdisciplinary Conference hosted by the Hellenic 
Studies Program at the University
of Washington, Seattle, May 8-9, 2015

Call for Papers

The financial crisis since 2009 has devastated Greece, led to 
unprecedented political fragmentation and social
turmoil, and threatened the cohesion of the European Union. It has also 
coincided with a number of
international prize-winning films by a generation of young Greek 
filmmakers who have responded to the effects
of the crisis on the Greek film industry in resourceful, creative, and 
compelling ways. Capturing the tumult of
the current mayhem, these films offer surprising, innovative and subtle 
commentaries on the complex social,
political and economic problems Greece is facing. They also reassert the 
centrality of film at a time when the
Greek film industry is itself undergoing profound changes and serious 
challenges on account of the crisis.

In order to acknowledge and assess the importance of contemporary Greek 
Cinema for Greek society and
culture as well as in relation to European and global frames of cultural 
reference, the Hellenic Studies Program
at the University of Washington is hosting the International Conference, 
Contemporary Greek Film Cultures
2015 on Friday, May 8 & Saturday, May 9, 2015. Held for the first time 
by a North American Hellenic Studies
Program, this two-day conference is a continuation of the International 
Conference Contemporary Greek Film
Cultures 2013 that took place at the Hellenic Centre in London in July 
5-6, 2013, and was co-organized by
researchers from the Universities of Glasgow and Reading. Set in 
Seattle, the 2015 conference venue is located
far from Greece and in a city that has been marked by protests against 
some of the very same forces that have so
negatively impacted Greece. Therefore, the conference organizers 
strongly encourage reflection upon the
complexities of the geographical and cultural expansiveness of Greek 
film. What is Greek film?: Films made
by Greeks? Greeks of the diaspora? Foreigners in Greece or elsewhere 
making films about Greece? How are
these films being conceived, financed, made, viewed, and understood at 
this cultural moment? What do we
make of the fact that European or international contexts are as much an 
integral part of production, distribution,
and reception in Greek cinema as they are of what has been 
mischaracterized, by some, until recently as a
“Greek” crisis.

Beyond this specific focus, the 2015 conference also aims to bring 
together established scholars, early career
faculty and young researchers in order to expand and build upon the full 
range of areas discussed in past and
recent scholarship on Greek Film Studies. In addressing the topics 
listed below, the conference will:

• examine ways in which new research methodologies and theoretical 
perspectives can further our
understanding of contemporary Greek Cinema
• propose innovative research frameworks as regards the production, 
distribution and audiences of
contemporary Greek Cinema;
• reflect upon the recent positioning of the Greek film industry in a 
novel network of relationships linking
cultural practices and economic realities, domestic and international 
agendas.

Alongside distinguished keynote addresses to be confirmed, we invite 
proposals for papers within and across a
variety of disciplines and fields. Suggested topics include but are not 
limited to:

(Greek) Filmmakers’ Response to the Greek Financial Crisis
Greek Films and Political Activism
Greek Films and Violence
Representations of Youth Cultures in Contemporary Greek Films
Films and History
Documentaries on the Historical Experiences of the Greeks2
Films on the Jews of Greece
Gender and Contemporary Greek Cinema
Evolution of Greek Film Genres
Relationship between Contemporary Greek Film and Television
Greek Films in European and International Contexts
Greek Films in the Art-World Context
Greek Film Studies
Cypriot Cinemas
Film Practice-as-Research
Greek Film Festival Studies in Greece, in the Diaspora, and Globally
Greek Film Reception and Audience Studies
Greek Film, Displacement and Migration
Films between Art and Popular Culture
Production and Distribution Cultures of Contemporary Greek Cinema

Call for papers deadline: OCTOBER 30, 2014

Abstracts of a 300-word length for a 20-minute paper that engage with 
these topics, along with a 50-word
biographical note, should be submitted electronically to 
(contemporarygreekfilm2015 /at/ gmail.com)

Please make sure to send the proposal as an attachment and include “2015 
Conference Proposal” in the topic
line of your email.

All submissions will be judged by blind review on the basis of their 
individual merit. Those who submit an
abstract will be notified by December 15th as regards the results of 
their submission.

Conference participants are expected to cover their own travel expenses. 
There will be a pre-registration fee of
$90 (faculty; general public) and $60 (students) for the conference.

The organizers are looking into the possibility of a publication that 
will feature a selection of papers from the
conference.

Program Committee
Vangelis Calotychos (Chair)
Mikela Fotiou
Dan Georgakas
Frank Hess
Tonia Kazakopoulou
Kostis Kornetis
Toby Lee
Lydia Papadimitriou
Philip Phillis

Local Arrangements Committee
The conference will be hosted by the Hellenic Studies Program Local 
Arrangements Committee consisting of
Taso Lagos (Chair) and Nektaria Klapaki, as well as staff of the Center 
for West European Studies and the
Jackson School of International Studies.


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