[ecrea] Transnational Screens Conference at the CATH Research Centre, De Montfort University

Call for Papers

Transnational screens conference: volatility and compounding
transnational traffic

15th and 16th September 2016
Cinema and Television History (CATH) Research Centre, De Montfort University
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Keynote Speakers:_
*Prof. Dina Iordanova St. Andrews University
Dr. Debora Shaw, University of Portsmouth*

The Cinema and Television History (CATH) Research Centre at De Montfort
University, invites scholars and early career researchers to its 
conference on
Transnational screens.

Transnational cinema and television productions emerged in response to 
an increased
preoccupation with the limiting conceptualization of films as products 
of national
industries in light of the awareness of a more mobile cinematic culture. 
This 2-day
conference on transnational screens has the objective to study the 
industrial,
theoretical, creative and aesthetic innovation(s) occurring in film and 
television
productions worldwide arising from “amphibious creative processes”.
By tapping into social theory, Hamid Dabashi’s term “amphibious 
condition” from
post-orientalist studies - meaning ‘an entity at home in two or more 
places […] rooted
in the global reality that includes both here and there’ (Dabashi 2009: 
230) – can be
rethought and applied to current discourses on transnational cinematic 
mobilization
too. Such a notion aptly frames the current panorama of cinema and 
television, which,
on one hand remains faithful to a series of classical narrative 
elements, and on the
other, structures novel ecosystems that includes remixes, expansions, 
adaptations and
multifaceted variants of the narratives. From an industrial perspective, 
these
amphibious conditions allow the practices and modalities of 
international productions
and distributions to come under transnational circulations. This 
conference would
therefore serve as a portal for the collection of novel perspectives in 
the studies on
transnational screens, and provide a framework for the discussion of 
innovative
creative practices able to comment on: how do multidimensionality and 
fluidity, and
conversely frontiers, barriers and walls, defiantly inform transnational 
mobilization
and on the screens?
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Possible topics include (but are not limited to):_
- Transnationalism in the era of web series (such as Netflix, Sky etc.)
- Transnationalism and technological innovation
- Transcultural narratives in transnational cinema
- Cultural appropriation(s)
- Transnational adaptations
- Past and new co-production ventures
- Film Festivals: the transnational and the national
- Transnationalism and distribution practices
- Transnationalism and audience studies
- History of Transnational cinema(s)
- Transnationalism and Stars
- Transnational film economies (Crowd-funding ventures, Outsourcing, etc.)
- Diasporic filmmakers/filmmaking
- Video-essays in transnational cinema studies
- Refugee film narratives
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Format for presentations:_
We invite to submit a proposal for a 20-minute presentation (inclusive 
of film clips, if
necessary) to deliver at the conference. Abstracts for consideration 
should be
submitted to Dr Monia Acciari at (monia.acciari /at/ dmu.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(monia.acciari /at/ dmu.ac.uk)>

The deadline for thesubmission of abstracts is the _20th of May, 2016_.
We welcome presentations both using conventional tools as well as 
video-essay
commentaries.

_Abstract format:_
• Abstract should not exceed 250 words (exclusive of references, max 2-3 key
readings), the title of the presentation, and a short bio (max 100 words);
• Abstracts should also list three to five keywords;
• Please indicate, the format of the clips/video essay you will be showing;
• Abstracts can be submitted as a .doc (preferred) or in Pdf formats;
• Notification of acceptance of abstracts will be sent out by the 18th 
of June

We are interested in using this conference as a starting point for 
publishing an edited
collection of essays on this subject, so please indicate whether you 
would be
interested in your paper being considered for publication at a future date.

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