[ecrea] Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies Conference CFP

*CALL FOR PAPERS*

*International Conference*

*/Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies/*

*Innovations and Tensions*

*Italian Cinema and Media in a Global World*

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*The American University of Rome*

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*9-10 June 2017*

/Journal of Italian Cinema and Media Studies/, published by Intellect 
Ltd. since 2012, is a peer-reviewed triannual journal. /JICMS/is the 
leading English-language forum for theoretical, methodological and 
critical debate on Italian film and media production, reception and 
consumption. It provides a platform for dialogue between academics, 
filmmakers, cinema, and media professionals. Within the realm of a 
trans-cultural debate, the purpose of /JICMS/ is to refer to Italy as 
the unifying geo-cultural site for a contemporary discussion of 
translocal cinema. The journal aims to elaborate a multifaceted 
definition of Italian cinema, shifting the critical paradigm outside the 
inwardly focused field of Italian film studies and exploring how Italian 
cinema and mediaexpand beyond the boundaries of their (pen)insularity. 
The journal also intends to explore the hybridization of film and media 
as well as the permeability and versatility of new media.

In 2017, /JICMS/ celebrates its 5^th anniversary (2012-2017) with an 
international conference. This conference will provide a forum for 
developing innovative directions for the journal. We will exchange ideas 
about trans-national approaches to Italian cinema and media and foster 
debate on the role of Italian cinema and media in the complex tapestry 
of global societies in the twenty-first century.

With this CFP, the conference organizers invite proposals for single 
papers, pre-constituted panels and roundtables that would identify 
innovations and tensions shaping contemporary Italian cinema and media 
productions in a global world.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

-Italian cinema and international co-productions

-LGBTQ cinema

-Borderlands and the changing geographies of liminal spaces

-Filmmakers of diverse ethnic, religious, national background

-Diasporic and accented filmmakers/filmmaking

-Digital diaspora and electronic migrant communities

-Digitalized cultures for participating, citizenship, and intercultural 
communication

-Postcoloniality in various media

-Digital cinema

-Italian film festivals in the world

-Television serial narratives

-Presence-absence of Italians of various ethnic background in the media

-Web series

-New media and intermediality

-Networked activism

-Transmedia and social activism

-Transmedia narratives and productions in film and television

-Video-games

-How or if Italy is rethinking or renegotiating its situation in the EU

-Who owns/controls the media in Italy, and what are the ramifications of 
this political economy of the

-Future Memories: Anniversaries of Cinema and Media Institutions

Please send an abstract of 250 words plus a short bio of 100 words for 
single papers,or 350 words with individual titles and bios for 
pre-constituted panels or roundtables in Italian or in English in a 
word.doc format, *no pdf*. We invite proposals for 20-minute 
presentations(inclusive of film clips). We welcome presentations using 
both conventional tools and video-essay commentaries.

The languages of the conference are English and Italian

Abstracts for consideration should be submitted to the conference 
organizer Flavia Laviosa at (flaviosa /at/ wellesley.edu) 
<mailto:(flaviosa /at/ wellesley.edu)>

The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 15 October 2016
Notification of acceptance of abstracts will be sent out to authors by 
15 December 2016

This conference is organized by Flavia Laviosa (Wellesley College) in 
collaboration with Catherine Ramsey Portolano (The American University 
of Rome) and co-sponsored by The American University of Rome and 
Wellesley College.



*Flavia Laviosa*
Senior Lecturer, Italian Studies & Cinema and Media Studies
Faculty Fellow, Albright Institute for Global Affairs
Director, Rome Winter Session Program
Wellesley College










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