[ecrea] call for abstracts: “Cinema of the Arab World”

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS:  “Cinema of the Arab World”
 The American University in Cairo
Film Program, Department of the Arts
Cairo, Egypt
Contact:  Terri Ginsberg, Director, AUC Film Program
 Abstracts are sought for a film studies conference to take place March 
3-4, 2018 on the New Cairo campus of The American University in Cairo. 
Papers are welcome which problematize contemporary scholarship on cinema 
of the Arab world by offering critiques of colonized theory or by 
offering new lines of inquiry which carry the discourse beyond 
prevailing tendencies.  We seek papers that engage critically with, for 
example,
 ●     the contemporary gravitation toward “world” and “transnational” 
cinema, including message-driven narrative films purporting 
socio-political commentary and critique

●     the limitations of Arab cinema classics and festival darlings

●     the longstanding practice of general and descriptive, theme-, 
genre- and auteur-based national cinema surveys

●     the scope for research into commercial cinema audiences

●     the culturalist emphasis on issues of “identity” and “difference,” 
religious “fundamentalism,” violence and “terrorism”

●     intersections between experimental cinema and video art

●     the seemingly endless deference to Continental philosophical 
fashions and trends (e.g., Agamben, Rancière, Deleuze, Foucault)

●     new formations of celebrity and fan culture

●     the relationship between satellite television, online platforms 
and contemporary cinema

 In order to accommodate screening of clips and encourage more in-depth 
inquiry, papers are expected to run 30 minutes and will be organized 
into panels that will run approximately 2-¼ hours each.  Depending upon 
the availability of funds, every effort will be made to supply 
conference participants with 2 nights’ sleeping accommodations.  Meals 
will be provided during the conference.  Please submit 300-400-word 
abstracts, including a short biographical statement and a 5-entry 
bibliography, to Terri Ginsberg (terri.ginsberg /at/ aucegypt.edu) and Iman 
Hamam (ihamam /at/ aucegypt.edu) by August 31, 2017.  Acceptance notices will 
be circulated by October 1, 2018.  Participants must submit their 
completed papers by February 4, 2018 in order for their names to appear 
on the conference program.


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