[ecrea] CFP: 3rd Annual Symposium on Media, Comm, Film Studies at Liberal Arts Colleges

# Call for Participation: Third Annual Symposium on Media, 
Communication, and Film Studies Programs at Liberal Arts Colleges (MCFLAC)

## June 18 & 19, 2018

## Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL

##  Deadline for submissions: March 1, 2018

The Media, Communication, and Film Studies at Liberal Arts Colleges 
(MCFLAC) Consortium is dedicated to providing a space for faculty 
engaged in the scholarly and pedagogical praxis of media, communication, 
and film studies in the liberal arts context.

We invite proposals of 250–500 words for papers, panels, workshops, 
student-work showcases, and exhibits for a two-day symposium, to be held 
at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, IL, outside Chicago.

As a provocation for presenters and attendees, this year’s theme is 
“Continuities.” Participants are invited to reflect on how the liberal 
arts college derives value from longstanding practices in education and 
scholarship. Though media, communication, and film programs are often 
relative newcomers to the liberal arts college, we all still claim a 
connection to the same traditions as other programs and disciplines. 
This “Continuities” theme invites symposium participants to reflect on 
what our own practices indicate about our connection to the those 
traditions.

* Proposals that connect to the theme of “Continuities” might concern:
* Consistency between the classic liberal arts approach and 
pedagogy/scholarship in media, communication, and film
* The past as a resource for innovation in pedagogy/scholarship
* Similarities between the predicaments of media, communication, and 
film programs and those in other fields
* Familiar patterns from the history of media, communication, and film 
programs at liberal arts colleges
* Resistance to novel and/or market-oriented practices
* Innovative pedagogical approaches to specific topics, theories, or 
concepts with media, communication, and film studies

While we invite proposals that engage with the “Continuities” theme, we 
welcome submissions on all topics reflecting MCFLAC’s unique emphasis on 
praxis in liberal arts settings. We seek to bring together a diverse 
group of teachers, scholars, and students from different backgrounds 
with various life experiences, teaching styles, and intellectual 
orientations.

Presentation formats include:

* individual paper abstracts
* panel session abstracts (identifying three to four participants)
* student-work showcases (featuring scholarship, media work, and/or 
hybrids in digital or other formats)
* pedagogy workshops (on core assignments, capstone courses, and/or 
pedagogical techniques)
* research workshops (on projects, strategies, publishing models, and/or 
research/exhibit and tools)
* additional formats considered (such as key-text discussions and 
lightning sessions)

Proposals should be 250 to 500 words. Please include a brief bio and 
note any technology requirements with your proposal.

Include your bio, proposal, and tech needs in one PDF document and 
attach to an email addressed to Dave Park at: (park /at/ lakeforest.edu)

Deadline for submissions: March 1, 2018

Questions? Contact Dave Park, at (park /at/ lakeforest.edu)

For more information: mcflac.com



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