[ecrea] CfP HoMER Conference

HoMER 2019 CfP Conference 2019, Nassau, The Bahamas, 26–28 June 2019

Hosted by The University of the Bahamas

CfP - Anchoring New Cinema History

Deadline for proposals, 15 November 2018
Letters of acceptance/rejection, 1 December 2018


The HoMER Network invites submissions for general paper entries, as well 
as a designated roundtable, panels, and workshops to be presented at the 
2019 conference, which will take place at The University of the Bahamas 
from 26-28 June 2019.


New Cinema History, as an approach focusing “on the circulation and 
consumption of film” and examining “cinema as a site of social and 
cultural exchange" (Richard Maltby, 2011) has turned out to be very 
productive. It brought together both young and veteran scholars who 
believed that it was more fruitful writing film history with an eye for 
the social, economic and geographical aspects of cinema cultures, than 
merely an art history of the moving image or a critical reading of 
films. At the last HoMER@NECS conference in Amsterdam, members of the 
panel ‘New Cinema History: What’s Next?’ called  for more theoretical 
and methodological grounding of our research. In the Homer 2019 
conference Anchoring New Cinema Historywe would like to start answering 
that call. Presentations are welcome to critically explore the 
conference theme of Anchoring New Cinema History through the 
interdisciplinary lens of academic Film and Cinema Studies, Social 
Geography, Memory Studies and Economic History, etc.

Since its beginning the HoMER network has been instrumental in bringing 
together researchers working in the New Cinema History tradition, not 
just as a platform to present their work but also as place to meet 
colleagues to collaborate with. In the upcoming HoMER conference we 
propose to stress the network function of HoMER, both in welcoming young 
scholars as in creating interdisciplinary opportunities for 
collaborative work. The 2019 HoMER conference aims to exploit the 
established strong connections of people, and places the HoMER network 
can offer, in order to invite new and old members to engage in new 
collaborative research. This will be articulated in two main streams:


 1.

    SPACES and PLACES - Connections and comparisons (either
    pre-constituted panels or individual papers)


The SPACES andPLACES Stream of the conference will aim to investigate 
the geography of cinema. This can be expressed both through the 
exploration of familiar and new spaces of cinemas, such as cinema 
theatres but also pop-up cinemas,  community cinemas, and virtual 
cinemas. It will also include both well researched geographical areas 
and new territories and locations, such as South and Central America, 
Africa, Central Asia and South-East Asia. These new uncharted 
territories will be of great value on their own to reconnoitre the 
position of different countries in relation to cinema practises. They 
will also provide connections and comparisons with existing body of work 
on Europe, America, Canada and Australia.


By looking at this extended geography of cinema, possible topics and 
questions to explore might include (but are certainly not limited to):


 1.

    Environment, space, and place

 2.

    Cinemas and urban transformations, transition and change

 3.

    Cinema practices, policies and external bodies (local authorities,
    communities, self regulating associations)

 4.

    Memories and topographical references


 2.

    THEORIES AND METHODOLOGIES - (special discussion sessions and
    presentations)


The THEORIES AND METHODOLOGIESStream of the HoMER conference will 
provide an opportunity to reflect on and discuss some key areas of 
research within the HoMER network, with the aim of suggesting new 
directions in the field and developing new theoretical and 
methodological approaches, or reintroducing and adapting existing 
approaches that proved to be useful. These key areas can be suggested by 
members when submitting a paper proposal (or just by emailing the HoMER 
Co-ordinators). A dedicated session of this stream will include:


Small group discussion (1 hour) on the key areas, followed by 
presentations (10 min) to the HoMER participants and a further 
discussion (20 min). Possible key areas to explore might include (but 
are certainly not limited to): Cinema and Memory; the Economics and 
business of film; Programming and film popularity; Paratextual analysis; 
the Digital challenge; Distribution and spreading of films; Impact of 
research to non-academic audiences.


Moreover, in a speed dating session, junior researchers will be given 
the opportunity to team up with experts to discuss their individual 
methodological and theoretical concerns. If you are interested in this 
(both juniors and experts), please email the Co-ordinators.


Send abstracts of 250 to 300 words, plus 3 or 4 bibliographic entries, 
and a 50-word academic biography to conference co-ordinators, Clara 
Pafort-Overduin ((c.pafort-overduin /at/ uu.nl) 
<mailto:(clara.pafort-overduin /at/ let.uu.nl)>) and Daniela Treveri Gennari 
((dtreveri-gennari /at/ brookes.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(dtreveri-gennari /at/ brookes.ac.uk)>). Updated Information will be 
posted at: http://homernetwork.org/


Programming Committee:

Clara Pafort Overduin

Daniela Treveri Gennari

Monique Toppin

Jessica Leonora Whitehead

Mario Slugan

Talitha Ferraz

Maria Luna



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