[Commlist] CFP: Special Issue of the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television

CFP. Special Issue of the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television

Dissent and Dissidents in Central and Eastern European Film

Following the establishment of the «people´s democracies» in Central and 
Eastern Europe after World War II, Lenin´s dictum about «film being the 
most important art» brought change in terms of an improved 
infrastructure for film production. Often, the Soviet film was seen as a 
role model for the other Socialist states. The establishment of 
Socialist film schools or academies, for example, in Czechoslovakia 
(Prague 1947), Poland (Łódz 1948), Yugoslavia (Belgrade 1948), Romania 
(Bucuresti 1950), Bulgaria (Sofia 1948), Hungary (Budapest 1948) and the 
GDR (Potsdam 1954), were all emulated in one way or another after 
Moscow´s famous VGIK, the first state film school in the world. The idea 
was, of course, that film was considered an important medium for 
propaganda and persuasion and that it was necessary to secure 
Socialist-minded ”cadres” for this cause.

Yet, despite all measures to carefully regulate the film industry, the 
level of control varied significantly over time and in the different 
countries – despite the fact that film, for a number of reasons, lends 
itself to control. Alternative voices, as a number of examples 
demonstrate, could be heard in all of the Warsaw Pact states. By looking 
at filmmaking, exhibition and reception, film education and film 
criticism, this themed issue of the Historical Journal of Film, Radio 
and Television considers dissent and dissidents in Central and Eastern 
European film during the Cold War and its aftermath..

The Journal has a particular historical/archival focus. We especially, 
but not exclusively, encourage contributions on the following topics and 
approaches:

Confrontations with the hegemonic ideology
Questions of censorship
Questions concerning relationship with the audience
Trans-national aspects, including the exchange of ideas with other 
states in the Soviet sphere of interest and the relationship with West 
European and American film industries,
Different phases of dissent and dissidents, including the post-1968 
years and and the New Left

Please submit an abstract of 250-300 words and a brief biography before 
1 May 2020 to the guest editors, Tobias Hochscherf 
((tobias.hochscherf /at/ fh-kiel.de) <mailto:(tobias.hochscherf /at/ fh-kiel.de)>), 
Bjørn Sørenssen ((bjorn.sorenssen /at/ ntnu.no) 
<mailto:(bjorn.sorenssen /at/ ntnu.no)>) and Rolf Werenskjold ((rof /at/ hivolda.no) 
<mailto:(rof /at/ hivolda.no)>). Final submissions (7000-10 000 words) are due 
on 1 November 2020. Only submissions that follow Historical Journal of 
Film, Radio and Television notes for contributors will be considered 
(https://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?show=instructions&journalCode=chjf20). 
All submissions are subject to approval by the blind peer-review process 
of the journal.
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