[Commlist] Capturing Conflict symposium

The Irish Film Institute and Maynooth University are co-hosting on June 
24th 2022 the Capturing Conflict: The Irish War of Independence and 
Civil War on Film symposium and film screenings as part of the Decade of 
Centenaries national programme. We are accepting proposals for papers, 
screenings or panels up until 31st January 2022. See here for further 
information on the event and how to submit a proposal: 
https://ifi.ie/2021/10/capturing-conflict/

Topics may include:

Films, newsreels, television programmes and other moving-image media 
about the War of Independence and the Civil War
Approaches to issues of representation including political, feminist, 
postcolonial, cultural
Considerations of the production contexts of such media
Discussions of absences and omissions from film representations
Examinations of film’s role as document, art, myth-maker, or historical 
record – the problems with “truth” in historical adaptation
Fictional versus factual representations of history
Evolving perspectives from Irish Destiny (1926) to Michael Collins (1996)
Ireland’s history as narrative resource for international filmmakers
Indigenous correctives to foreign representations
Reflections on the distribution, exhibition and/or reception of such 
films by cinema companies, audiences, critics, etc.
Censorship or other screening restrictions of War of Independence films
Creative practice responses to such films
New perspectives on the role of media in the narrating of Irish 
histories of the fight for independence and the Civil War


---------------
The COMMLIST
---------------
This mailing list is a free service offered by Nico Carpentier. Please use it responsibly and wisely.
--
To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit http://commlist.org/
--
Before sending a posting request, please always read the guidelines at http://commlist.org/
--
To contact the mailing list manager:
Email: (nico.carpentier /at/ vub.ac.be)
URL: http://nicocarpentier.net
---------------