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[Commlist] Call for Papers: Queer Cinema & Festivals in India: Production, Circulation & Politics

Wed Nov 08 14:52:34 GMT 2023





Department of English, Jadavpur University and
The School of Culture and Creative Arts, University of Glasgow present

A One-Day Symposium (funded by Carnegie Trust Research Incentive Grant)

Queer Cinema & Festivals in India: Production, Circulation & Politics

12 December 2023
Venue: Department of English, Jadavpur University Call for Papers:

Queer rights movements and queer activism are facing renewed threats, including the rolling back of previously won rights for LGBTQ+ communities in some parts of the world. We want to explore how film and film festivals, two areas of cultural and economic activity recognised as important the world over, can support queer rights and activism. The symposium will offer conceptual advances and practical insights on community organising and activism that are crucial for queer and human rights movements internationally.


This one-day symposium will attempt to explore how cinema and film festivals have become critical sites for charting the dynamics of the public sphere in contemporary India. In particular, how organising and curating film festivals, securing funding for independent queer films, and distribution, circulation and exhibition of the same, are integral to the discourses of queer cultural production, queer activism and largely the queer rights movement in India.


We welcome submissions from established academics, independent scholars and graduate students worldwide.


Please fill out the abstract submission form (Google Forms) which is available online at


https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScxXkBAgWIx0Tdi9JrHBtQdeaOI6xOInijkxkcSVl- sv88uEw/viewform latest by November 20, 2023. Acceptances will be sent out by the end of November. A selection of papers accepted for the symposium will be published as a journal special issue.


The symposium is jointly organised by the Department of English, Jadavpur University & the School of Culture and Creative Arts, University of Glasgow. This is funded by a Carnegie Trust Research Incentive Grant (RIG012517). The one-day symposium will be held at Jadavpur University on 12th December 2024. We will have some limited opportunity for hybrid/online presentations.


Co-Convenors


Dr Rohit K Dasgupta, University of Glasgow

Dr Kaustav Bakshi, Jadavpur University


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