[Commlist] CFP: Paul Verhoeven @85

*Paul Verhoeven//@85*

An in-person academic conference hosted by The Centre for Film, 
Television and Screen Studies, Bangor University, UK

7 and 8 September 2023

Paul Verhoeven//(b. 1938) has left an indelible mark on popular culture. 
His films marry a European arthouse sensibility with the US blockbuster 
but in a wickedly satirical way. But this does not mean his films are 
not open to criticism.

His American dystopic trilogy – /RoboCop /(1987), /Total Recall/ (1990) 
and /Starship Troopers /(1997) – provided dark visions of futuristic 
metropoles that continue to resonate to this day, touching on 
capitalism, robotics, biopolitics, posthumanism, urban planning, 
artificial intelligence, transhumanism and climate change, while 
female-led dramas, such as /Basic Instinct /(1992), /Showgirls /(1995), 
/Black Book /(2006), /Elle /(2016) and /Benedetta /(2021), remain 
controversial for their overt eroticism, sexual violence and 
representation of lesbianism.

To critically explore the origins and legacies of Verhoeven’s body of 
work, this conference proposes to bring together scholars from diverse 
disciplinary backgrounds to explore Paul Verhoeven’s output, debate its 
legacy and consider its position within visual culture including 
specialists from fields as diverse as literary and cinematographic 
studies; the history of art, design, fashion and architecture; 
musicology; philosophy; political sciences; computer science and 
robotics; urban and ecological studies; and feminist, queer and 
sexuality studies.

We welcome contributions from any perspective such as (but not limited 
to) the following:

Paul Verhoeven as auteur: origins, influences, production, aesthetics, 
publicity, reception, afterlife, sequels and director’s cuts

Paul Verhoeven and biopolitics, posthumanism, urban planning and climate 
change

Paul Verhoeven and capitalism, neoliberalism, post-industrialism and the 
rise of multinational corporations

Paul Verhoeven and gender

Paul Verhoeven and memory

Paul Verhoeven and psychoanalysis

Paul Verhoeven and race, ethnicity and Otherness

Paul Verhoeven and reception: audiences, fandom and ‘cult’

Paul Verhoeven and robotics, artificial intelligence, cybernetic 
organisms, the transhuman and the post-human

Paul Verhoeven and science fiction

Paul Verhoeven and sexuality

Paul Verhoeven and stardom

Paul Verhoeven and tech noir, retrofuturism, future noir, and cyberpunk.

We are applying for funding to facilitate postgraduate and unwaged 
participation.

Please complete the following link 
<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.gle%2FR5FSCDDqziiJnMTaA&data=05%7C01%7Cn.abrams%40bangor.ac.uk%7Cfde576c1a41e49298ccf08dab52182c9%7Cc6474c55a9234d2a9bd4ece37148dbb2%7C0%7C0%7C638021452771112489%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Pj3dBpHXywwFfaY6O3XjQZlsyUzOBj2i08Y5JgTWOuw%3D&reserved=0> by 
1 May 2023.

For further information, please contact the organisers Nathan Abrams and 
Elizabeth Miller ((PaulVerhoevenConference /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(PaulVerhoevenConference /at/ gmail.com)>).


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