[Commlist] Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture Conference

CRITICAL APPROACHES TO BLACK MEDIA CULTURE


New Orleans – Four Points by Sheraton French Quarter – February 15-17, 2024

Proposal Deadline: Wednesday, November 15, 2023


Black media studies stands as one of the most vibrant and vital areas of 
film and media studies. This conference seeks to bring together scholars 
working within the area to reflect on the history, present, and 
future(s) of the field. The hope is to draw in scholars who are emerging 
and established, working in US and global contexts, applying a variety 
of methods, and studying every dimension from production to consumption.


The event will be held at the Four Points by Sheraton French Quarter in 
New Orleans from February 15-17, 2024. It will feature lectures by 
several plenary speakers, including:


André Brock

Racquel J. Gates

Herman Gray

Alfred L. Martin, Jr.

Beretta E. Smith-Shomade


We are confirming additional speakers.


The conference also will coincide with the annual Bobby Yan Lecture, 
which brings a prominent mediamaker to campus to discuss social change 
and media activism.


We welcome 15-20 minute presentations that engage with Black media 
studies, broadly defined. Masking will be encouraged, except while 
presenting or eating.


We sincerely regret that the hotel is unable to support remote 
participation.


Topics may include but is not limited to:


•theories of and critical frameworks for Black cinema and media

•intersections with feminist studies, queer studies, disability studies, 
and trans

studies

•representations and resonances

•historiographies and histories of Black film and media

•archival practice and research

•production cultures and media industry studies

•authorship and auteurism

•narratives and genres

•aesthetics and forms

•distribution histories and practices

•circulation of Black media culture

•exhibition histories

•reception histories and analysis, including moviegoing and 
television-watching

•social media entertainment and user-generated content

•Black digital spaces and practices

•studies of fans and fandoms

•teaching and pedagogical approaches to Black media culture


Please submit proposals of 250-500 words to thisGoogle form 
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSehv6KJhuTzR3wriKfFKFvZLszeh5Vj7mlNlKCWs_1iantgDQ/viewform?usp=sf_link> by 
November 15, 2023. Individuals who wish to attend but not present are 
encouraged to fill out the form as well, putting N/A where appropriate, 
so that we have a proper head count.


Acceptances will be made by November 30, and a tentative schedule will 
be posted soon after.


Conference registration for tenured and tenure-track professors will be 
$200 and for precariously employed and independent scholars as well as 
graduate students, it will be $100. Due to catering costs, these rates 
apply to presenters and non-presenters. Registration costs include 
continental breakfasts, boxed lunches, and receptions. The conference 
hotel is also offering a discounted rate of $229/night for participants.


This event is generously supported by the Maurice L. Silverstein Cinema 
Studies Lectureship Fund.


Questions may be directed to the conference organizers, Jerome Dent and 
Pete Kunze, at (bmc2024 /at/ tulane.edu).


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