[Commlist] CFP: Carry On Conferencing; or, Carry On and/as history - University of Warwick

  *CALL FOR PAPERS*

CARRY ON CONFERENCING; Or, Carry On and/as history 
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  *CARRY ON CONFERENCING*


    Or, /Carry On/ and/as history


      30 May 2024 | University of Warwick

2023 marked the 65th anniversary of /Carry On/ /Sergeant/ (Peter Rogers, 
1958), the first instalment of the /Carry On/ film franchise (1958-1978; 
1992). Between 1958 and 1978 the series was a mainstay of British 
box offices, and remains among the most prolific British film series. 
During this twenty-year period, thirty feature-length titles were 
produced and released in cinemas, as well as various iterations on stage 
and television. The series has become emblematic of a particular brand 
of British humour characterised by slapstick, farce, and innuendo, 
drawing on traditions and strategies from earlier forms of popular 
entertainment (Medhurst 1992; 2007). Despite its enduring popularity and 
status in the national cultural imagination, the series has received 
very little sustained scholarly attention. Much of the popular discourse 
around the series tends towards either the celebratory or the outright 
disdainful. This event provides a forum for consideration of the 
franchise from various scholarly perspectives, with the intention of 
showcasing more nuanced and complex understandings of the series and its 
significance in histories of film, television, and popular 
entertainment, and in broader social and cultural histories.

Abstracts are invited for presentations (20 mins) on topics and themes 
related to any aspect of the /Carry On/ franchise from scholars at all 
levels – contributions from postgraduate researchers and researchers 
early in their career are particularly welcome.

Topics might include:

  * Production histories
  * National histories
  * Social histories
  * Cultural histories
  * Queer histories
  * Issues around representation and identity: age, class, gender, race,
    ethnicity, sexuality, and their intersections
  * The comic heritage of the /Carry On/s
  * The /Carry On/s as ‘difficult heritage’
  * The /Carry On/s and nostalgia
  * The /Carry On/s and genre
  * /Carry On/ aesthetics
  * The /Carry On/s and British cinema
  * Reception, audiences, and fandom
  * /Carry On/ stardom
  * Methodological issues

Submissions should be sent to Richard Dhillon 
((richard.a.dhillon /at/ warwick.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(richard.a.dhillon /at/ warwick.ac.uk)>) by 5pm (GMT) on *Friday 16 
February 2024*. Abstracts should be around 250 words and include a 
title, the author's name, institutional affiliation (if applicable), and 
contact information.


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